Mice in the motorhome

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Last night I could hear a rustling in the kitchen drawer, guess what?

I have pot noodles and super noddles all with holes in and plenty of little brown presents from the visitor.

I have thrown away all the dry foods.

Next steps?
 
same here, but in the car. best way is get a pack of 3 ready- baited plastic traps from Proper Job or the Range,best traps i ever used
 
Admin said:
Last night I could hear a rustling in the kitchen drawer, guess what?

I have pot noodles and super noddles all with holes in and plenty of little brown presents from the visitor.

I have thrown away all the dry foods.

Next steps?
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Get rid of all the food,

mouse traps

and glue boards down,

you don't want any dead bodies.

:wave::wave::wave:
 
Phil with luck you may just have the odd mouse get a few traps down baited with chocolate.
Alf

Admin said:
Last night I could hear a rustling in the kitchen drawer, guess what?

I have pot noodles and super noddles all with holes in and plenty of little brown presents from the visitor.

I have thrown away all the dry foods.

Next steps?
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Lucky you've got the mobile caterers travelling with you😀
 
i could only find one trap yesterday, put it in the car footwell, just went out to check it- it was gone !
looked in the back and could see it poking out from under the front seat, reached to grab it - it moved !
now ,i don't mind killing these little sods, but this feller had been caught by the nose , probably been there all night , and was still putting up a fight . so i released him into the field with a cheery ''catch you later ,mate ! ''
anyway, as i said , they work great
 
damn- just checked the van ,they're in there too , so they're probably in my daughter's van as well. off to the trap shop we go !
 
Admin said:
Last night I could hear a rustling in the kitchen drawer, guess what?

I have pot noodles and super noddles all with holes in and plenty of little brown presents from the visitor.

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I have thrown away all the dry foods.

Next steps?[/QUOTE)

POT NOODLES!!! Ye gads man, you have two gourmet chef's on hand and you have POT feckin NOODLES.
Don't worry about the mice, they'll be dead in no time eating that crap.

Geez, I'd never of thought it.

Pot blooming NOODLES.tut.
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n brown said:
i could only find one trap yesterday, put it in the car footwell, just went out to check it- it was gone !
looked in the back and could see it poking out from under the front seat, reached to grab it - it moved !
now ,i don't mind killing these little sods, but this feller had been caught by the nose , probably been there all night , and was still putting up a fight . so i released him into the field with a cheery ''catch you later ,mate ! ''
anyway, as i said , they work great
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Yes, as you know you should try to tie the traps down with thin wire or string.

Glue boards are another way, you have to check them every day as rats and mice will bite their legs off to get away.

:hammer::hammer::hammer:
 
Hi Phil....

I a dreading having the same thing, they are my biggest phobia, cant stand the buggers.

Put peppermint on wool balls and leave around the van in corners and anywhere you think they may be getting in.....
They cant stand the smell (apparently) ? and is supposed to really work !!
 
All phils fault for opening his wallet to get a white fiver out,poor we mice all fell out.
 
I don't want to be flippant...but get ( borrow) a cat!

We had mice in our shed and so I started leaving the door open at night so the neighbourhood cats could get in. I don't know if they caught any, but the mice decided to move away!
 
Moonraker 2 said:
I don't want to be flippant...but get ( borrow) a cat!

We had mice in our shed and so I started leaving the door open at night so the neighbourhood cats could get in. I don't know if they caught any, but the mice decided to move away!
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Where I live we are rotten with cats, there everywhere.

But there are rats in the back garden

so I am feeding them bags of rat bait,

I don't want them to go hungry

:mad2::mad2::mad2:
 
harrow said:
Where I live we are rotten with cats, there everywhere.

But there are rats in the back garden

so I am feeding them bags of rat bait,

I don't want them to go hungry

:mad2::mad2::mad2:
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We had that problem because a plastic drain cover was broken and they were climbing out of the sewer. It was not a problem for long as I had a Whippet who specialised in the extermination of Rats and Squirrels. :lol-061:

I replaced the broken drain cover and had no more problems with Rats.
 
Cat. Just this morning at our place IMG_20171106_075204.jpg
 
A tip I read (can't recall where) to stop mice getting in through vents and pipes is to stuff stainless steel wool in them (the vents and pipes, not the mice ;) ) - not enough room for them to get past, they can't chew through it and it doesn't go rusty.

never tried it myself, but it seems logical enough.
 
They climb up the wheels to get in.

I've posted on this subject a number of times, having had the wiring loom eaten by the puckin' fests. £2,000 to put right, not covered by insurance or warranty.

They are creatures of habit, following trails of urine and faeces.
The ultrasonic electronic devices keep them away, but the sound does not pass through van walls and bulkheads. So you'll need more than one, for a big van. One under the bonnet, one under the van...protected from damp.
Our van is parked on a remote hillside so I have one poking through a slightly opened window and always check that it's on the lee side,if rain is expected.
The local men pee around their tyres, because rats and mice don't like to cross it... Like the gipsies setting up camp... The men make a protective circle round the campsite, while the women put the tents up.
Mongooses too won't cross a wee barrier... So my neighbours pee round the hen coops..
A tip there for Robmac.
My van is 6.2 metres x 2.7 wide.. A circumference of nearly 18 metres. After a good night out ,I can pee round it in one visit.
You've got a lot to do ,Phil... But you have youth on your side.
 
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