Silver Bullet Pest ControlDroppings in the kitchen drawer of a brownstone, scratching behind the wall you share with the neighbors, or a mouse running past the stove in a high-rise apartment? Silver Bullet Pest Control does mouse inspections in Jersey City homes and buildings — we find how they're getting in, remove them and seal the gaps. Mouse service includes 90 days of coverage with unlimited free service calls.
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Text a photo of the droppings next to a coin to 973-510-2585 — we'll tell you if it's mice or rats.
Call or text Silver Bullet Pest Control at 973-510-2585 to book a mouse inspection in Jersey City. A licensed technician checks the kitchen, basement, utility lines, walls and outside of your home or building to find where mice are living and how they get in, then gives you a free quote to remove them and seal the entry points. Mouse service includes 90 days of coverage with unlimited free service calls. NJ License 90568B, 4.9 stars on Google.
Traps catch the mice you have. An inspection tells you why you have them. In a Jersey City home we look at:
Under the sink, behind the stove and fridge, inside the cabinet base and toe-kick, and where pipes come through the wall.
Foundation walls, the sill line, pipe and gas line openings, floor drains and storage — where most mice enter older buildings.
Gaps around wires, cable, radiator pipes and risers that let mice move between floors and units.
Stoops, door bottoms, basement doors, vents, trash and recycling areas, and gaps in brick or siding.
We show you what we find, with photos when it helps, and explain which gaps matter most.
These are the clues that tell us how big the problem is and where the mice are coming from:
Where droppings are, and how many, tells us a lot. A few in one drawer can mean a mouse or two just found the kitchen. Droppings spread through several rooms, the basement and the cabinets usually mean an established population. Wet droppings before cleaning them up, wear gloves, and never sweep or vacuum them dry.
A mouse can squeeze through a gap about the width of a pencil. In older Jersey City buildings those gaps are everywhere — around old radiator and gas pipes, under basement doors, behind kitchen cabinets and where new wiring was run through old walls. Finding them is the difference between catching mice for a month and stopping them.
Mice nest close to food and warmth. In apartments that often means behind the stove, under the dishwasher or inside the cabinet base. In houses, check basement storage, drop ceilings and the attic. Nests in insulation can mean the mice have been there a while.
Jersey City has a lot of what mice like: older buildings, homes built close together and a lot of food around. Row houses, brownstones and two- and three-family homes share walls, and many have been renovated in pieces over the years, leaving gaps behind cabinets and around pipes. Apartment towers have trash rooms, compactor chutes and utility risers that connect every floor.
Busy areas like Journal Square, Downtown and the blocks near the PATH stations also have restaurants, food stores and trash at the curb, which supports rodents nearby. When the weather turns cold in the fall, mice push indoors looking for warmth, and the calls pick up through the winter.
None of this means your home is dirty. Clean homes get mice all the time — it's about gaps, not housekeeping.
Where mice get in and where they hide depends a lot on the kind of building you live in:
| Row house / brownstone | Two- or three-family home | Apartment tower | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common way in | Basement doors, front stoop gaps, old pipe openings | Basement, garage, porch and gaps at the foundation | Trash rooms, risers, gaps under unit doors |
| Where they hide | Party walls, under the kitchen, basement storage | Between floors, inside walls shared by the units | Behind kitchen appliances, cabinet bases, utility closets |
| Why they keep coming back | Neighbors on both sides with their own gaps | Units treated one at a time | Mice moving through shared walls and risers |
| What we focus on | Basement sealing and the kitchen | The whole house, from the basement up | Your unit plus talking with management about common areas |
Building managers and owners can see our apartment building programs.
Mice leave rice-sized, pointed droppings. Rat droppings are much bigger and blunt.
Mice sound like light scratching in walls and ceilings; rats are heavier and often lower in the building.
A mouse is about the length of your thumb plus a long tail. A young rat has big feet and a thick body.
Mice live inside. Rats usually live in burrows, basements and around trash, coming in to feed.
Rats in the basement or garage? See control de roedores en garajes y sótanos (en español) or our main rodent page.
We explain what we found, how many entry points there are and what it will take to fix them.
Traps placed where mice travel and where kids and pets can't reach them. Locked stations outside where they make sense.
Entry points around pipes, wires, vents and doors closed with materials mice can't chew through.
Mouse service includes 90 days of coverage with unlimited free service calls. If you see activity, call us back.
More on sealing: rodent proofing and exclusion.
In apartments and multi-family homes, mice rarely stay in one unit. That's why the best results come when the owner or manager treats the building, not just one apartment.
Who is responsible for pest control can depend on the type of building, the lease and local rules, and those rules can change. Check with Jersey City code enforcement or the NJ Department of Community Affairs for your situation. Our landlord and tenant guide covers the general basics.
While you wait for the inspection, a few things help — and make our work faster:
For a fix that lasts, see entry point sealing.
Tell us what you're seeing and where — droppings, noise or a mouse sighting — and what kind of building you live in. The quote is free.
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We check the kitchen, bathrooms, basement, utility lines, shared walls and the outside to find where mice live and how they get in, then give you a free quote.
Mice come in for warmth and shelter through small gaps, not because a home is dirty. In attached buildings they also travel from neighboring units.
About the width of a pencil. That's why sealing gaps around pipes and under doors matters so much.
Yes. Mouse service includes 90 days of coverage with unlimited free service calls during that time.
We can seal your side — the gaps in your walls, floors and basement — which stops most of the traffic. Building-wide work gives the best results.
Inside we use traps placed where kids and pets can't reach them. Locked bait stations are used outside where they make sense.
Most homes see a big drop in the first week or two once traps are set and the main gaps are sealed.
Yes. We can inspect the whole building, including the basement, trash areas and affected units.
Activity picks up in the fall as nights get cold and continues through the winter, though buildings can have mice year-round.
Yes. Silver Bullet Pest Control holds NJ License 90568B and has over 15 years of experience.
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