MICE

[TOMMY47]

I seem to have some.
Went to bed last night and felt something on my back. Jumped out of bed and turned on light and saw a mouse running away.
Sort of creeped me out.
I did have a mouse about 2 weeks ago but got it with a trap. Nothing noticeable since then. However, when I checked another trap in a concealed location, there was another dead mouse, 1 day earlier, there was nothing. Eventually caught the back-runner.
Any ideas where to check for points of entry?
I have been a little careless in forgetting to lock all the outside compartments securely. That is now done and I plan to put a lot more traps inside compartments and RV.
Interestingly, There don't seem to be any attempts to get into my accessible food supply.
All sane suggestions will be considered.
If you want to make attempts at lame humor, please try some other post.

[TOMMY47]

I think I found where the mice may be entering.
See my "related to mice" entry for details.

[Jim_Shoe]

Agree with bigB42. Had that problem living in a rented house during college. We were going thru D-Con at a rapid pace and it wasn't doing any good. I knew a guy that was an exterminator. He warned us that if we had a dog(we did) don't feed it dry dog food or at least set it up off the floor when the dog isn't eating. (That was easy - he was a Great Dane). Seems there's something in dry dog food that acts as an antidote to D-Con. Worked for us.

[TOMMY47]

The hole by the cord is a tenth of an inch, at most. No mouse could squeeze in, especially the large 2 that I caught.

[portscanner]

We had them coming up the power cord. We were catching about one a day right next to the power cord in the basement. We HAD a permanently attached power cord (you know where you pull it out of that dark recess - then you have this little door with a little hole it in that an army of mice can march in)

I cut the cord off, installed a twist/lock connector in the door and sealed the door shut. No more problems.

[doxiemom11]

We finally resorted to using decon -- mouse free now. They breed and multiply fast -- we didn't catch them fast enough with traps to keep them from having babies. After a couple weeks, bring on the decon!

[TOMMY47]

Just went through the interior--front to back. Found no nest--no poop--no light coming in from outside. No indication, at all, of mice present.
Don't think they can get in through the electrical cord--opening is no more than 1/10th of an inch. Furnace vents screened off. Locked all outside bins, although they aren't that secure.
As I'm writing this, I just thought I saw a blur out of the corner of my eye.
Doesn't look good if I'm right.
BTW--I've been on the road for 11 weeks.

[mlts22]

It doesn't hurt to add stainless steel wool whenever possible. Mice don't chew through that, and coupled with spray foam, it makes for a decently effective gnaw barrier.

[tenbear]

Get underneath the RV with a can of expanding foam and fill any holes you can find. Look at your power cord and see if mice could run up the cord and into the RV. Mice don't need much of a hole to get in. While you are at it, remove covers and look for a nest inside the RV. If you find a nest, look at what it is made of. Mice took the insulation from my oven, fiberglass, to make their nest. I had to replace the insulation.

[bigB42]

I use d-con just make sure not to leave any water in your rig they will leave to drink and die outside. I put it under dash,couch and under bottom drawers ken

[TOMMY47]

I'm not going to poison them for that reason. Just got 8 traps and set them inside and in basement.

[hermy]

I know some people say it doesn't work- but I have had success with a product called "Freshcab" It is made in North Dakota and was developed for farmers to keep mice out of their tractors/combines/trucks. It has a lot of peppermint oil in it also- smells good to humans but mice hate it. Instead of killing them with poison and then dealing with the smell of their bodies this product just makes them leave. You do, however, need to replace the packets every 3-4 months. I don't sell the stuff- am not affiliated in any way- but it has worked for me.

[down_home]

Turn on all the lights inside, cabinets open etc look underneath after dark and spot all the entry places. Buy aerasol expandable foam and long tube and get to work. I'm not sure what the Techs at the Factory used but they filled a lot of leaks. Rats don't like the foam they used.
One opening was under the shower where the Dealer wrecked the coach and cut a big hole to put in new plumbing etc apparently.

[Fizz]

One sure way to see where they come in is to do a CSI type investigation.
Get a black light, wait till dark and follow the urine trail, they always pee as they walk. This should show where they've been and where they come from.

[2oldman]

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