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Exact same summer usage. Exact same winter storage spot. My current trailer with a large slide has mice. My previous trailer with NO slide had NO mice.... Notice the pattern?

dyb wrote:
What % of TT owners have mice problems during ownership ? every few months I check for new acsess points and reseal. Bought Cab Kleen for mice from Tractor supply and found a mouse in a trap next to it. Seems it didn't replell the mouse. Have belly rechecked today for holes. It is a ongoing maintenance to keep mice away.

Depending were you store your RV. I use "Just One Bite". You can find it a horse/farm supply stores, some Tractor Supply Stores are now carry it.

You place it under the TT on all sides a couple of them down the long side. You will have NO mice.

Don't use this if you have a dog or cat that has access to the RV though.

Never had mice in any RV that I have owned in over 50 years. Ants yes.

It's almost impossible to stop mice from getting in. Three years ago my battery ran out in my carbon monoxide tester after closing up for the winter and the battery chirped all winter and we had no mice that year. So now when I close up I put old batteries in my carbon monoxide tester and it chirps all winter, no more mice inside our trailer. I put old fire alarms in my storage areas no more mice.

I have never had a mouse.The way i mouse proof is simple.Get a can of spray foam and a bundle of steel wool.Stuff the steel wool in and holes u find and fill with expand a foam.Mice will not chew through the steel wool,guaranteed.I have used this around the house and camper and i do not get the pains in neither.

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B. S.tuff

Not EVERY RVr has mouse issues.

Some more than others but not ALL.

The KEY to mouse proofing IS prevention.

Prevention REQUIRES the owner to search and locate EVERY possible entry point and CLOSE OFF THAT POINT. In the case of an adult mouse they can squeeze through a hole as small as a dime.

The common entry points is any wire or pipe that goes through the floor to the underside. These areas often are rather sloppy as far as tightly fitting against the pipe or wires. Often allowing as much as a quarter size space for mice to find easy access.

Simply shine a light from the inside in all the plumbing and electrical access areas and then go under the trailer and look for light shinning through holes. This may require you to remove portions of the underbelly and or insulation. If you can not access the underside then simply fill in and plug any opening around all the pipes and wiring.

Steel wool can be used for most plumbing and repels the varmints from chewing at the opening (they get a mouth full of painful steel shavings).

Around wiring spray foam can work but as long as the hole is small, caulking could be used but keep in mind that if they are able to chew at the surrounding material they could gain access.

My favorite repellant item though is simply some sheet metal, light ga steel (22-24ga) works the best. Caution needs to be taken however to prevent the steel from damaging pipes or wires. I use a flexible plastic "grommet" material to line the edge of the steel.

Basically I cut a piece of sheet metal to cover the entire opening. Then I drill or cut a hole just big enough to go around the wire or pipe. Then to get it around the wire or pipe I cut a slit in the steel to the hole in the center.

I then add the grommet to line the hole and then lightly bend the sheet metal at the slit and slip over the wire or pipe.

Then screw the sheet metal down to the floor.

This so far for 6 years in a row HAS resulted in ZERO mice gaining entry to my current 30 yr old TT.

My previous TT I FOUGHT a losing battle with mice because I NEVER ever thought to use sheet metal to close in the holes...

This IS the only way, not dryer sheets, not ultrasonic devices, not chemicals nor any other purported crazy off the wall suggestions.

skipnchar has one of the only definite methods against mice getting in -- a feral cat colony. This has also kept my rig free from them as well. Nothing like watching a happy mama cat carry off a freshly-caught rat from under your rig.

It probably will depend on where the trailer is used/stored. I've seen mice in a number of campgrounds but never had any I KNOW of in the trailer but haven't had any get in while the trailer's in my driveway but my neighborhood is "CRAWLING" with feral cats and they hang out under my trailer to keep the birds from attacking them.

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