Rodent Trapping and Removal in Great Neck, NY

A house full of traps set in the wrong places catches nothing. Mice and rats travel the same routes night after night, hugging walls, cabinet edges and foundation lines, so the inspection that comes first is what makes trapping actually work on a Great Neck property.

On a small lot, travel routes are often shorter and concentrated around the kitchen, garage and basement sill plate. On a larger property with fence lines and plantings, outdoor travel routes matter just as much as indoor ones, so traps go where the route is, not only where the droppings are.

Snap traps are the primary tool for both mice and rats, sized differently for each. Enclosed bait stations are used selectively and only in locations children and pets cannot reach, never scattered loosely where anything could find them.

• Snap traps placed along confirmed indoor and outdoor travel routes.
• Enclosed stations used only where access is controlled.
• A written record of trap locations so the follow-up visit checks the same spots.

Traps are not set once and forgotten. A follow-up visit checks every placement, clears what was caught, resets what is still active, and notes whether activity has shifted to a new area, which sometimes happens once the original route is disrupted.

This is also the point where we confirm whether trapping alone is enough or whether rodent exclusion and entry point sealing needs to follow, since trapping only removes what is already inside.

Most jobs that start as trapping calls end up pairing with sealing once the entry point is found, and sometimes with attic and crawl space rodent cleanup if droppings or nesting material built up before the call came in. Each of those gets priced and explained as its own step.