Rodent Control in Falcon and Peyton

Falcon is an unincorporated community along U.S. 24, about 14 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, at around 6,831 feet. It's mostly semi-arid grassland, and it's grown fast. The population nearly doubled between 1990 and 2000, and neighborhoods like Meridian Ranch and Woodmen Hills have kept adding homes since.

Out past Falcon toward Peyton and Calhan, it's more acreage, horses and outbuildings. Rodent calls from this side of the county are a mix of subdivision mice and ranch-property mice and rats.

New homes on the grassland

When a subdivision goes in on open grassland, the mice and voles that lived there don't go far. Houses on the edge of new development see field mice in the garage every fall and voles in the lawn in spring. A tight garage door and sealed utility entries keep most of them out. See mouse removal and vole and gopher control.

• Check garage door seals on homes facing open land
• Watch for vole runways when the snow melts
• Keep grass short along fences next to fields

Acreage toward Peyton and Calhan

Barns, feed rooms, hay storage and workshops are where rodents settle on rural property. Mice and deer mice in the feed, pack rats in the workshop, Norway rats around grain. Barns, sheds and outbuildings covers storage and cleanup. For the house, start with entry sealing.

Deer mice are common in rural areas. Air out sheds and barns before cleaning, wet droppings with disinfectant and skip the broom. The deer mouse page has the steps.

Landmarks and roads: Meridian Ranch · Woodmen Hills · U.S. 24 · Peyton · Calhan · Woodmen Road

Nearby areas: Briargate, Rockrimmon, Black Forest, Monument and Tri-Lakes, Broadmoor and Cheyenne Cañon, Manitou Springs, Old Colorado City and the West Side, Fountain, Security-Widefield, Powers and Stetson Hills.