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Rodent control in Alabama

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Rodents in Alabama: what to know

Around Alabama

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see rodents, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Rodents in Alabama: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which rodents actually live in Alabama, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

as small as 1⁄2 inch

Hole size a rat has entered through

Rats also crawl along pipes up to 3 inches in diameter, so seal pipe penetrations as well as foundation gaps.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

five to ten litters per year

House mouse litters per year

A litter of five to six young is born about 20 days after mating, so a few mice become an infestation within weeks.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

more than 640 rats in 1 year

Rats one unchecked pair can become in a year

Alabama Extension's reproduction figure for why early action matters.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Rodent species recorded in Alabama

House mouse (Mus musculus) — Enters at 1/4 inch; 5-10 litters per year; eats about 200 small meals a night.
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) — Burrowing rat of basements, sewers and ground floors; tail shorter than head plus body.
Roof rat (Rattus rattus) — Climber of attics and trees in warm and coastal regions; tail longer than head plus body.

Alabama Extension treats the Norway rat (under buildings and slabs, stream banks), roof rat (trees, vine-covered fences, attics, entering from roofs and utility lines) and house mouse as the three commensal rodents; control is exclusion, sanitation, then chemical control.

Rules that apply in Alabama

For context, nationally

1/4 inch (the width of a pencil) — Smallest gap a mouse can enter. CDC
890; 35% fatal; 94% west of the Mississippi — Hantavirus cases reported since 1993 (through 2023). CDC

Sources: Alabama Cooperative Extension System; CDC; Pest Notes: House Mouse; Pest Notes: Rats. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Alabaster

Humid Subtropical · suburban setting

Rodent control in Alabama

Rodents in Alabama: what to know

Around Alabama

What to note

A useful next step

Rodents in Alabama: what the public record shows

Rodent species recorded in Alabama

Rules that apply in Alabama

For context, nationally

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Alabaster

Auburn

Birmingham

Daphne

Decatur

Dothan

Enterprise

Florence

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Hoover

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Madison

Mobile

Montgomery

Opelika

Tuscaloosa

Vestavia Hills

Prattville

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