Wedron's housing stock shapes exactly where rodents get in. Historic brick two- and three-flat buildings make up much of the older city housing stock, alongside postwar suburban tract homes. Combined with the area's climate — a climate shaped by proximity to Lake Michigan, with colder, snowier conditions than much of downstate Illinois — 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.