The following facts about rats and mice are a
courtesy of A-Target Pest Services, Ltd.
Rats breed at 3 to 4
months of age and may continue to breed at monthly intervals during
every month of the year. The average litter size is 10, but can be
as many as 20.
Rats and mice are colour
blind - The organs of touch are very sensitive hairs in the whiskers
and around the body, which explains why rats like to run next to
walls. These sensory organs assure them that no danger can approach
from that side thus counter-balancing the inadequateness of their
eyesight.
It is possible for
young rats to get through opening ½ inch in diameter. Mice can get
through openings 1/4 inch in diameter.
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