In your experiences, do you think that those white rope lights laid on the ground around the camper and/or around your truck would deter mice, chipmunks or snakes coming around especially at night? We have tried that Fresh Cab stuff and other stuff so we know all that. Now wondering about the LIGHTS. THX
bjoyce said
01:40 PM Aug 10, 2015
They deter packrats, but not much else, including rats and mice.
We do use them for night lighting.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Monday 10th of August 2015 01:41:36 PM
TRAILERKING said
04:59 PM Aug 10, 2015
Gives the rodents light to see where they're going.......Hahaha.
dianneandsteve said
05:56 PM Aug 10, 2015
Been there, done that and felt like a myth buster. Save your money. Irish Spring soap does'nt work either.
BiggarView said
06:55 PM Aug 10, 2015
Haven't heard of much success with rope lights as a deterent. Methinks Trailerking is right, it might serve to show the way to the food.
Not looking forward to the "dreaded mouse problem". My brain says find yourself a champion mouser (farm raised cat) and begin a new relationship of subservience to it.
Our Josie is good at chasing voles, prairie dogs and field mice... not bad for a Beagle. She has kept them out of our yard. Squirrels are too smart and just torment her from the fence. Don't know how well she'll do hunting them in a RV.
Brian
MarkS said
10:57 PM Aug 10, 2015
Napalm, nuclear waste, and a flame thrower. I hate mice!
2riker2go said
06:34 AM Aug 11, 2015
Another thought, Harry spent several days after we bought our fiver on his back underneath with a can of expandable foam plugging up every hole he could find. And for the winter before we were fulltiming, we left cotton balls with peppermint extract all over as we had heard that was an effective deterrent against mice. We have been lucky (knock on wood) as we have had no mice issues. (We also do have two cats. One is a great hunter and takes care of any black flies that find their way inside.)
Dog Folks said
04:00 PM Aug 12, 2015
Anecdotal evidence suggest the lights will deter Pack Rats (the rodent genus Neotoma. Only.
Common Rats, (ratus ratus and Rattus norvegicus), and the House mouse (Mus musculus) are commonly known as commensal rodents, living with humans.
They have no real fear of lights and lighting. A new light placed in their environment will actually attract mice, as they are very territorial.
With rats, for a day or two only, until they get used to it.
Terry and Jo said
08:31 AM Aug 13, 2015
2riker2go wrote:
Another thought, Harry spent several days after we bought our fiver on his back underneath with a can of expandable foam plugging up every hole he could find. And for the winter before we were fulltiming, we left cotton balls with peppermint extract all over as we had heard that was an effective deterrent against mice. We have been lucky (knock on wood) as we have had no mice issues. (We also do have two cats. One is a great hunter and takes care of any black flies that find their way inside.)
Following up on Jessica's comment, one can also use steel wool. The one thing with steel wool is that mice won't try to gnaw their way through that like they might do with foam or other substances. We had some mouse problems last year and I put out traps to get most of them, but also used a small amount of steel wool in the few places of entrance that they might find. The only one that I knew of was certain to give them access to the interior was a small opening between the compartment for water and holding tank valves and the basement of the coach.
We've not seen any sign of mice for quite some time now. However, while I was trying to trap them, one of them managed to not get killed by the trap. I heard it go off because I was lying in bed above it, but when I went to get the mouse thrown away, he and the trap were gone. I suspect there is a mouse carcass and trap lying together somewhere in our underbelly.
Terry
Dog Folks said
09:21 AM Aug 14, 2015
Following up on a follow up comment:
Steel wool will rust and deteriorate fairly quickly, and you will have to repeat the job.
Use copper wool. Available in most hardware stores.
-- Edited by Dog Folks on Friday 14th of August 2015 09:22:20 AM
In your experiences, do you think that those white rope lights laid on the ground around the camper and/or around your truck would deter mice, chipmunks or snakes coming around especially at night? We have tried that Fresh Cab stuff and other stuff so we know all that. Now wondering about the LIGHTS. THX
They deter packrats, but not much else, including rats and mice.
We do use them for night lighting.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Monday 10th of August 2015 01:41:36 PM
Been there, done that and felt like a myth buster. Save your money. Irish Spring soap does'nt work either.
Haven't heard of much success with rope lights as a deterent. Methinks Trailerking is right, it might serve to show the way to the food.
Not looking forward to the "dreaded mouse problem". My brain says find yourself a champion mouser (farm raised cat) and begin a new relationship of subservience to it.
Our Josie is good at chasing voles, prairie dogs and field mice... not bad for a Beagle. She has kept them out of our yard. Squirrels are too smart and just torment her from the fence.
Don't know how well she'll do hunting them in a RV.
Brian
Common Rats, (ratus ratus and Rattus norvegicus), and the House mouse (Mus musculus) are commonly known as commensal rodents, living with humans.
They have no real fear of lights and lighting. A new light placed in their environment will actually attract mice, as they are very territorial.
With rats, for a day or two only, until they get used to it.
Following up on Jessica's comment, one can also use steel wool. The one thing with steel wool is that mice won't try to gnaw their way through that like they might do with foam or other substances. We had some mouse problems last year and I put out traps to get most of them, but also used a small amount of steel wool in the few places of entrance that they might find. The only one that I knew of was certain to give them access to the interior was a small opening between the compartment for water and holding tank valves and the basement of the coach.
We've not seen any sign of mice for quite some time now. However, while I was trying to trap them, one of them managed to not get killed by the trap. I heard it go off because I was lying in bed above it, but when I went to get the mouse thrown away, he and the trap were gone. I suspect there is a mouse carcass and trap lying together somewhere in our underbelly.
Terry
Following up on a follow up comment:
Steel wool will rust and deteriorate fairly quickly, and you will have to repeat the job.
Use copper wool. Available in most hardware stores.
-- Edited by Dog Folks on Friday 14th of August 2015 09:22:20 AM