Rodents!

[Devoredude]

Can't believe the damage in a few days. We just bought this wonderful Class A a year ago and today I saw insulation sticking out of the access doors for the fridge. Holy cow, opened this up, went in the motorhome, mouse dropping on the floor. Vents in the dash are chewed to hell, and there was black insulation on the ground under the engine when I moved it back. They chewed through the foam insulation in the firewall where the heat/ac ducts go through. We had a Class C parked here for 10 years and NEVER had mice. Destructive bas$#%ds.

I sealed up the firewall area with high density foam and silocone glue (this is what I have on hand) and I put two snap traps inside on the floor, put a jar lid with Talon-G in the outside fridge panel and another in the engine compartment.

When camping, I've seen rigs with white powder all around their camper, is this for rodents? Any advice besides a CAT would be great. (Cats last about a week in my area).

Thanks.

[Mr_Mark1]

I have to use the glue traps in my garage in California. Before I started using the traps, I found a nest in one of the cars after the car started to run hot. The nest was built between the radiator and the electric fans. I had to take the car into the shop. They had to remove the radiator to clean out all of the debris the mice built in there.

The glue traps are good because you can see anything else that might be crawling in the garage (lizards, spiders, all types of bugs, etc.) Once, when I had the garage door open, a bird flew in and landed on the glue trap. If an unexpected critter gets on the glue trap, using something like Wesson Oil will free the critter. I was able to get the bird off of the trap and it flew away. The traps have a few pellets of something in the middle to attract a mouse (and birds apparently).

We go through stages of not have a problem then boom, I'm replacing several traps a week. We also have snakes in the area, bobcats, etc. Sometimes we have an abundance of rabbits eating the grass then none for a couple of years. Cycle of life I guess.

MM.

[rgatijnet1]

At many hunting supply stores you can order urine from various predators that your local rodents don't like. This may be fox, coyote, or whatever is around your area. A few light sprays around the wheels of your coach will keep the rodents away for months. The urine is not very expensive, not harmful to any animals, and it beats dealing with a trap. It only takes a little bit to spread the odor around day and night so that the mice/rats/squirrels will go elsewhere.

[kennethwooster]

Living on a farm all my life, rodents were always a problem. We used a poison from Purina. It would make the critters leave the area in search of water, and we would never find the dead bodies. The barns did not have the Stinky mouse smell. However; the best way to stop is to fix the holes that they enter in the trailer. My mother was great at this. She would crawl around on the ground and find any place that looked like a hole and stuff steal wool in it. You can put lights in your rig, and crawl all around and if you see light shining through stuff steel wool.

[NHIrish]

Snap traps are the only sure fire way to get em...or the 5 gallon bucket trap if you are storing in a barn or something.

[LynnandCarol]

We use decon gel pacs. Little green gel pac about 1 inch square that fit in all drawers and corners. They come sealed in plastic so if they chew it you will know. If it is chewed I put out a new one. Works real good.

[2oldman]

Keep mice away 2007
Prevent mice 2011
Kill/prevent mice 2011
Mice 2013
Mice, Apr 2014
Mice, August 2014

[Jagtech]

Harvard wrote:
Traps with peanut butter, and never too many.

X2 on the baited traps.

I've had mice use my dryer sheets for nesting material; they ate a perfectly good bar of Irish Spring soap; And they chewed the bag containing the Fresh Cab.
The only sure way is baited snap traps, and lots of them!!
If the above mentioned methods worked for you, then your RV doesn't have any openings large enough for the critters to get in.
To the OP, try to find where they are getting in, and block/seal that opening.

[crasster]

I sprinkle decon in low places. Crevices..... Corners.... Storage areas.... Out of the way, but where the little boogers can find them.

If in storage, always keep plenty of traps and poison out.

[J-Rooster]

I had a huge rodent problem in my 36' motorhome they caused a lot damage to my RV! They chewed the wiring harness to my genset over $1,000.00 to fix (my genset had to be completely removed from my RV to fix)! I've tried many things to rid them over the years. Bait traps did not work due to it constantly lures rodents to my RV via the smell of peanut butter or other food. I used Bounce Dryer Sheets a lot of people think there great on RV.Net, but the rodents where I'm at used the sheets for nesting material. I did have success with peppermint oil, but it was to much work going out every week and resoaking the cotton balls in every nook and cranny. I've had great success using 2 things #1. very coarse steel wool! I put the steel wool behind every drawer in the RV and every nook and cranny (runways) etc. #2. Then I went out and bought a Victor Pestchaser Pro it emits high frequency ultrasound that effectively repels rodents from large areas and will not harm humans or non rodent pets. The Pestchaser Pro looks like a small Boom Box and works 10 times better then those little ultrasound that a person plugs into a wall socket! I can honestly say that I never had a rodent inside my RV since! Steel Wool and the Petchaser Pro have been a great investment for me!

[Harvard]

Traps with peanut butter, and never too many.

[gsf35099]

Bounce dryer sheets work well also. We've heard mice do not like the smell and after getting mice, we used dryer sheets in the places they were coming in & they never came back. Need to replace them every few months, but worked for us.

[Class_A_DP_1]

That white powder is likely Borax.. effective on cockroaches. Kinda beware.

[Ka_Ron]

We have a Class A that we store and we use Cab Fresh.

Seems to work along with electronic traps, that the batteries last about a year and we have three. One in the tank space below the floor and one in the bathroom and one in a kitchen cupboard.

The Cab Fresh needs to be replace every two to three months to be effective, but works great.

Here is a link..............CAB FRESH

[donn0128]

Sticky mouse traps. We hosted for a month and were over run by them. Sticky traps got them all in a hurry.