Chiloquin's housing stock shapes exactly where rodents get in. A mix of older ranch homes and modest small-town construction, most built with basements for winter cold rather than the moisture concerns of western Oregon. Combined with the area's climate — an arid climate with real seasonal extremes, far drier and colder in winter than the Willamette Valley — 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.