Paulden's housing stock shapes exactly where rodents get in. This area's elevation means basements and crawl spaces are common, a real contrast to the slab-only construction of the low desert. Combined with the area's climate — a mile-high chaparral climate with genuine four-season weather, hot summers, cold winters, and occasional snow, milder than the low desert year-round — 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.