Keeping mice out of RV:

[dad911]

I used repellant bags in pool equipment for the winter. Think it was called something like mouse-away. Also used in my car trailers, along with poison bait traps.

[Tim Hancock]

[Steve Carlton]

[Rusty Heap]

My friends sell this.

Mouse-B-Gone.


They raise Ferrets. Collect the urine and pelletize it.

MICE HATE THE SMELL OF FERRETS, a natural predator.


Mouse-b-gone - Natural Rodent Deterrent, Mice Deterrent, Mouse Repellent

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock

Tim, these are big city mice...they are on the internet or something sharing KIA stories. I've tried conventional traps like that one and every overpriced "better mousetrap" that the local Ace Hardware sells in the area where my RV is. They saw me coming when I walked in the door, as my old man used to say.

NONE of them have gotten me one mouse. I even bought the super-duper/can't fail/irresistable mouse bait. They look at my traps and laugh at me, then eat some upholstery and schit it out on my carpet.

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

My friends sell this.

Mouse-B-Gone.


They raise Ferrets. Collect the urine and pelletize it.

MICE HATE THE SMELL OF FERRETS, a natural predator.


Mouse-b-gone - Natural Rodent Deterrent, Mice Deterrent, Mouse Repellent

I might have to give that a try.

[LWJ]

I had a rat problem at a rental place. (Neighbor's dumpster attracted them.). Hired a pro. They sealed all crawlspace vents with steel mesh. Put bait boxes on the outside. Put snap traps inside as there was nothing else to eat. Killed them all quickly.

So, I would start with that. Build a perimeter of defense. Eradicate BEFORE you put the vehicle inside. If there is a loose fitting door? Fix it or this strategy won't work.

[Mike Andrew]

Ugh!! I am in a pitched, to the end, battle with these miserable vermin in my trailer in the north woods. Recently spent 3 days crawling underneath and stuffing any opening with steel wool and then foaming the entire seam where the plastic under floor meets the frame. Then spotted 2 eyes staring at me from the opening around the slide out mechanism. Another several hours spent cutting hardware cloth to fit snugly around these areas.

Then to the inside with my borescope to look for infiltration points under the sink where I have caught many. More hardware cloth (and my blood) has sealed as much as possible. However, I am still catching them there and I suspect that they are wriggling thru the wire bundle going to the fuse panel and converter. I will borescope this area Friday when I return for some fishing. My brother lives next door and has been setting, checking and dumping traps daily for me.The frequency of kills is diminishing and I hope that things are sealed well enough and we are catching the remnants of a colony trapped inside with no exit available.

The miserable vermin have attacked my Merc outboard as well, chewing wires and building nests. No way to seal that so Grandpa Gus packs under the cover when I am not there.

I will order some Mouse Be Gone.

I have tried unsuccessfully:

Dryer sheets. Walked over them to get to baited trap
Irish Spring
Peppermint oil on cotton balls - used balls for nesting material
Glue traps - a few have pulled themselves loose. Snappers are much better
Anti rodent sprays with coyote or fox urine
D Con - (now 3# spread under the trailer) Screw collateral damage
Hardware cloth screened every vent on the exterior

I remain undaunted and will continue the conflict. Fight, Fight, Fight

PS: Brother just texted that none were trapped inside last night for the second night in a row. Perhaps I have turned the tide in my battle with the miserable little invasive vermin.

[1990C4S]

Wrap some string on the 'retainer' of the snap trap. Then smear peanut butter onto the string.

Embedding the bait into the strings makes them gnaw on it, which prevents them from getting the food without setting the trap off.

[Por_sha911]

Everyone I've ever talked to said that repellents are a waste of time. One fellow found mothballs in the nest!
For me, snap traps are the only thing. I try different bait (cheddar cheese, peanut butter..) till I find what they like. With the Victor traps, I will also tweak the bar that holds the wire when the trap is set to make it a lighter touch. Using cheese, I will replace it when it hardens.

Have you considered a game camera to watch what they do around the trap?

[pmax]

[Dantilla]

This is somewhat common for airplane hangars with a mouse infestation.

Easy with tall gear legs.
Not so easy to replicate for a car.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Hey, that's my idea!

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

Hey, that's my idea!

Apparently not.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by speeder

Apparently not.

I see what you mean, those are round sheet metal walls around tires vs. my rectangular ones. Good eye!

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by Dantilla

This is somewhat common for airplane hangars with a mouse infestation.

Easy with tall gear legs.
Not so easy to replicate for a car.

I'm not sure how those sheets are fastened together into cylinders but my idea was duct sheet metal bent to form a rectangle with a 1/2" tab at the open end. You open and wrap the box around the tire and magnets on inside of the tab hold the open wall closed.

Mice jumping up to the underside of the car per Rutager and the Internet would be the only way they could get in.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I'm not sure how those sheets are fastened together into cylinders but my idea was duct sheet metal bent to form a rectangle with a 1/2" tab at the open end. You open and wrap the box around the tire and magnets on inside of the tab hold the open wall closed.

Mice jumping up to the underside of the car per Rutager and the Internet would be the only way they could get in.

Plan B Shaun:

Build up the height with lumber or something sturdy to 20” or so and then put the metal ring around them. Bonus if you curve the stack to the wheel diameter and you get less flat spotting too!

[Dantilla]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I'm not sure how those sheets are fastened together into cylinders....

Usually, each end has the last 1/2" or so bent over sharply in opposite directions so they simply hook together.
The sheet metal tries to spring back straight, so the "hook" has tension.
No fasteners required.

[Arizona_928]

Originally Posted by rwest

Plan B Shaun:

Build up the height with lumber or something sturdy to 20” or so and then put the metal ring around them. Bonus if you curve the stack to the wheel diameter and you get less flat spotting too!

IIRC, this car burned in a corn field due to the brakes catching the packed in husks on fire.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by rwest

Plan B Shaun:

Build up the height with lumber or something sturdy to 20” or so and then put the metal ring around them. Bonus if you curve the stack to the wheel diameter and you get less flat spotting too!

good idea Rutager. I'm not worried about flat spotting this year, I'm restoring some E50s this winter with turbo fans and A008s for spring. Last year for the amazing RE11s.

Originally Posted by Dantilla

Usually, each end has the last 1/2" or so bent over sharply in opposite directions so they simply hook together.
The sheet metal tries to spring back straight, so the "hook" has tension.
No fasteners required.

That makes perfect sense.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I think putting an easy on easy off glue strip around them would work well.