Local rodent information

Rodent control in Minnesota

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

Rodents in Minnesota: what to know

Around Minnesota

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 Minnesota: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which rodents actually live in Minnesota, 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 likely acquired in Minnesota since 1999

Plus one resident infected in the western US; Minnesota rodents are far less likely to carry the virus.

Minnesota Department of Health

The deer mouse, not the common house mouse

Which mouse carries hantavirus here

Minnesota Department of Health states plainly that the house mouse does not carry hantavirus.

Minnesota Department of Health

If a pencil fits in the opening, a mouse fits

Field test for an entry point

MDH's rule for sealing homes.

Minnesota Department of Health

Rodent species recorded in Minnesota

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.
Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) — Primary U.S. hantavirus carrier; lives throughout Washington and the interior West.

In Minnesota the house mouse is the structural problem; the deer mouse is the rural cabin and outbuilding problem.

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: Minnesota Department of Health; 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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Humid Continental · suburban setting

Rodent control in Minnesota

Rodents in Minnesota: what to know

Around Minnesota

What to note

A useful next step

Rodents in Minnesota: what the public record shows

Rodent species recorded in Minnesota

For context, nationally

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Blaine

Bloomington

Brooklyn Park

Burnsville

Coon Rapids

Duluth

Eagan

Eden Prairie

Lakeville

Mankato

Maple Grove

Minneapolis

Moorhead

Plymouth

Rochester

Saint Paul

St. Cloud

Woodbury

Richfield

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