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north_mom
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Aug 27, 2020

Mice in RV living quarters

We have a 26' Sunseeker RV. When winterizing it last Fall I removed all food, paper products and extra clothing. This past spring I discovered evidence of mice, including an area they chewed in the mattress cover I had left on the bed (the only piece of cloth that remained over winter to protect the mattress). We had put dryer sheets everywhere and a couple of pouches of something that was supposed to repel mice, to no avail. I cleaned out the living area thoroughly then we discovered that they had nested in the "garage" area - the big storage area at the back of the RV under the bed. That area was full of mice droppings.
I did a search for "mice" here and only found advice for how to keep them out of the engine compartment - AFAIK they don't go there, just the living area. What can I use this year to keep the little buggers out? I don't like using poisons as that often adversely affects wildlife. TIA!
  • we have a rv and boat in the pole bldg, rv is 2007 boat a 1993 ,we use peppermint oil and fresh cab have never had a problem.
  • We store at home. I did put out some regular "head chopper" mouse traps when I was cleaning things up, caught a few that way. Checking traps would be challenging through the winter months when temps are below freezing and getting into the "garage area" would be buried in snow, we live in Canada.
  • Do you store at home or at a storage facility? If at home mouse traps both head choppers and sticky traps. You can check them regularly. A little more difficult at a storage facility but doable.

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