Peppermint Oil Observation
My personal observation, FWIW. Put 3 small bowls of peppermint oil in the toyhauler when winterizing. Made wicks from 3x3" cotton gauze pads, 3-4 tablespoons p.oil per bowl. One in garage, one in ga...
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rockhillmanor wrote:Thanks for the tip I would never have thought of that.Gjac wrote:
I have been fighting mice for 10 years. I have a stone wall right next to where I park the MH. I have got underneath the MH at night with my wife inside with a strong flashlight thinking I could see some light coming through some cracks, no light. I even reversed the process with a strong light from underneath, no luck. I then got some steel wool and stuffed it in every opening in the floor, then stuffed the openings with plastic bags to make a real tight seal. In the past mice have made nests on top of my eng and have chewed through my fan wire, have noticed half eaten mice in traps over winter, have made nests under my generator cover which I never would have seen until I removed it to changed it to replace the coil. This year when I returned home from Fla. I checked and had one mouse in the trap and no other signs. Have reset the trap but have not trapped another. My conclusion is moth balls, dryer shts and peppermint oil did not deter them, the steel wool and filling the cracks helped a lot and the ones that did get through being trapped before they could build nests and reproduce over the winter also helped. The two years that we had no mice over the winter was when we took the MH to Fla one year and out to AZ another.
Before you shut your MH off make sure the ac and heat are off and your hear the vents close. There are fresh air in take vents for both. I have had them get in that way.
Making sure they are closed when camping in cold weather will also help keep it warmer inside if the temps drop.
