for context i live with my parents at the edge of town near farms and fields.
Do i relocate them?
Will they cause much harm to the garden if i let them just roam around.
by Primalistion
for context i live with my parents at the edge of town near farms and fields.
Do i relocate them?
Will they cause much harm to the garden if i let them just roam around.
by Primalistion
7 Comments
If there is cats, snakes or proper birds around things should regulate on its own and you shouldn’t worry much about them besides how fast they run away when they see you. If not they will cause plenty of trouble.
Get rid of every rodent you see next to your house. They’re outside now. Eventually they’ll find a way inside.
Depends what you’re growing maybe but I would see them off.
They can chew up or dig up your veg, girdle trees, leave nuisance burrows around, reproduce and move into your home, or worst of all, leave hantavirus-infected poops that humans may come in contact with and get really sick from.
They cause harm mostly by nesting and messing in places you don’t want them to. For example, on the cabin air filter in your car, or the engine air filter box. Sometimes they nibble on wires in your car. They can even disconnect wires. It is very hard to find the fault in the harness.
If they can get between the outer and inner walls in your house, they will thrive there, and many generations of mice will make nests in the walls.
In general, I would recommend lethal mechanical traps. They are humane and inexpensive. Peanut butter makes good bait.
If your house and garage are very well sealed off, you can consider leaving them be. But you better be sure.
They can carry ticks that carry Lyme disease. Not what you want in your home.
It’s not so much the harm to the garden as it is when they reproduce.
They normally have 6-12 babies in a simgle litter and up to 20 or more is possible.
They have gestation period of 21- 23 days and can become pregnant almost immediately.
They can have 5-7 litters per year and if you do the math… yes, get rid of them.
The dangers to you once they enter your house, which they will, are Hantavirus, Lyme disease, chewed wires (can cause fire), fecal material and urine everywhere that they eat. And they will eat inside of your food storage area.