Wilton's housing stock shapes exactly where rodents get in. Stucco and wood-frame homes on slab foundations dominate, designed around the valley's intense summer heat. Combined with the area's climate — a hot-summer Mediterranean climate with intense summer heat, mild winters, and persistent winter tule fog — 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.