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Mr__Steve
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Feb 23, 2018

ground squirrel or mouse??

Hi all, need some help. Two things any suggestions on figuring out if we have a mouse or a ground squirrel in the bowels of our motorhome. The only symptom is eaten toilet paper in the bathroom cabinet which leads under the floor of motorhome. I purchased the standard spring trap, any ideas beyond that. Best bait etc? Thank you!
  • I appreciate all the help from everyone. We went with several standard mouse traps with spring bar's, with a mouse trap , check in and don't check out. It has been days and no signs, no poop, no toilet paper eating, nothing in traps. Can they sometimes exit?
  • We use RAT BAR, a cat and Mouse traps with PBJ, our Mice are very special.If you worry animals will get the Ratbar, put it in a 2 in pipe 18 long with an 18 in T inverted.
  • Once you catch what ever it is, check with your local farm store. There is a product that the farmers use in the cab of the tractors that really does repel them. Easier to keep them out then to get them out.
  • Coyote or wolf urine sprayed around the wheels and anything else that goes to the ground. Traps if it has already moved inside and taken up residence.
  • No pooh yet? When you eventually find it (which you will) if it's brown/black and smaller than a grain of long grain white rice its most likely a mouse. Larger and its most likely a rat. You all ready know they like toilet paper so I suggest a little peanut butter (as previously suggested) and cheddar cheese wrapped in toilet paper like a little egg roll loaded in one of those spring loaded wire snap traps. Leave it out at night where you find the pooh. Either that or a Jack Russell Terrier.

    Chum lee
  • Spring trap with peanut butter will catch mice and rats.

    Sticky traps with a dab of peanut butter work as well.
  • I would bet it's not a ground squirrel probably a rat or mice. Ground squirrels live under ground and would not live in your motor-home. If it's mice not so bad but rats are hard to catch,...