Typically how many mice are in an average house that has been infested?

I've caught one so far but there seems to be many of them left! How many do I need to catch before the house is clear? Will catching all of them ensure that the house not be reinfested for a respectable length of time?Typically how many mice are in an average house that has been infested?
You need to find their entry point. Check your garage (that's where ours came in), basement, whatever.





It's really best to hire a professional to exterminate them.Typically how many mice are in an average house that has been infested?
The answer to your question is that you will probably have to catch or kill a great many mice to make sure that your house is clear of them.





The problem is the mouse rate of reproduction. One female can have as many as 14 offspring (6 - 8 average) as often as 10 times a year (average 7 - 8 times) and mice can start breeding after they are 6 weeks old. At that rate it doesn't take long before you are counting mice by the hundred.





You must, first of all, deny all these mice as much easy food and water as you can. Then you simply have to trap and poison as many as possible and keep doing it until you are satisfied they are all gone.


Constant trapping in a number of locations will give you an indication if you still have mice around.





The only way to have a hope of avoiding re-infestation is to block up any possible entry points and to keep your house so thoroughly clean that there are no possible food scraps or spilled liquids around to attract them.
i have cats, so my infestions never get beyond one family, about 6.


if the cats cant reach the nest, they slaughter them as soon as they can walk.


usually, mom is killed first when the she looks for food, then they hear the babies and hunt them .





the cats cant get into basement, old house, floor is always wet, so i just caught 16 of them in the basement over 2 weeks.





if you dont catch any in a trap, you should be mouse free.





or, adopt a cat. they not only clear the house, they proudly drop the mice at your feet, so you can keep count.





unfortunately, sometimes they drop a half eaten mouse on your bed at 3 am, but nobody's perfect.
If you caught just one, but you detect the presence of more, you have lots of'm ! Set out poison bait,traps,and clean up ANY source of food for them ! A cat will not really help much. I had a mouse problem once, with 4 cats ! Once they had there fill of chasing and munching, they would just watch the mice run around, too bored to do anything ! Needless to say, I got rid of the cats, as well as the mice !
Mice can bear a new litter about every two weeks, with 6 to 8 pups per litter. Within the course of several months you could have thousands of them running around.
As much food as there is to eat. Store dry food in metal containers. Cover the trash.