Benton Harbor's housing stock shapes exactly where rodents get in. A blend of established western Michigan suburbs and more remote, forest-adjacent housing farther north. Combined with the area's climate — a humid continental climate with some of the heaviest lake-effect snowfall totals in the country off Lake Michigan — 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.