Babson Park's housing stock shapes exactly where rodents get in. Slab-on-grade stucco and concrete-block homes dominate, built rapidly during the region's sustained growth. Combined with the area's climate — a climate with a pronounced wet season from June through October and a milder dry season the rest of the year — rodents seeking shelter from weather extremes make a beeline for any accessible gap.
Exclusion is the core of effective rodent control: finding and sealing every gap a mouse or rat could use to get inside, since traps alone just remove the current population without stopping the next one. We pair exterior sealing with interior trapping or bait stations, then follow up to confirm the problem is resolved.