Have You Lived Your Whole Life Without Seeing A Single Mice Or Rat

Have you lived your whole life without seeing a single mouse or rat? Are you someone who feels that none of this concerns you? For anybody living in New York, these rodents are a major problem. Although they are believed to be only found in subway stations and sewers, you might find one sitting five feet away your couch, sharing your popcorn and excreting waste to show its thanks. Sounds disgusting and absurd? Well, that’s reality!

Why did I choose to research this?
I started to research this topic because last year, my house was infested with mice. Every day, I would come home and go into my room to hear scratching sounds from inside the walls. While enduring the freeloading nuisances, I tried to figure out how these mice got inside the house but couldn’t. I was able to catch some of them, by laying mouse traps wherever I found droppings but wasn’t able to exterminate them completely. The same week that I suffered from the mice, my friend from across the street finds a huge rat in his basement. I wanted to know if there was a connection or common cause for us having to deal with these pests and the cause behind the rodents …show more content…
He goes over the facts that, “rats are nocturnal,” “their eyes are small, black, and shiny,” “to make up for their poor eyesight they have an excellent sense of smell,” and “they have strong feet.” (Sullivan 6) He also mentions that, “rats can taste the tiniest amounts of poison,” “can run and climb with squirrel-like agility,” “are excellent swimmers surviving in rivers and bays, in sewer streams and toilet bowls,” and “love to dig.”(8) From his description of rats, I feel that I can understand why a house infected by these pests would have headaches all day. Can you imagine what it would be like, having these creatures running around your house every night? They’re hard to drown, hard to poison, can climb tables, and dig holes