Avoid Contact With Rodents

• 1). Block entryways into buildings. Use weather stripping, flashing, caulking, and fine steel wool for openings around doors, windows, roofing, and points of entry for pipes and utility lines.
  
  
• 2). Set snap traps - not "humane" or "live-catch" traps - if there is any suspicion of rodent infestation in a building. Bait traps with peanut butter and place in open paper bags near sides of walls and runways. Wear latex gloves and a HEPA face mask (see Glossary) when disposing of a trap containing a dead rodent.
  
  
• 3). Eliminate brush and storage piles, which are nesting sites for rodents.
  
  
• 4). Remove food normally left out for pets and wildlife.
  
  
• 5). When camping, select sites away from rodent nesting, feeding and drinking places. Sleep off the ground in an enclosed tent or on a ground tarp. Seal all food sources and protect food from contamination.