After a year of service from Orkin I still have a rodent problem in my home

[Parnassia]

Originally Posted by 1200RT

Yup.

Has anyone addressed how they are getting into the house? How old is this home? Old homes have a lot of "holes", and you need a professional to seem them out, plug them, etc

This. The outdoors surrounding the house will just replace what you trap/kill OP if you don't plug points of entry. Rodents don't just come inside for food (you should be storing it correctly anyway). They're also seeking shelter, warmth, and water.

If you don't take this vital step, getting the upper hand on your rodent problem will be Sisyphean labor. You need someone who will search crawlspaces, attic, and basement for entry points, and also close up penetrations in walls and floors created by plumbing, electrical, or communication cable runs. Rodent chew-resistant foam, steel wool, caulk, etc. around those internal points of entry. You may only need to do that once. In one older house I owned, I could trap half a dozen mice/voles every night during autumn when everything was searching for warm winter nests. After a handyman and I searched top to bottom with cans of expanding foam, wads of steel mesh and caulk, the number dropped to one every few weeks. It made a huge difference!

Or not. Your Orkin man will thank you for providing job security.

[tickyul]

I would check for entry-points again, very thoroughly......and also check the points sealed with foam, mice can and do chew through it.

You want to permanently seal rodent entry-points, use strong mortar with
stainless-steel-mesh embedded in it.