Mice in the motorhome
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There was at least one recent thread about this....will try and find link!
theres a rat in my camper or was
theres a rat in my camper or was
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Get rid of all the food,
mouse traps
and glue boards down,
you don't want any dead bodies.
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Hi Admin,
Sorry to hear the little blighters have got in your van. I have the same problem: Mouse/Mice in Van
Hope you can get rid of them!
Sorry to hear the little blighters have got in your van. I have the same problem: Mouse/Mice in Van
Hope you can get rid of them!
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these, put down 3 , get 3 dead mice in the morning Nippon Nippon Pre-Baited Plastic Mouse Traps: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors , don't know what the bait is , but mice think it's to die for !
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Phil with luck you may just have the odd mouse get a few traps down baited with chocolate.
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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
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.
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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 !!
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 !!
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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!
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
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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.
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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.
) - 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.
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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.
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.