Mice

[Norfolk Jim]

I know I haven't got a Cali but we have a good conversion but last weekend on opeing back door I noticed some bits of acorn. After further look around there were mouse droppings in various places and in particualr the kitchen draw where they'd even wee'd!!

I did set a trap and caught one but I know there are others around but for the likes of me I cannot find a single place they could be getting in; even the tiniest holes!

How have members prevented them getting in - my local pet food supplier has recommended a Stop Mouse Pro which they said has been superb. It is battery operated and can be moved around. She said in areas they'd noticed mice had been they quickly disappeared when this was placed nearby. What do you think?? Last thing I want to pay out for is a wiring loom!!!

 

[B J G]

I've got one of these mounted in the engine bay, mainly to protect wiring but may solve your issue.

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[Norfolk Jim]

CHeers for that. My only problem is that it needs to be battery powered rather than off the vehicle battery as ours powers everything including starting the engine so I don't want a drain on that. It's also not always on EHU. That device sounds good for the car as wife had a mouse nest beside her battery in her 2010 Golf which amazing was in use daily!!! The under bonnet insulation was also full of chewed up acorns......thankfully all wiring was still ok. We live in countryside in mid Norfolk and both neighbours have cats that patrol. I've looked for tiniest hole for entry and cannot find anything and we've completely emptied it of everything including knives and forks etc - so bare camper!!

 

[Ozzy Pete]

I've got one of these mounted in the engine bay, mainly to protect wiring but may solve your issue.

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I bought one of these things a few years back fitted it in the building I keep my bike and my wife keeps seed and peanuts for the birds. What did the little buggers do? Filled my exhausts with peanuts and chewed through the wiring for the bikes alarm. LOL.
Since then I use strong traps with some nice cheese.. I don’t like doing that but want to use the bike again. At least the last thing they remember is a mouthful of 30 month matured cheddar...

 

[westfalia]

CHeers for that. My only problem is that it needs to be battery powered rather than off the vehicle battery as ours powers everything including starting the engine so I don't want a drain on that. It's also not always on EHU. That device sounds good for the car as wife had a mouse nest beside her battery in her 2010 Golf which amazing was in use daily!!! The under bonnet insulation was also full of chewed up acorns......thankfully all wiring was still ok. We live in countryside in mid Norfolk and both neighbours have cats that patrol. I've looked for tiniest hole for entry and cannot find anything and we've completely emptied it of everything including knives and forks etc - so bare camper!!

I feel your pain, it took me about 5 hours to clean ours out.
Waste water outlet is where I think it or they got in, munched into
my chocolate fingers under the sink and made nests out of the bog roll
storred in the rear wardrobe. Even was in the overhead locker.

2 years later when I removed the front headliner because of a roof pump issue, I found
that they had been there too.
Nothing is sacred with these 3as7ards.

Since that day I`ve never opened the glovebox.

 

[SamSara]

As a non electrical method use peppermint essential oil every few days in areas they get in or have been noticed. You will need something to put a few drops in or on because it will degrade whatever it touches

 

[Elmo3]

Hang a few of those loo cistern blocks under the vehicle when not in use.

 

[Loz2286]

Chocolate or fruit cake is a far better bait for traps.

The mice have to climb up something, unless you have things dragging on the ground, that'll be the tyres. I suggest you avoid parking on rough ground, long grass etc. Mice are novo-phobic (they don't like new things) so will avoid constantly changing areas. If you park a little away from other buildings, trees etc they will avoid exposing themselves to predators and eschew the gap.

Access for mice is easy, even the tiniest gap can provide an entry. Many many years ago I worked for a major pest control company and our benchmark was if a pencil could fit under then a mouse could access. They are fascinating creatures and the positioning of their clavicles are such that they can squeeze themselves through a gap 1/4" wide. They're plenty of those on a vehicle. The story that they can flatten their skulls is an urban myth.

The key takeaways for rodent control are good husbandry, regular change and avoidance of sheltered access.

Failing that.....chuck next door's cat in the van for 24 hours!