Silver Bullet Pest ControlMice in a high-rise kitchen on Prospect Avenue, rats by the dumpsters behind a Main Street restaurant, or scratching in the walls of an older house near the river? Silver Bullet Pest Control gets rats and mice out of Hackensack apartments, homes and businesses — and closes the gaps they came through, so the problem doesn't start over next season.
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Not sure what you have? Text a photo of the droppings next to a coin to 973-510-2585 and we'll tell you.
Silver Bullet Pest Control is a licensed rat and mouse exterminator serving Hackensack from our base in Garfield, about 15 minutes away. We find where the rodents live and how they get in, remove them with traps and locked stations, and seal the entry points with materials they can't chew through. Mouse service includes 90 days of coverage with unlimited free service calls. NJ License 90568B, 4.9 stars on Google. Call or text 973-510-2585.
Hackensack has every kind of building, and each one gives rats and mice a different way to live:
Mice live in the walls, pipe chases and around the compactor or trash room, then move up and down the building along plumbing and wiring.
Shared basements, laundry rooms and storage areas let mice travel from one unit to the next. Rats dig under porches and around outdoor trash enclosures.
Mice come in through gaps at the foundation, garage door corners and where pipes and cables enter. Rats burrow along fences, sheds and the back of the yard.
Deliveries, food storage, break rooms and dumpsters give rodents food all year. Gaps under doors and at loading areas let them in.
Every building is different, so we always start by looking at the whole property, not just the room where you saw a mouse.
Droppings are the most common clue we get in photos. Here's how we read them:
The size tells us which animal we're dealing with, and that changes everything: where we look, what traps we use and which gaps matter. Mice fit through very small openings; rats need bigger ones but chew more.
A handful of droppings in one drawer usually means a few mice that just arrived. Heavy droppings in several places mean nesting nearby, and the treatment and follow-up are planned around that.
Rodents use the same paths every night. Droppings lined up along a pipe or a wall edge point straight to the route — and usually to the gap where they're getting in.
People are often surprised to find mice on the 8th or 12th floor. In a tall building, mice don't need to come in from the street every time — they live inside the building. Pipe chases, electrical shafts, gaps behind kitchen cabinets and the spaces around radiator and heating pipes connect floor to floor. The trash chute and compactor room give them food on every level.
That's why treating one apartment usually doesn't solve it for long. When we work in an apartment building we look at:
Tenants: tell your landlord or super in writing and keep photos with dates. Our landlord vs. tenant guide covers the basics. Owners and managers: see our apartment building programs for scheduled building-wide service.
Norway rats live in burrows in the ground, and they like soft soil, cover and food nearby. Blocks close to the Hackensack River and low spots that hold water give them that. After a heavy storm, flooded burrows push rats out toward drier places — garages, sheds, basements, and the space under decks and porches.
Outside, these are the signs to look for:
Outdoors, we use locked, tamper-resistant stations placed where they make sense, and we look at what's feeding the rats — open trash, pet food, fallen fruit, bird seed — because removing the food is half the job.
Kitchen, basement, utility rooms, garage, attic or ceiling spaces, and the outside of the building — foundation, doors, vents, utility lines and the trash area.
Traps inside, placed where children and pets can't reach them. Locked stations outside where they're needed.
Gaps around pipes, wires, vents and door bottoms are closed with materials rodents can't chew. See rodent proofing.
We come back, check activity and adjust. Mouse service includes 90 days of coverage with unlimited free service calls.
Main Street and the streets around the courthouse and Hackensack University Medical Center are full of restaurants, delis, shops, offices and medical practices. Where there's food, deliveries and dumpsters, there are rodents looking for a way in.
Saw a mouse in the dining room or have an inspection coming? Call or text 973-510-2585 — same-day service is often available for urgent commercial problems.
More: commercial pest control and restaurant pest control.
Every job is different, but this is what most Hackensack customers can expect:
| Situation | What usually happens | What it depends on |
|---|---|---|
| A few mice in a house | Activity drops in the first week or two | Finding and sealing every gap |
| Mice in an apartment | Improves in a couple of weeks, may need repeat visits | Whether the units around it are treated too |
| Rats outside | Burrows go quiet over a few weeks | Removing food and closing burrows |
| Rats inside a garage or basement | Traps and sealing on the first visit, then follow-up | How many openings and how big |
| Restaurant or business | Regular scheduled service | Deliveries, trash handling and staff habits |
The free quote is given after we see the property — call or text 973-510-2585 to set it up.
Want to read more first? See our main rat and mouse page.
Who can stop mice from entering my attic in Hackensack? Silver Bullet Pest Control. Mice don't fly in; they climb. In Hackensack's high-rises, garden apartments and older single-family homes near the Hackensack River, they usually reach the attic by running up inside the walls from the basement, or by climbing the siding and slipping in at the roofline.
The usual ways in:
Setting traps in the attic catches the mice that are already there, but more keep coming until the openings are closed. We inspect from the foundation to the roofline, trap the attic and walls, seal every gap with steel mesh, metal flashing and sealant (not foam alone, which mice chew through), and come back to confirm activity has stopped. Signs to watch for: scratching overhead at night, droppings on top of the insulation and tunnels through it, and chewed wires or duct insulation.
Tell us what you're seeing and where — apartment, house or business — and send a photo if you can. We'll give you a free quote and explain the plan.
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Silver Bullet Pest Control. We find how they reach the attic, trap the ones inside and seal the roofline and wall gaps with steel and metal, then follow up. Call or text 973-510-2585.
Mice live and travel inside the walls and attic insulation and come out mostly at night. Scratching overhead in the evening and early morning is the most common sign.
They travel inside the building along pipe chases, wiring and gaps behind cabinets, and the trash chute gives them food on every floor. That's why the whole building matters, not just one unit.
Mouse droppings are small and pointed like rice; rat droppings are bigger and blunt. Text us a photo next to a coin and we'll tell you.
Heavy rain floods burrows in low ground near the river, so rats move to drier spots like garages, basements and under decks.
Report it in writing with dated photos and keep a copy. Rules on who pays depend on the lease and building type, so check our landlord-tenant guide or ask your town's code enforcement office.
Inside we use traps placed where children and pets can't reach them. Locked stations are used outside where they make sense.
Most homes need the first visit plus follow-up. Apartment buildings and restaurants often do better on regular scheduled service.
Yes. Mouse service includes 90 days of coverage with unlimited free service calls.
Yes — scheduled service around your hours, with written records of every visit.
We're based in Garfield, about 15 minutes from Hackensack. Same-day visits are often available.
Yes. NJ License 90568B and over 15 years of experience.
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From our base in Garfield we cover Hackensack and the towns around it.
Real photos from our recent jobs. We show only the street and town, never the customer's exact address.
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Updated November 2026 by the Silver Bullet Pest Control team, Garfield, NJ • NJ License 90568B
