Winterize - Keepin critters out ---
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โSep-29-2013 05:24 PM
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โOct-01-2013 01:51 PM
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โOct-01-2013 01:35 PM
Mix only what you can use in ten minutes. Then do it again for next palace to seal. They won't chew thru this. Fills the gaps completely.
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โOct-01-2013 01:14 PM
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โOct-01-2013 12:17 PM
kemer wrote:
Got our 2002 Montana 5er last May and now need to winterize it. Most likely going to take it to a dealer to have it done. One question DW has is how can we keep critters(mice,etc) from taking up residence. We've heard everything from moth balls, to peppermint, to dryer sheets. It's stored outside in a lot that is at least paved. Also wondering if it'd be a good idea to put tarps on the roof and secure them with bungee straps....THANKS....
You can also drop off a couple hungry, sterilized feral cats to patrol the area, but that can create it's own problems. ๐
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โOct-01-2013 11:21 AM
One of the main ways they get in is through the waste tanks climbing up the tubing going through the floor as most rvs are justa rough hole cut in the floor and are never sealed up.
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โOct-01-2013 06:21 AM
I chuckled about placing DeCon 4-5 trailers away...lol
We returned from a long trip two summers ago to discovered something LARGE had died in an interior bathroom wall of our home. I thought maybe it was a Shetland pony, but hub saw no humor in my wise cracks. It was probably a Norway rat (they are plentiful in the PNW). I used to feed a lot of birds which apparently drew them in worse. We opened the front door and were near knocked to our knees from the stench.
Lesson LEARNED. Now...we use rat and mouse traps. At least we can remove the things once caught. I'm stressing about the TT a little. It would be the perfect place for them to attempt to take over. The battle is on...
I'll follow the advice here..
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โOct-01-2013 04:49 AM
I got four of them with traditional snap traps and cheese. Two of these were smaller immature ones and were killed together eating on a trap. The first time I ever got a two-fer!
The other two (very immature ones) were found in the oven dead from starvation after I had gotten the adults. The mom had made a nest out of a bunch of white insulation she got from somewhere in the trailer, probably a wall.
Over the years I've tried Decon until one BIG rat died in the wall and made me suffer the smell for a year or so. I found the skeleton years later when doing some refurbishing work on the wall. No more of that!
The traps allow you to find the bodies. Decon allows you to (eventually) suffer the smell and poison the pets.
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โSep-30-2013 04:49 PM
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โSep-30-2013 04:47 PM
Like mentioned just try to foam spray all openings and even then they still get in.Only need a dime size hole to get in.Around here it varies yr to yr.Some yrs I kill 20 some yrs none.Ours is backed up to thick woods as well.
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โSep-30-2013 02:26 PM
We'll see how well it works.
I have also tried sealing openings with the spray expandable foam. I also leave our rear stabilizers up - I think they were using it has ramps.
We found a nest under our sleeper couch one year, nestled in all the blankets...this was during the spring - after we started loading for the upcoming season....so, they can nest at any time, not just the fall. They were not there all winter, as we checked weekly....
WE store right next to the woods, so it isn't a shock.
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โSep-30-2013 01:49 PM
Lyle
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โSep-30-2013 01:11 PM
Active season is when nights start to get cold, while days are warm. When days are cold and nights are cold they are full timing in their nests. If you have caught them all by then, no more will come in. From start to finish it's about 8 weeks around here.
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โSep-29-2013 07:33 PM
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