Local rodent information

Rodent control in Arizona

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

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Rodents in Arizona: what to know

Around Arizona

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 Arizona: what the public record shows

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

Hantavirus cases, 2025 (provisional YTD)

Northern Arizona is also a plague focal region.

CDC National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

Max 1

Plague reports, previous 52 weeks (week 21 2026 table)

Sporadic rural cases; no YTD cases in 2025 or 2026 through May 30.

CDC NNDSS

Rodent species recorded in Arizona

House mouse (Mus musculus) — Enters at 1/4 inch; 5-10 litters per year; eats about 200 small meals a night.
Roof rat (Rattus rattus) — Climber of attics and trees in warm and coastal regions; tail longer than head plus body.
Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) — Primary U.S. hantavirus carrier; lives throughout Washington and the interior West.

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: CDC National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System; CDC NNDSS; CDC; Pest Notes: House Mouse; Pest Notes: Rats; Hantavirus. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Avondale

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Rodent control in Arizona

Rodents in Arizona: what to know

Around Arizona

What to note

A useful next step

Rodents in Arizona: what the public record shows

Rodent species recorded in Arizona

For context, nationally

Explore Arizona cities

Avondale

Buckeye

Casa Grande

Chandler

Flagstaff

Gilbert

Glendale

Goodyear

Lake Havasu City

Mesa

Peoria

Phoenix

Prescott

Scottsdale

Sierra Vista

Surprise

Tempe

Tucson

Yuma

Queen Creek

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