Ounce of Prevention

I don’t know about other pests but if you need treatment for bed bugs, I would go to specialists. These guys treated my apt six times and never actually found anything themselves until the fifth treatment. I had proof, and a very small case, but found one immediately after they treated. They did not tell me to get mattress and boxspring covers, any monitors, change to white bedsheets, nothing to help detect these guys. I was surprised how little they did when they came in. Inspected quickly, sprayed in corners, along the walls and carpet edges. They answered my questions and were very nice, but I cannot help but feel they are not very thorough. Also, I do not believe they are inspecting/​treating the adjacent apartments as they are supposed to. Maybe my building says nix on that, but… Now someone else in my building has them and he has been treated 4 times.

Mice are gone! Need I say more? Ok, a little more. Prices are very reasonable: $ 175 for a 2 flat including baiting the unfinished basement.
They set two different types of bait: 1) plastic cases with little poisoned food packs nestled inside. The packs look like those silica gel packs that come in shoe boxes. Mice gnaw through the plastic bag, eat the poisoned food and die; 2) tracking or poison powder that they dust at entry points such as my not-​properly-​sealed stovepipe. Mice will step on it, get it on their feet and fur, ingest it when they groom themselves and die.
Well, turns out that it worked! Tenants and I started finding dead mice, which is a good thing. This company promised ‘no mo’ mouses in my houses’ and they delivered!
Oh, one more thing. They identified exterior entry points where mice were gaining access to building and recommended sealing them with copper mesh and concrete. So, they not only got rid of the critters but gave us concrete solutions to preventing future colonies (that’s what they’re called) from letting themselves in.