Mice

I cleaned mice out of my travel trailer a couple weeks ago and put out fresh mouse bait. It was the worst I've had it, probably due to mild winter despite having mouse bait in it. I went in yesterday and there was fresh evidence. apparently they have plenty to eat so they don't go after the mouse bait, but they still like the lodgings. Any ideas on hoe to keep them out when they are not hungry?

Bowl of water, litter box and a hungry cat.

Won't keep them out, but glue traps will catch 'em.

I have heard mothballs keeps them out. they hate the smell

Dryer sheets, I have a '94 ranger in my yard, that once was home of mice, after gutting the interior to the firewall, dash completely out, cleaned the entire cab, put most of it back, taped off the duct, and kept dryer sheets inside, they do not come back, and with a hint of any previous odor they would always come back.

I hate the bait, they die in some inaccessible place, and reek for awhile. Snap traps are great, but you had best not forget to check those, had that happen in the trunk of my mustang cobra, well once it was removed, aired it out and the odor did go away.

I had a bunch of them at the house here, they must have gotten ahead of me, as I usually notice and set traps, catch a few and traps clean, finally wiped em all out, traps are clean for 2+ weeks now.

I like the live traps by Victor, that TSC sells, because you can get up to 4 mice in there, one stays in, pees, leaves droppings, besides the bait, that leaves a scent and draws more in. The bait I use is Kashi, Pumpkin-Flax Seed granola bars, it has a strong scent, they love it, deer mice/whitefoot mice or whatever they are, easy to use, just break off a piece, use the crumbs.

Downstairs in the basement/garage, I often times will sit in the "mancave" and watch the ball game, and I can literally hear that trap with the galvanized metal door open and close, when I first put them out, 2 went in, one after the other.

I had a pesky one that kept coming back, I had tossed em out live, in a field nearby, painted this one, she came back 3x, last time, just for fun, I went a 1/4 mile or so into our adjacent land across a field, did not come back, of course it rained too, cleaned up any scent I think, but now and its just easy to drown em/clean the trap at the same time, reset, no chance of seeing them again.

So far, all the mice, not a sign of one, 16 chipmunks, 1 pending, 3 woodchuck, a 4th one pending, are gone. I have lots of cotton tail rabbits, friendly, but they bother nothing, just eat all the white clover on the lawn, garden is fenced, place was just over run, too much habitat, cleaning more of that today. That is the real problem, any clutter, your wood pile, vehicles, they get a foothold, even without food like birdfeeder droppings, spilled grain etc. have to tidy up and eliminate any habitat, we even have a bunch of stray cats, and still they prosper, darned things are persistent.

I got stuck with a short notice overseas assignment in the late 80's, was not able to
sell my mobile home so I towed out to the folk's farm and pickled it for the year I was
gone. County didn't allow mobile homes so I couldn't hook up gas or water to it. Put
about $40.00 worth of mothballs in it before I left, no mice or mouse damage when I
pulled it out a year later. On a side note it sure pi55ed of the county it was there,
even more when mom would tell them if they have concerns to contact ME here's the phone
number and remember Greece is 6 hours ahead of us when you call, or you can mail him at
the APO box but allow three to four weeks for it to get to him and three to four weeks
for a response. We had more county squads coming down our road that year then all the
activity for the other 27 years the folks were there, guess we know what's important to
the county- mobile homes were they shouldn't be, not the unlawful burning, murder, rape,
speeding, shooting into occupied dwellings, and burglary.

Cotten balls soaked in oil of peppermint works to keep them out.

Heard this, haven't tried it. Make little cups out of aluminum foil to keep the perpermint from soaking in the floor mats.

Take tin flashing and make a fence around the trailer. Might have to sink it in the ground a little, probably works better on a concrete floor. Mice apperantly don't jump high.

KEH

Hedge Apples-usually one in each corner-should do the trick! Also keeps the spiders away!

Downsouth's idea is for inside, to patrol the outside I like skunks and possums.... but this is YT... all skunks and possums must die... so get an indoor and an outdoor cat. Poison just makes a smell that will never go away.. I have tried everything everyone ever thought of, death by predator is the only thing that works for me.

I tried the dryer sheets in my "67 pickup cab while it was stored in the garage, the mice used them for bedding.

(quoted from post at 15:52:31 07/25/12) Hedge Apples-usually one in each corner-should do the trick! Also keeps the spiders away!

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What on earth is a hedge apple? I live in central Alabama so it might be called something different. I have lots of those field pack rats and they just laugh at the poison packs.