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Paul Boyle 4 days, 11 hours ago.
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I am now going through a mouse issue myself :( On the 2nd day I put out sticky pads, not at all effective. 3rd day I placed peanut butter in the center of them since the mice loved my trail mix of peanuts and chocolate. A mouse ate from the edge of the pad and got tuckered before reaching the peanut butter. Day 4 I placed a piece of Snickers in the center of the peanut butter. Still have the mouse. Was thinking of getting the pellets since it is my understanding that they will need to drink water after eating it so I thought that would shoo them out and then get the Fresh Cabs I’ve heard so much about. This is a pain but we are in a old farmer’s field with a river beside us.
Backpacker
- Rochester, NY
Hi Spirit, Mice are smart little creatures. The best ways I have found is to spray the underside of my trailer with “Mouse Free” ( http://www.mouse-free.com/ ) and to use the tire rings around the tires & jack as described in my Nov. 15, 2014 post. I tried the Irish Spring in my car where I have had problems & the mice chewed on it so I don’t think that works. LOL! I have also tried “RatAway” on our 2 cars that we left in our rural home’s driveway for a 2 wk vaca. Mixed thoughts on that though. 1 car had about $100 of repairs for mice damage after our return. But, the other car doesn’t have any apparent mouse activity. The other thing you can try, if you are desperate, is to spray either fox or coyote urine around the RV or on it’s tires. It stinks but seems to keep them away. You can get that anywhere that sells hunting supplies, Gander Mtn, Dicks, Field & Stream, etc. Don’t use the poisons like DeCon! The mice that ingest that are often eaten as they are dying by hawks, eagles, fox, coyotes, someone’s pet cat or dog. They then also suffer greatly as they too die! Are you hooked up to anything? Are the mice using a power cord as a route of entry? Another post spoke of putting a cone device on the cord so the mice can’t get around it. I hope this might help you out. Good luck!
We had an invasion of mice started the month of October in rapid city SD…. Everything was looking to find a home for the winter… Tried sticky traps first, but no luck. Chance over to your old fashion spring trap with peanut butter lure….. No more mice!! Took a bit as we kept picking them up along our way west. Glad they were no it be a sent from not rats, mice are not as smart, a lot easier to catch.
Thank you Backpacker for your input. Too bad I didn’t read this sooner as a friend shot a coyote 2 days ago and I could have gotten the urine from it. Maybe I’ll be able to shoot a coyot tomorrow while out hunting. The only thing I have draping off the rig is the skirt (cement blankets). For now I have placed old fashion wood/metal spring traps.
Hello Marsha and Dewey,
I bought the spring traps this morn and set them with peanut butter bait and now at hunting camp and hoping this will be the end of this mouse and will buy other products to keep them away. The mouse walked all over the sticky pads without getting stuck :( Hope you both have a great week
Hope they work for you! Safe travels!
My sister buys a couple boxes fabric softener sheets and they put them all over the camper and pick them up in the spring and put in a baggy for next winter. They live on a farm. Five years and no problems.
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