Pack Rats!

Jayco23FB wrote:
Does anyone have suggestions on how to deter and or remove pack rats from your TT?

Thanks

Leave the DW at home..:B..:@

You're welcome.

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I had a Jayco 19RD with thermal package. The botton had large holes. I sealed up all those large holes. I also added the Marinco plug. Mice could walk up my power cord and there was a easy route directly to the inside of my TT under the couch. After those two repairs I had no more critters inside. Once critters get inside the bottom cover it was an easy route up under kitchen cabinet. I like the layout of the 23FB. If I had purched that layout I would probably still be in my Jayco TT.

Get a large snap trap. Bait it with peanut butter. It won't take long. Maybe a couple placed inside the RV and outside by the inside of the tires. Make sure you follow the directions for placement.

the snap trap should do it or if you are moving to non pack rat country that will take care of the critter also (didn't Darwin contemplate that thought?).

snap trap sounds good we always have poison out at all times

Thanks all. I bought some rat size snap traps and baited them with peanut butter. I will check the trap line tomorrow.

Be careful with poison. Some rats can eat it and crawl into the most difficult place to get to and die then stink to high heaven. Prefer traps.

Place one or two moth balls where the mice/rats enter. They do not like the smell of camphor, but neither may you!!!??????. Also, stuff the holes with steel wool...mice/rats cannot penetrate it,

Do not use poison...it may kill your neighbors pets!!!

I recommend "JAWZ" snap traps. Other brands don't have as wide a trigger, and the JAWZ traps can be used with or without bait, if you place them against a wall, since the mice run past at night. I've read that sticky pads work well too, provided there are no other animals (cats, dogs, birds, drunk friends) that one has in their RV that can get stuck in the trap.

robsouth wrote:
Be careful with poison. Some rats can eat it and crawl into the most difficult place to get to and die then stink to high heaven. Prefer traps.

Agree! When we moved to our current home, it had a lot of mice in the garage. DH decided to poison them, and put bait everywhere. At least one of the dying mice crawled into our Kia's engine compartment or under the dash, and died. We searched, but never could find the body. It stunk so bad we couldn't drive it. Tried all sorts of things to rid the car of the dead-mouse smell. Tried for a year... Car STILL had a faint odor. It was so bad we eventually traded the car in for a better smelling car!

I am not a fan of poison at all, even before the dead-mouse-in-the-car incident. It is too easy for the poison to kill animals that weren't targeted. Secondary animals CAN die from eating dead animals that ingested the poison.