I am workamping in a National Park and my toilet would leak a very small amount of water every so often (once a week or every other week). So I left some paper towels on the floor to catch the water. I noticed one day the paper towel edges were shredded, knowing that was a mouse I put down a trap and killed it.
That was 6 weeks ago, last night I have killed my 12th mouse. Yesterday when I got number 11, I was sitting working on my laptop and a mouse went running by towards the front of the MH. I could not find where it went but it was towards what I believe are intake ducts on the front passenger side of the MH.
A coworker mentioned last night that those electronic sonic devices work, any input would be appreciated.
Every one I have killed has been next to a cutout where the water pipe goes to the toilet. Below where they are, are the holding tanks, so it is really hard to see any entrance point under the rig.
I don't see any access point inside my rig to get to where they have tried to build nests, I would really like to clean it out, BTW my rig is a 26ft. 1998 Fleetwood Flair.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Roger
TRAILERKING said
10:18 AM Jun 13, 2014
Just don't use poison so they end up dying inside your motorhome's hidden places. Try use some kind of deterrent. I have those electronic devices at home. Not sure if they actually work but never had any rodents. They can climb up your tires, electrical cord, etc. They can squeeze into the smallest crack as small as a thickness of a pencil.
The Bear II said
02:33 PM Jun 13, 2014
The only way to stop them from coming in is to find where they are getting in. It's amazing how small of a hole or crack they can fit through.
Use expanding foam and stainless steel scrubbies to fill in any holes underneath your MH and any side openings fill with chaulking.
You can try placing some mothballs in plastic containers around underneath the MH where the mice might be coming in. Poke holes in the side of the container, put the lid on, this will help keep it water resistant when it rains.
-- Edited by The Bear II on Friday 13th of June 2014 02:35:03 PM
cherylbrv said
02:35 PM Jun 13, 2014
My first thought reading the subject line was serial, USB or wireless?
TRAILERKING said
03:13 PM Jun 13, 2014
cherylbrv wrote:
My first thought reading the subject line was serial, USB or wireless?
Hahaha
rgrrmg said
03:56 PM Jun 13, 2014
That's funny!
But, I am not having fun with this...I have decided to leave this area, I will be going down the road to blm land for 3 to 4 days.
Roger
TRAILERKING said
04:04 PM Jun 13, 2014
You could go to a Boat-Launch, back the unit in, fully submersed for a few minutes. Then drive out and let dry..........................That should just about get rid of them all.
Note:
As the water is spewing out of all the nooks & crannies this will give you an indication of where they were gettin' in.
Hope this helps.
Terry and Jo said
09:27 PM Jun 13, 2014
Bear's suggestion about the stainless steel scrubbies reminded me that when I was growing up, Mom used to use steel wool to poke into possible entry points. The advantage of the stainless steel is that it wouldn't rust like regular steel wool.
Terry
Camper Chronicles said
07:58 AM Jun 14, 2014
Dryer sheets everywhere seems to work. We used them over the winter when storing and no mice. I do mean a lot of dryer sheets though like an entire big box stuffed everywhere. I think they don't like the smell
Clay L said
11:22 AM Jun 14, 2014
Consumer reports did a study some time back and found that sonic repellers didn't work.
I have personally seen a mouse nest made from dryer sheets. A guy at a campground in NH where we stayed two seasons called me down to his site when he opened up in the spring to show it to me. He also had a sonic repeller about three feet away. He ended up trapping 15 or so mice in the next couple of weeks
MarkS said
11:29 AM Jun 14, 2014
I read someplace that they don't like mint. I had a mouse in the garage that evaded capture for months. After he ate the top off the windshield washer reservoir on the smart car I declared war. Since a shotgun, napalm, nuclear waste, and burning down the house didn't work I decided to try some mint. Besides, it was the only plant thriving in the empty lot where the house used to be. No more mouse. Either the mint worked or the mouse moved next door.
Cindi said
02:26 PM Jun 15, 2014
I soak cotton balls with peppermint oil and place them in the backs of all the drawers and cabinets. The smell is a little strong at first but not offensive. When the smell gets very faint I replace with new.
I also use Fresh Cab (got it online from Amazon) in all of the storage compartments under the RV, under the sink, under the washer and under the bed. It is pine scented and safe for pets as well.
When I got the RV this past spring it was filled with evidence of mice and lots of dryer sheets. I would say the dryer sheets do not work! I have not seen a mouse since I treated with the Fresh Cab and peppermint.
BiggarView said
03:37 PM Jun 15, 2014
MarkS wrote:
I read someplace that they don't like mint. I had a mouse in the garage that evaded capture for months. After he ate the top off the windshield washer reservoir on the smart car I declared war. Since a shotgun, napalm, nuclear waste, and burning down the house didn't work I decided to try some mint. Besides, it was the only plant thriving in the empty lot where the house used to be. No more mouse. Either the mint worked or the mouse moved next door.
After licking its wounds, your next nightmare might be a rodentasaurus.... 9 feet tall with an attitude.... if it was a pregnant female at the time of irradiation... all I can say is thanks a bunch for unleashing that plague on us Mark.
-- Edited by biggaRView on Sunday 15th of June 2014 03:43:23 PM
Terry and Jo said
05:06 PM Jun 15, 2014
biggaRView wrote:
MarkS wrote:
I read someplace that they don't like mint. I had a mouse in the garage that evaded capture for months. After he ate the top off the windshield washer reservoir on the smart car I declared war. Since a shotgun, napalm, nuclear waste, and burning down the house didn't work I decided to try some mint. Besides, it was the only plant thriving in the empty lot where the house used to be. No more mouse. Either the mint worked or the mouse moved next door.
After licking its wounds, your next nightmare might be a rodentasaurus.... 9 feet tall with an attitude.... if it was a pregnant female at the time of irradiation... all I can say is thanks a bunch for unleashing that plague on us Mark.
-- Edited by biggaRView on Sunday 15th of June 2014 03:43:23 PM
At least the odor caused by the use of napalm will help us know the creature is nearby.
Terry
BiggarView said
05:57 PM Jun 15, 2014
Terry and Jo wrote:
biggaRView wrote:
MarkS wrote:
I read someplace that they don't like mint. I had a mouse in the garage that evaded capture for months. After he ate the top off the windshield washer reservoir on the smart car I declared war. Since a shotgun, napalm, nuclear waste, and burning down the house didn't work I decided to try some mint. Besides, it was the only plant thriving in the empty lot where the house used to be. No more mouse. Either the mint worked or the mouse moved next door.
After licking its wounds, your next nightmare might be a rodentasaurus.... 9 feet tall with an attitude.... if it was a pregnant female at the time of irradiation... all I can say is thanks a bunch for unleashing that plague on us Mark.
-- Edited by biggaRView on Sunday 15th of June 2014 03:43:23 PM
At least the odor caused by the use of napalm will help us know the creature is nearby.
Terry
It's Mark's scorched earth policy that scares me. Let me get back in the cheap seats when that happens.
DEWhit said
12:13 PM Jun 16, 2014
Wouldn't a cat be an easy fix for mice or a low velocity air pistol ? Cheap entertainment . Sorry.
bjoyce said
01:17 PM Jun 16, 2014
Mice are brazen. We know they are around because of our cat's behavior. She will kill them if she can, but does not get them all. We have to trap the rest.
rgrrmg said
11:24 PM Jun 20, 2014
Just an update,
After leaving the national park, and camping on BLM land I killed my 16th mouse. I believe I have 2 more hitchhikers on board as I have seen more evidence of 1 possibly 2 more. I am now in Buellton California and am at an RV park for 3 days with a fellow Rver. I have set 3 traps and will see if I can get rid of the rest in here.
Roger
Hdrider said
07:44 AM Jun 21, 2014
I'll do a little searching but back at the Quartzsite boondoocking rally someone mentioned an item they bought and hunk up that they felt did a great job of keeping mice away. Maybe someone else attended and has a better memory than me LOL!!
NWescapee said
07:57 AM Jul 18, 2014
Spent the last 10 days camping at a Fairgrounds campground and unfortunately I think we've joined the club of having a mouse on board, not at all happy about that. Set 2 traps last night, one with peanut butter, one with cheese and the mouse got the food without tripping either trap.
Any suggestions? Our cat is on high alert but thus far it's evaded the cat, got the food from the traps without being trapped and found Dale's Dove dark chocolate stash, we would like it gone sooner rather than later.
rgrrmg said
08:07 AM Jul 18, 2014
After trapping 16 mice I can tell you that if you use traps make sure they are the old fashioned ones. All the others I tried did not work, but the wooden Victor traps always worked. Cheap and effective, there were a few times when they got the bait without setting off the trap, that's where perseverance works...put more bait down and reset it.
Hope this helps,
Roger
bjoyce said
08:53 AM Jul 18, 2014
We have also had the best luck with old fashioned wood traps. They are persnickety to set. If you use the plastic clamp type traps, spread the peanut butter on the roof of the trap, not on the paddle.
SnowGypsy said
09:52 AM Jul 18, 2014
We moved into a house that had been vacant for a year. We found the sonic ones did not work, the wooden ones did not work on these smaller mice as they just took the food, resorted to the sticky traps and that got them but we had to whack them once they were trapped but it worked and for "maintenance" we used those stainless steel box traps (catch and release or......). These mice would stare me down in the kitchen! I have heard of success with the steel wool being stuffed in place and heard that works for squirrels if they are trying to invade your home. We never tried dryer sheets because the smell gives me a headache. We don't care for the spray foam because it is nasty to remove if you have to do repairs on pipes or such, my husband generally caulked with clear chaulk. And, as someone says, a mouse can get through the smallest of openings and different types like the ones we had were very small yet bold.
WestWardHo said
09:00 PM Jul 18, 2014
Dale (NWEscapees),
Jesse says he has a 20 gage he'll lend you!
Sherry
Lynn and Ed said
10:28 PM Jul 18, 2014
Dale,
You may want to place two "old fashion" traps next to each other. We had a similar issue with a very allusive mouse in our S&B that kept taking the bait (but not triggering the trap). Shortly after Ed placed a couple of traps next to each other, the mouse was caught.
Lynn
-- Edited by Lynn and Ed on Friday 18th of July 2014 10:29:32 PM
MarkS said
10:43 PM Jul 18, 2014
Before napalm and nuclear waste our mouse got stuck to a sticky trap and ran through the wheel on the jeep to free hisself (the autocorrect chose that word) mouse 1, mark 0.
tigercx1 said
06:58 AM Jul 19, 2014
Since we are not fulltimers yet, our RV sits for periods of time and we got mice. Found the reason was we bought grill wipes and the smell attracted mice as they chewed through plastic to get to it. Got rid of the wipes and put a product called fresh cab rodent repellant all around. No more mice.
Also we don't leave any food in the camper when not in use.
Mark
NWescapee said
04:06 PM Jul 19, 2014
Peanut butter and old fashioned trap finally worked. Hoping it was the only one.
Hi all,
Let me give a quick background on this.
I am workamping in a National Park and my toilet would leak a very small amount of water every so often (once a week or every other week). So I left some paper towels on the floor to catch the water. I noticed one day the paper towel edges were shredded, knowing that was a mouse I put down a trap and killed it.
That was 6 weeks ago, last night I have killed my 12th mouse. Yesterday when I got number 11, I was sitting working on my laptop and a mouse went running by towards the front of the MH. I could not find where it went but it was towards what I believe are intake ducts on the front passenger side of the MH.
A coworker mentioned last night that those electronic sonic devices work, any input would be appreciated.
Every one I have killed has been next to a cutout where the water pipe goes to the toilet. Below where they are, are the holding tanks, so it is really hard to see any entrance point under the rig.
I don't see any access point inside my rig to get to where they have tried to build nests, I would really like to clean it out, BTW my rig is a 26ft. 1998 Fleetwood Flair.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Roger
The only way to stop them from coming in is to find where they are getting in. It's amazing how small of a hole or crack they can fit through.
Use expanding foam and stainless steel scrubbies to fill in any holes underneath your MH and any side openings fill with chaulking.
You can try placing some mothballs in plastic containers around underneath the MH where the mice might be coming in. Poke holes in the side of the container, put the lid on, this will help keep it water resistant when it rains.
One RVer having a bad problem like yours, found some electronic mouse traps. She said they worked really well.
www.homedepot.com/p/Victor-Electronic-Mouse-Trap-M2524S/100557786 Maybe use these on the outside to stop them from coming in.
-- Edited by The Bear II on Friday 13th of June 2014 02:35:03 PM
My first thought reading the subject line was serial, USB or wireless?
Hahaha
That's funny!
But, I am not having fun with this...I have decided to leave this area, I will be going down the road to blm land for 3 to 4 days.
Roger
Note:
As the water is spewing out of all the nooks & crannies this will give you an indication of where they were gettin' in.
Hope this helps.
Bear's suggestion about the stainless steel scrubbies reminded me that when I was growing up, Mom used to use steel wool to poke into possible entry points. The advantage of the stainless steel is that it wouldn't rust like regular steel wool.
Terry
I have personally seen a mouse nest made from dryer sheets. A guy at a campground in NH where we stayed two seasons called me down to his site when he opened up in the spring to show it to me. He also had a sonic repeller about three feet away. He ended up trapping 15 or so mice in the next couple of weeks
I also use Fresh Cab (got it online from Amazon) in all of the storage compartments under the RV, under the sink, under the washer and under the bed. It is pine scented and safe for pets as well.
When I got the RV this past spring it was filled with evidence of mice and lots of dryer sheets. I would say the dryer sheets do not work! I have not seen a mouse since I treated with the Fresh Cab and peppermint.
After licking its wounds, your next nightmare might be a rodentasaurus.... 9 feet tall with an attitude.... if it was a pregnant female at the time of irradiation... all I can say is thanks a bunch for unleashing that plague on us Mark.
-- Edited by biggaRView on Sunday 15th of June 2014 03:43:23 PM
At least the odor caused by the use of napalm will help us know the creature is nearby.
Terry
It's Mark's scorched earth policy that scares me. Let me get back in the cheap seats when that happens.
Wouldn't a cat be an easy fix for mice or a low velocity air pistol ? Cheap entertainment . Sorry.
After leaving the national park, and camping on BLM land I killed my 16th mouse. I believe I have 2 more hitchhikers on board as I have seen more evidence of 1 possibly 2 more. I am now in Buellton California and am at an RV park for 3 days with a fellow Rver. I have set 3 traps and will see if I can get rid of the rest in here.
Roger
Any suggestions? Our cat is on high alert but thus far it's evaded the cat, got the food from the traps without being trapped and found Dale's Dove dark chocolate stash, we would like it gone sooner rather than later.
After trapping 16 mice I can tell you that if you use traps make sure they are the old fashioned ones. All the others I tried did not work, but the wooden Victor traps always worked. Cheap and effective, there were a few times when they got the bait without setting off the trap, that's where perseverance works...put more bait down and reset it.
Hope this helps,
Roger
Jesse says he has a 20 gage he'll lend you!
Sherry
Dale,
You may want to place two "old fashion" traps next to each other. We had a similar issue with a very allusive mouse in our S&B that kept taking the bait (but not triggering the trap). Shortly after Ed placed a couple of traps next to each other, the mouse was caught.
Lynn
-- Edited by Lynn and Ed on Friday 18th of July 2014 10:29:32 PM
Also we don't leave any food in the camper when not in use.
Mark