What do you do for winter storage

Tkotis5 wrote:
We are renting a storage unit for are new motor home how do you keep mice from getting in your rv some one told me fabric sheets and then read to put Irish spring soap open in the rv not sure what to do

I have used moth balls and there very effective.also theres a product called cab fresh that works great but expensive
If its plugged in the electric plug ins also help a lot
Forgot to say and will add as others have opined here
remove ALL foods including dry dog and cat food. they love animal dry food.I also put mouse poison in containers under the MH

Tried em all best solution is to prevent entey. Home Depot sells rhodent proof spray foam. Buy a couple cans and spend a day sealing everything you can find. On larger openings add steel wool first. Then buy a bunch of sticky traps, add a small dab of peanut butter. You will then have done everything you can.

Tkotis5 wrote:
We are renting a storage unit for are new motor home how do you keep mice from getting in your rv some one told me fabric sheets and then read to put Irish spring soap open in the rv not sure what to do

You might try a search for the hundreds of past threads posted on this topic with every possible solution known to man. The only sure method is to seal EVERY possible opening.

I see a new item called Rodent Sheriff. Good and bad reviews ??? Next try buying 6 cats, may need more if you run out of mice.

We usually keep several boxes of a brand name mouse bait at several locations in and around the Motor home when it is not in use. Check them as often as possible, looking for any signs of use. If you find any being used, look for other signs of the source and try to fix or seal them.

We remove all food and paper products and stuff steel wool into the "ports" where the shore power cable and city water hose come into the basement. Have never had any signs of mice. Neighbor has their TT 6 spots over from me in same facility and they get mice every year. Maybe we are just lucky. They say they take "most" of the food out.

First off...my motorhome is kept outside. (All of the RVs I've owned have been kept outdoors all year.) For me...the cheapo wood "snap traps" does the job. A dab of peanut butter. I have 12 all around the inside and outside. I get around 5 mice per winter. Outside, I have 2 in the generator area (that is where i get most of them) and one in the plumbing area. The rest are inside.
One year I had a real smart one. Got the peanut butter off two traps without springing them.....but the third one got him. Only once did they get past all the traps...found a nest under the couch.

When not snowbirding, I go and start the motor and the generator once every two weeks. Let them both run for about 1/2 hour. If I didn't do that I guess I would remove the (3) batteries and put them in my garage. However...I figure I might need the motorhome unexpectedly...y'never know. So...that works for us.

I never use baits around my RV! I'm trying to keep rodents away from my coach, I do not want to lure them to my coach. And poisoned rodents seek water so if there is water in any of your water lines they could chew a hole in your water lines seeking to get water. I've tried the dryer sheets and the rodents used them for bedding material. I used Irish Spring bar soap in the past and it didn't work for me. I store my RV next to my stick built house and have it plugged into 50 Amp service. I use my RV as my Winter Storm HQ's during storms which cause my power to go out in my stick built. My RV is equipped with basement heat as long as it is plugged in or the genset is running it doesn't freeze. I also keep my heat on 50* inside my RV during the winter when, I'm not in the coach for the day or night. I use electronic devices (3 of them inside my coach, one at each end and one in the middle of my RV to deter rodents) Using this method I haven't had rodents inside my RV in a long time. I also took the time out to remove every drawer inside my coach and filled in behind the drawers and any runway #00 course steel wool. Also, I used the #00 course steel wool in my under the coach storage cabinets and any runways that I could find. I did the same with the under carriage of my coach. I had rodents chew up my wiring harness in my genset to the tune of $1,200.00 one time and, I don't want that to happen again. Rodents love to chew wires.

Warning; don't read this before a meal!
Better to trap them than to poison them BECAUSE if they die in a remote space you could smell them but might not find them or be able to reach them before they decay.

They say that Pure Peppermint Oil does the trick. I put it in a small sprey bottle and spray the entrance places and and visible wiring and
down under in the basements.
It has worked for me,you can find it on E-bay, its from "NOW" in a 8oz? bottle.
Siggy