How to Identify Rat vs. Mouse Feces (Unipest DIY Pest Control in Santa Clarita Series)

Cardon Ellis, Head Inspector of Unipest teaches Santa Clarita residents how to identify different types of rodent feces in their homes, garages, and attics, in order to properly begin a pest and rodent control program!

[@KasultyZu]

2018: was excited buying a house 2020: checking rat vs. mouse feces on youtube

[@echoalpha9157]

recently bought 3 weeks now and i am discovered i got fur roommates with all the noise i heard at 3AM in the morning. I was wondering why the poop i saw looked massive, and even though it was a squirrel. How did you remove them from your home?

[@louvega8414]

Your enthusiasm with rodent faeces is both impressive and a little disconcerting. Thanks for info without a painfully long video. Never been to Santa Clarita but sounds beautiful (despite the rodents).

[@inthecouchproductions8103]

I never thought I would find myself sincerely appreciating this dude's poop identification video. Something got into my garage last night and this information is exactly what I was looking for when cleaning up after it this morning.

[@JoseMartinez-ou4ej]

Excellent and very useful video. Great explanation. Thank you!

[@Labearski44]

Thank you! Your video has been very helpful!

[@NorthTexasEagle1989]

Bro, I'm in the pest game, I love your energy.

[@superstallion97]

Great video, keep up the good work

[@paulpickett4522]

Thank you. Very useful and to the point.

[@greendahlias1429]

Thank you for shit talk. Very helpful since I’m trying to identity the random poop in my home.

[@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

I had a lot of rodent poop on my bed how did it get there when they generally stay on the floor it makes no sense

[@arbin.m.5089]

Imagine being the people in the parking lot people watching while this dude shoots this video.

[@pickypick5815]

Is it possible 5o have both in the same space? I caught a field mouse in the garage and then put the trap bacj in the same spot with some grated cheese in the trap and came back to find no grated cheese.... so im thinking, is it a smart mouse? Is the mouse too small to trip the door? Or is it a rat who can get its head in there without the door closing fully cause hes too big and then managing to leave it open.... 🤔 i think ive only seen mouse droppings though... and i took the mouse across the road... do we think it came back and remembered the trap and knew how not to trigger it? 😅 p.s i changed the food to peanutbutter so they cant take it, they have to go right in...

[@marydsouza7427]

Mc Donald's what can order for you hahaha

[@vesito17]

How do their poops break? Are they hard? I found something that looks a lot like rat feces, but it’s soft and leaves a mark like from coal. It could be coal from candles, but I’m not sure.

[@Craphithefan]

is there a big mouse?

[@oliverpony]

And that's where chocolate sprinkles come from

[@Rosebud830]

I'm having a mouse infestation and NEED to ask an expert a question about the poop I'm seeing, to help me identify mouse or rats! I'm finding very few tiny, "black, pointy-tipped poops" on my carpeting that are barely noticed! Funny thing is I'm seeing much more poops that look "white/tan-colored" that are slightly bigger, firmer, and hidden under my furniture! When i see mice, they are brown, not black, and they really dash FAST around the house, up and down furniture, and make lots of "noise", are getting up into my cabinets, and they "squeel and seem to be talking to each other?". Are they a Mice or a type of "smaller-sized" Rat??? I've tried looking for the "whiteish-colored" poops on Google...but cant find any info to help to identify which critter I have been infested with? I have begun using: Snap traps, Sticky traps, poisoned foods (w baking soda), and been cleaning their droppings like Mad! You said mice are curious and follow smells, rats are erratic and "fall into a sticky-trap, right?

[@ozskipper]

Im in australia.. Does the free inspection deal still count? hahaha.. Great vid

[@TheTerminator1919]

1:42 poop pics start

[@JulieSmith-ck7rc]

Thank you for having just saved my life -- er, at least 1:41 of it...

[@Gonzalez0110]

So I dont have a mouse or rat problem, I actually found a mouse at work, that had a botfly in it, I removed it and cleaned her wound, but her poops are even tinier then a mouses..so idk if that's normal? Or maybe its something else?? Idk, cause her poops don't look like the small pointed ends poops?

[@subashkanth9414]

bro i didnt understand what is meant by uncentred glue pads ? can you please explain ??

[@sofiahassan6968]

Meaning smellless glue

[@TonyEnglandUK]

*_Unscented_*

[@tylerortiz5173]

I just accidentally picked up something small and brown so I’m seeing if I need to check myself into an institution or not

[@ilovecheseburgers7141]

DONT PICK IT UP

[@LovelyLocksMirah]

Too late

[@LovelyLocksMirah]

Why can’t I pick it up tho

[@lilsneak150]

☠️☠️☠️😂😂😂😂😂☠️ _Facts!!!_

[@trod7709]

I am only finding droppings in one corner of my house. I've never seen this before as I've had experience with mice infestation in the past. There are no trails and no droppings by any entryways. So I am baffled. What is going on???

[@maryanamartin6622]

Yup ! I’m currently battling a rat or mouse. Cause I moved my couches a few days ago after we caught a big rat 😭. But we heard scratches again in the ceiling. I only found just a little bit of poop on one corner of our living room. But everywhere else no.

[@mandynewman8234]

There’s a small rodent somewhere in my living room. I don’t know if it’s a baby rat or a mouse. All I’ve seen of it is its hind quarters and worm tail disappearing under my sofa. It came in 3 days ago, when I left my balcony door open while putting out laundry. I don’t hear any scratching, and have only had visual contact briefly at night, but I find droppings in the morning. I have moved all my furniture, swept, vacuumed and mopped the floor, sprayed vinegar and put citrus peel under the furniture, and also have an electric rodent repeller plugged in. There is no food left in the room overnight and all doors are kept shut overnight. I don’t yet have money for a trap ( later this week I will) and I don’t want to kill it, just catch and release. So I’m hoping this video will help me determine the identity of the rodent, and what kind of trap and bait to use. It must be hungry and thirsty by now and I don’t want to find it dead.

[@mandynewman8234]

So, it’s poop would suggest it’s a mouse, not a rat.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

why are you walking around, is a rat chasing you?

[@sarahcreed2374]

What difference does it make if he is sitting down standing up walking around

[@TonyEnglandUK]

@@sarahcreed2374 Only a woman could ask that stupid question.

[@venuskesney]

Yes I have mice can you please come help us

[@RaymondHng]

What if the feces is longer, about an inch?

[@itrytoexplainphysicsasahig4224]

rat

[@janetshelton8948]

I live in N.C., will you give me a free inspection ? Lol ! Thanks, by watching yr video , I now know that I am dealing with mice or mouses !

[@jessitierra-mecruz189]

Lol it's Cardon from Problem Solver Politics

[@avunjephcott3163]

Stand still bro your giving me vertigo

[@TonyEnglandUK]

And me! I had to scroll into the comments just to get him off screen, what was all that walking and hand-waving for

[@shirley1922]

Glue boards are cruel...just get it done quickly with a snap trap

[@millennium677]

got one of these little bastards in my lining press and his smarter than I am always knows when too stay out of sight

[@ZE308AC]

Get a owl nesting box and you should be good to go

[@yee369]

Well, I just found a mouse shit in my piece of bread

[@sagmahi]

Please, no glue boards.

[@ronnetteharvey2002]

What about bloody puddles? They are half the size of a dime. Not solid at all

[@ShootingStar466]

Hmmm are they a milky grey? I saw a poop with a gloopy tiny puddle around it maybe its grease?

[@mw5905]

HAHAHAHA ^^ wtf

[@maryrosado2914]

I have mice 🐭 their poop r small

[@TinyFitnessHouston]

Did not appreciate the Chips Ahoy commercial I got at the end of this 🍪 🤢

[@andreaperez7171]

Would I ever just find 1 piece of poop or a bunch of them?

[@lauriejkase3111]

I have found that they return to the same places. So I would look for several piles sometimes a little spaced apart and along baseboards, underneath appliances, (especially under the fridge) and always be sure to set a live trap in your attic. I've been exterming for over 15 years.

[@lauriejkase3111]

P.S. The only reason I suggested setting a live trap up in the attic is that you never know forsure what kind of animals are taking up residence there. I've had calls from clients thinking they had roof rats in their attic and it turned out to be a nest of squirrels. I usually remove a nest of squirrels humanity. Hope this helps.

[@Shade_223]

Does the poop smell

[@AngelPrimsepski]

Pretty sure I just found a rat poop in my Taco Bell burrito….

[@medusasunshine4705]

Thanks

[@abigailpoppins6183]

Is that why they're still stealing my poop? E Tue z

[@zenyros]

OH MY GOD IT'S PROBLEM SOLVER POLITICS GUY WTF LMAO

[@junimo-hexed]

That rat droppings look like my girls poop (I have 3 mice) Edit: *pet

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Are you sure that edit worked?

[@paulabushell9910]

Why use glue boards, it's so cruel!!

[@miaowminx]

Agreed - I've heard some serious horror stories about the injuries the rodents inflict on themselves trying to get loose. Only thing I can think of that's worse is using rodent poison, as the rats/mice either suffer horribly or get killed by a predator (cat, dog, bird, etc.) that then is dangerously or fatally poisoned as well.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

@@miaowminx I don't have much sympathy for rats or mice but for me, humane traps were far more successful anyway.

[@edramos975]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Some people have no concern about the diseases and the risk of bite these nasty creatures can do to a child or an adult instead they care of the mice survival😂😂. This is not mickey mouse sweety or you clean pet mouse but these are nasty dirty sewage mice that will eat the cables in your house and eat your food from your food closet.

[@mw5905]

I'm not sure what the giant ridiculous headset and the constant trotting around a building had to do with rodent crap.

[@danielsavagefreecourse6039]

It doesn’t at all, so why bring it up? How about a thank you for these videos. After all, you came here for knowledge that he had and you didn't, right? Thank you!!

[@TonyEnglandUK]

@@danielsavagefreecourse6039 That's the whole point, we came here for knowledge, and that knowledge is being lost by the distraction of a giant headset on a bloke trotting around a building. So stop arse-kissing for the sake of it.

[@danielsavagefreecourse6039]

@@TonyEnglandUK The knowledge is still there in the video bro. YOU, not "we", are being distracted by a headset lol. Doubt you'll ever be successful in this industry

[@jeremyst37]

I thought what i have are newt poop 😱

[@marciapeak893]

Thank you for placing one of my favorite dishes, rice, next to the different poops. Yuck!

[@arbin.m.5089]

Rats, mice, whatever. However, I easily identify a unibrow.

[@hudaalessa82]

Ewwww I’m eating the mice cearl and they look like it eww

[@akairibbon4658]

this guy poops

[@marilynhartman4606]

This guy needs to calm down.

[@user-br1cc3ek2i]

I thought he kept it interesting. . .

[@hastabyebye]

We got free and important advice. what's not to like👌 I never knew glue boards are scented or unscented.

[@annamae859]

Mice and rats might be unwanted visitors in your home and considered pests, but they are sentient beings, just going about their business, they don't know it's your home, they are not deliberately causing you strife. They deserve a better death than the disgustingly cruel glue traps.

[@monember2722]

What do you suggest?

[@annamae859]

@@monember2722 something that kills them instantly without causing them uneccessary pain or distress. Snap traps are still the best method baited with peanut butter.