Mice in kitchen

Mice in your kitchen is not a popular subject, but to provide healthy food this is an area we have to address. If you ask your doctor they will tell you there really is no such thing as a 24 hour flu. Nine times out of ten it is contaminated food and one of the contaminators that is the hardest to be aware of is pests. Mice, cockroaches, ants, flies; all move about a kitchen area after coming in contact with contaminated drain areas, spoiled food in garbage cans and their own feces and urine. It is a horrible realization but it is a fact.

So how do we insure we are providing our family with healthy food that has not been contaminated? The first step is to realize that no matter how clean we keep our home, these unwanted guest will eventually be an issue. Mice and cockroaches hide in warehouses with food where they can chew their way into a box that is then picked up and moved to a grocery store, then that creature is transferred by accident into our home.

Being aware that this is something that constantly is happening, no matter how diligent warehouses and grocery stores try to be, will put us on guard to be preventative and not reactive. Taking action ahead of time with traps, organic scents or other pest control, is the only way you can be certain of this. This doesn't mean you have to pay big dollars for a pest control service. You can do much of this yourself, (see infodiypestcontrol link here).

Watching pest control operators use blue lights to see where mice have urinated in our kitchens reveals the horror of how they will crawl across cutting boards, counter tops and other food preparation areas. If we use powerful disinfectants, we may be transferring chemicals into our food that are as bad as the mice urine. A good option is to always put down wax paper or some other clean material to prepare your food on.

Never leave food out over night due to the fact all of these pests are nocturnal and will be traveling about during that time.

Remember mice can get into drawers where we keep our silverware, so covering your silverware with a hand towel can save you from contamination you didn't notice until mice droppings were discovered under the spoons.

Not a fun subject as we said before but very important to address.