Thorndike's housing stock shapes exactly where rodents get in. Older wood-frame homes dominate this hill country, many with basements given the region's colder winters. Combined with the area's climate — a humid climate with real seasonal swings, colder in winter than the Boston metro and coastal areas. — 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.