Mice In Our Trailer

[Grimshaw Traveller]

Had mice in our 5th wheel Crusader too. Spent a lot of time with the expanding foam and the spray can of car body undercoating to close up all the holes in the frame for slide rails etc. Also installed screen material to cover some that I could not use the foam on. Have been lucky and I stopped to mouse problem. Had to also use steel wool in the bottom corners of the slides in under the seals.

[gfarmcafe]

We're camping in so. Illinois and the host told us to use baking soda sprinkled under the sinks and drawers. Said the little critters can't belch or fart so when they groom themselves, they get a good dose of soda and leave for water. Said he hasn't had a problem since then!! Guess they blow themselves up!! Anyone else use it?

[Wolverine 1945]

Originally Posted by Grimshaw Traveller

Had mice in our 5th wheel Crusader too. Spent a lot of time with the expanding foam and the spray can of car body undercoating to close up all the holes in the frame for slide rails etc. Also installed screen material to cover some that I could not use the foam on. Have been lucky and I stopped to mouse problem. Had to also use steel wool in the bottom corners of the slides in under the seals.

It's not luck,,, it is all your hard work paying off !!!

[Rockwoodjoe]

Time to buy a cat.

[Grimshaw Traveller]

I'd still rather keep them out of the unit than let them in and use something that might work to chase them out. They are so messy and defecate wherever there manage to get to.

[frankrizzo78]

We even tried Fresh Cab and it didn't work. Maybe we have some sort of super mouse on the farm!

[Rangerdrvr59]

Put mothballs out when not rv will keep them out

[Devilscreekw]

Had no luck with Bounce. The mice even dragged the poison blocks onto the Bounce sheets to eat them.

The last couple of years I pull the trailer onto ramps I built to get it higher in the air. I park it out in the open, and use 12 packets of Fresh Cab placed throughout the unit. Steel wool in possible entry areas. I store the trailer covered.

So far, so good!

[brewjaz]

The most important part I believe is not to have ANY trace of food in the camper.

That, and plug up any place they can get in---easier said than done in most rv's.

[Wolverine 1945]

Originally Posted by Rangerdrvr59

Put mothballs out when not rv will keep them out

The mice in Northern Michigan will nest right next to the Moth Balls !!!
And you will be smelling that crap for ever !!!

[blwnsmoke]

I've used mouse traps this past year since they finally found our camper. They walk in and it slams closed and kills them. I load up the inside with peanut butter and they flock to it. Killed 3 in one night and a 4th the next day.

Haven't had any back since.

[Devilscreekw]

Originally Posted by blwnsmoke

I've used mouse traps this past year since they finally found our camper. They walk in and it slams closed and kills them. I load up the inside with peanut butter and they flock to it. Killed 3 in one night and a 4th the next day.

Haven't had any back since.

My problem with that is that you are now attracting the mice into the trailer. As brewjaz posted, we clean all traces of food out FASTIDIOUSLY!!!

[fella10]

Originally Posted by Devilscreekw

My problem with that is that you are now attracting the mice into the trailer. As brewjaz posted, we clean all traces of food out FASTIDIOUSLY!!!

I sure don't see it that way,..... You don't set traps(of course baited w/peanut) unless you see/know that you ALREADY have mice INSIDE,..... and when you find that you have them inside, it stands to reason you will certainly look for where they entered from the outside and plug those points,..... the traps are to catch/kill the ones that are ALREADY INSIDE and if you have plugged all entrance points they will NOT continue to come inside,..... of course sometimes you may over look an entrance hole and if the killing doesn't soon come to an end, then its time to look again outside for that hole that you didn't plug,.......... very simple routine: see um, plug outside holes, set traps(w/peanut butter), empty trap, enjoy your tt,.......... happy trailering...............

[Seasonal]

Over winter we had a brief visitor. Found the poison traps we left out.

Spent a few minutes under the trailer this spring with some expanding foam you get from ACE/Menards/Lowes/HD. From the outside, sprayed around the plumbing holes. From the inside, sprayed around holes under each sink. Found a few spots that needed something.

No mice since.

[LisaMarie81]

Instead of moving the actual cat into the trailer - how about some cat fur? We have 4 cats and believe me we have enough fur to put a bunch in the trailer. I'm not talking coating it, but maybe some small bits in corners and such.

Question on sealing stuff underneath either with steel wool, foam, or wire mesh - "what" typically are the areas that need to be sealed? Can someone summarize the "pipes" and stuff that are most frequently sealed off??

thanks!

[gfarmcafe]

Originally Posted by LisaMarie81

Instead of moving the actual cat into the trailer - how about some cat fur? We have 4 cats and believe me we have enough fur to put a bunch in the trailer. I'm not talking coating it, but maybe some small bits in corners and such.

Question on sealing stuff underneath either with steel wool, foam, or wire mesh - "what" typically are the areas that need to be sealed? Can someone summarize the "pipes" and stuff that are most frequently sealed off??

thanks!

Haven't heard of cat hair as a repellent, but we certainly have enough of it here in the house. Will empty our vacuum cleaner and put some under the sinks. I also think one other place to put steel wool is the entrance port for the electrical cord. The little critters can walk the cord from the ground like the rats do along a ships dock ropes.

[Wolverine 1945]

Originally Posted by LisaMarie81

Instead of moving the actual cat into the trailer - how about some cat fur? We have 4 cats and believe me we have enough fur to put a bunch in the trailer. I'm not talking coating it, but maybe some small bits in corners and such.

Question on sealing stuff underneath either with steel wool, foam, or wire mesh - "what" typically are the areas that need to be sealed? Can someone summarize the "pipes" and stuff that are most frequently sealed off??

thanks!

Pretty much anywhere there are pipes or wires that run from outside to the inside,,, that varies from one unit to the next !!!
Most are probably in the Kitchen & Bath !!!

[Grimshaw Traveller]

A word of advise. When you fill the holes do it from the outside of the unit. Plugging the holes so they do not get into the living area leaves them in the tank compartments and they tend to like chewing on the wiring etc. Any hole in the frame needs to be plugged up so they do not enter the unit period.

[itat]

What size steel wool is everybody using? All of a sudden this year, after storing trailers in the same place for over 10 years, we have a repeating mouse problem. Our TT has the black chloroplast underbelly cover. What are folks doing to seal it up?

[gfarmcafe]

We used the smallest size we had available and it seems to be working. We stuck some in the entry port for our electrical cord, as well as underneath along the frame where the pipes are located that lead from the waste tanks up into the bathroom. This seems, to us the point of entry because we found pieces of foam that was used at the factory to seal the gaps. Good luck!