I Have an RV Mouse INFESTATION!! Ugh. I'll tell you how to get rid of RV Mice in this video
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- Опубліковано 3 вер 2022
- I never had mice in my RV...until now! Eek!
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I got rid of them ALL in my truck engine and console in a parking lot by simply blasting the car stereo at full blast for about ten minutes. It worked, they all ran out and never came back.
Wow how did you know to do that?
My husband does this as a contractor. When he comes across an attic with some four legged creatures, he blasts the radio 24/7 until they are gone. We do this with our RV now.
Great idea!
Wow!!!! GREAT idea!! Thank you!!! I live on a very rural 40 acre piece of land in Colorado. I have an old, fat cat who is not very good at catching mice, too. I'll take her out and blast music for a while!!
Oh my gosh how funny..... Must have been heavy metal Rock... Lololol
I couldn't catch mice for the longest utilizing traps. Then, I did some research and found out that mice have sensitive noses and can detect human scent when you touch traps with your bare hands. So, I used gloves the second time around and it worked like gangbusters.
Your research is wrong . I got a reusable trap , used peanut butter . Got 5 mice off of one trap . Just used my bare hands touching the trap . You probably didn't set the trap right or it was a faulty trap . The sticky paper works good also .
Yeah they can smell us, but our scent is already all over most places they explore in search of food, water, and nesting materials anyway.
The strange thing the food in our homes have our scent because we have touched it or handled it .Yet those things still chop down.
I had mice last winter in my art studio. Got 7 of them with regular little wood spring traps and peanut butter. While I was working one night one ran right by me with a squeek. Another was inside a tote bag and when I moved the bag it took off... that one scared the pee out of me!
The trouble with mice is they chew through stuff because their teeth never stop growing, just like rats. The evidence of mice is finding little tiny things that look like burnt rice... that's mice poop and can carry germs so I wore gloves and plastic bags to take their carcasses out. But they can also compress their bodies and get through a quarter inch hole around pipes, electrical lines, etc. It's nearly impossible to seal them out everywhere and my landlord said it was my fault because I must have left food around, which I hadn't because any snacks in my studio are either in my little fridge or in bottles or cans. No debris or trash because I take that out every day so there's no smells.
Traps and peanut butter are the real answer. No mice this past winter so I hope they got the message. They sneak in when the weather in New England gets cold. But I still have more peanut butter just in case.
yet the small of human doesn't bother them in a van
I laced some peanut butter with some LSD. While it didn't keep them away, we became one with the cosmos.
I have a 100 year old house in a farming community, I know about rodents. The cheapest and least toxic idea I had, that works, is use a paint sprayer full of bleach and spray under the house on the dirt, spray around the house on the dirt, and it does smell like you have a very clean house when done. For an RV remove everything from the cabinets and baseboards, leave cabinet doors open, put a few bight lights under the RV at night, then go inside without the lights on inside and every little hole and cranny will be lit up and you can hit it with foam or steel wool and screw mesh over the steel wool. If you do use sticky traps be ready with a shovel to put it out of its misery quickly. I tend to use barrier methods and bleach.
That’s a great idea about the lights! However we tried the foam w/rodenticide & it didn’t work. They have to swallow it to do the job. We had our attic spray foamed for any cracks & holes bigger than 1/4 in. We could hear the mice chewing thru the foam at night. Snap traps with slim Jim’s snugly shoved onto the catch & into the hole so they have to tug at it to set off the trap.
@@adriankap2978 They do chew through the foam. I put a piece of wire or steel wool, then foam. The light idea works under a house crawlspace too. It will light up any holes and openings you may miss.
Just a tip for Irish spring users... You don't necessarily have to replace the bars, you can just shave off the dry stuff and unless they've been sitting for months, there should be plenty of fresh soap still inside the bar. You can cut them up if you'd rather not shave them. I personally use a cheese grater and sprinkle the shavings around plants and corners of my stick and brick house if I'm worried about fritters.
Irish Spring didn’t do it for me. I was told to use it but it didn’t work for me.
I used Irish spring and the mice ate up a lot of the soap and it didn’t help. Just letting you know my personal experience
I was getting mice inside my drawers in the MH where I couldn't get to see any holes. After packing all day and planning on puliing out early morning, I opened the drawers to find they had pooped in all my kitchen stuff on both !!! Sides of the camper! I was fit to be tied and had to spend half a day washing everything again! Then we left and I was getting really cold air going down the highway on my side. I stuffed a few towels in there. When we got to FL, I started to find out what was the deal...classB+ where the back of cab meets the box...I could see the ground!!! And I could put my hand from the arm rest waaaay down to almost the bottom of the chassis! I used a whole can of filler there and no more cold air (or hot dusty) and no mice! I leave spring traps with choc chips (warm them for a few sec in mw) rubbed good into the bait hole so they can't just lick it off without setting off the trap. We catch mice in the garage occasionally, but none inside MH since and it's parked just outside. They really love chocolate and it stays a long time on the trap. I took a long type charcoal lighter and melted it a little bit after several months to renew the smell.
@@widowswatch6610 me too,same thing happened to me!!!
irish spring bars had mouse chew marks!
One weekend we took the motor home out...had a dish of Rolo's on the dining table. Next morning, the dish was empty, thought the dog figured how to get on the table. Watched her the next day carefully for chocolate poisoning...nothing! Got home emptied the RV out, noticed something under the sleeper sofa in the livingroom. Pulled it out...all the Rolo's were stashed under it! Well, game on! Since the liked them and the caramel is super sticky...I wrapped spring traps with the plundered loot! Within 15 minutes on 3 traps I had killed 10 adults...now I had to find the nests. Cleared everything out, found nests and disposed of those, set traps up for next 2 weeks...no more victims! Chocolate attracts...caramel holds them! Didn't have a cat at the time!
It's NEVER just one mouse! 🐭
Or not for long!
Ha ha... thinking the same thing here
We’ve had just one errant mouse in our home. Hubby got rid of it with one scoop of peanut butter. Sends a message you know? lol
To help with outside, fill a 5 gallon bucket about 1/3 full of water. Smear peanutbutter inside the bucket, about 4 or more inches below the rim. Place a stick ramp from the ground to rest on the top rim of the bucket.
Mice will climb the ramp, go for the pb, fall in and drowned. We've done this and have found several drowned mice in the am. Hopefully, it will help keep mice from going into your truck.
I've seen videos of people doing this and it does seem to work. Pretty gross, but better than the alternative.
When we worked at Troublesome Creek Campground in Washington State, we used the mouse bucket method. I stopped counting at 200.
Poor Mice
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change the water to rv antifreeze for the winter months.
Clorox. We keep a couple open bottles around our cabin. It has always worked. It will also keep bears away.
Where's the best place to place them strategically? Thanks.
Thx for posting this. We have bear in our area where we’re getting ready to live as well as snakes & mice. I’ve found that where there’s mice there’s snakes. Mother nature food chain supply.
I just got rid of my mouse problem.. found a nest in my battery box. Peppermint, garlic and clove oil mix sprayed every few days has kept them away. The only trap that worked was a bucket half filled with water, baited with peanut butter, with a piece of wood for them to run up. I also now have 2 kittens. 🙂
We use the 5 gallon bucket trap with anti freeze instead of water in the storage sheds and sauna at our cabin.
yes, to all of those ideas!
I love how you get right onto a solution and share it with others.
Anyone with a trailer of any size will eventually know what you've gone through! We've had mice in all our rigs and we've found that they mostly came in via the lines that are under the sinks in the bathroom and kitchen. Those lines go down or through and then out and they are not secured with anything and there's always a small gap left by the manufacturers. The first time we found mice they'd made their way under the bathroom sink and had shredded 3 rolls of TP to haul away and make nests with! I wonder if spraying some peppermint oil mixed into a spray base would help? Thx for testing all the products you bought---good information to know.
We use spice containers filled with cotton balls and straight mint oil in several locations, works great. Even in vehicle engine compartment. The spice containers are magnetic based and stay in place .
I've heard that fine steel wool in those areas will keep them from coming in. And your right they hate peppermint oil on cotton balls as well. Also if you utilize mouse traps, raisins smashed on the fake cheese will get them every time. Oh If they are in your engine or near wires you could have a real problem. Check out fleet magnetic holders for peppermint cotton balls. You have to add new ones every few days to make them stay away. I had them on my bus and they loved the engine compartment. Hope this helps.
Wow. Mice are very cunning.
Home Depot sells a wonderful peppermint rodent repellent spray at a reasonable price. I'm about to go by my second bottle ... the first one lasted a long time.
When we had a pet shop, we used to have infestations of mice from time to time - they came in with the hay and straw that we sold for bedding. We found that the humane traps worked best with... chocolate. They LOVE chocolate. We used the dog choc drops and biscuits, so not even 'good' chocolate. You also want to be sure that when you release the mouse, you do so 2-3 miles away from your home, or it will just come back, because it knows it has food and shelter there. Thirdly, make sure you have no food around that encourages it - not a crumb. You have seen what they did to your dash, so don't even keep food in plastic containers or they'll eat right through. Keep your food in glass or metal containers... and that includes the cat food! If there's no food around it will make it less attractive for them and they'll move on. Hope you are now mouse free and remain that way! Just glad that here in the UK we don't have the snake problem!
The UK may not have a snake problem, but you do have snakes that eat rodents. That is the problem.
There are two indigenous British snakes: the grass snake and the poisonous adder snake.
I’m terrified of mice and rats. I wish I could adequately describe the terror. I’m not a coward in other areas of my life. I’m hyperventilating while I watch this video. I can’t even look at the little plastic mice. I’ll use your Amazon list. Thanks for talking about this. My house smells like Irish Spring. 😂
Bought a used mobile home in the 1990s, it had a field mouse infestation, biggest mistake of my life was to use poison. We had dead mice in the walls, rotting and stinking for the entire summer. It was so horrible, we had to sleep outside. Tore up the walls and vent system to try and get them out. Never again!!!
Ouch. Thanks for sharing. Never thought of that.
@@virginiamueller267 I just remembered something…. after all the mice died, we found wolf spider nests in the vent system, they were eating the mice. With no more mice, they came out looking for prey!!!! Horrifyingly huge spiders darting around the house!!!! Arachnophobia!
@@InvincibleJennifer oh my. What a horrible experience.
OMG each time I have been stationary for more than a month or two I have had rodents! One was between my screen and outside door. Scared the crap out of me. Others have chewed on various...of course ones I liked...items. There is an opening under my generator in the rear of the trailer where you can see to the ground...they come up into the tack room (horse trailer), sneak over the top of same room as there is an open section near the roof and wander wherever they want. No food is ever left out. You would think with four cats this problem would not exist. Yes, stationary makes you a target. The worst was they were overhead scratching in the bed area! I BANGED on the ceiling for months. Did the steel wool/foam spray around a gap in the nose of the trailer and after a while nights were peaceful again. ARRRGGGGGHHHHH
@@KabobHope When I travel and move frequently ... no rodents or red wasps, either.
Once again thanks for all the info! I did want to mention one thing. The old fashioned Snap Traps will work just fine but you must be vigilant to set them very “loosely” or the mice get in and never trip them. We always do throw away trap and all when they catch one because they say the next mouse could smell the other dead mouse. We live in the country and they always try to get in in the fall when temps start to drop. Happy trails.
The trick to re-using snap traps is to pour a pot of boiling water over them, it kills all scents. I have traps 30 years old and still using them when needed!😊
My experience with City mice is they are cannibals... if it is the dead of winter and they can't find anything else...
I do sticky traps, caught 11 mice in my storage unit.!! It may seem cruel but it works with a few cracker crumbs in the middle
@@SimoneNC It doesn't SEEM cruel, it is cruel.
A tip to anyone using snap traps... I had the issue of my bait being taken or licked off without them setting the traps off. Most snap traps have a little groove that is actually for the bait. Use crunchy peanut butter, break up a peanut and shove it in there. They will be determined to get that peanut out and will then set off the trap. Also, note that snap traps have different sensitivity settings and you should always set them to the most sensitive setting (usually by putting the bar either all the way to the left or right, read your trap figure that out).
I put the peanut butter under the hinge..mice have to eat it from under ther hinge and it will trip..good luck
I love your videos! So comprehensive and informative! Thanks for all this detective work you do. It's great information and I appreciate the time you take. It sure saves the rest of us a ton of time! Happy trails!
Thank you for consistently sharing such valuable info.
We covered the inside of every vent with galvanized mesh. Every hole inside and under belly has spray foam in it..even along the frame and siding were cracks were. Im too old to scrub the camper from top to bottom just because mice decided to visit.
So that has worked from things getting in ?
@@CoCo-yv3hl Yes with mice. Still cant keep spiders out.😬
I had mice problems on my last RV . They literally ate my spark plug wires completely naked . Found out they were made of plant materials. I had a mechanic tell me to put moth balls around the engine and engine compartment also around the inside . Never had anymore mice problems . New Subscriber 👍
Your tenacity is impressive. Boy looked at the mouse and thought, chasing them is for the young. I am retired.
The mice we had LOVED Irish Spring soap, they chewed it up and then pooped! They loved going in my dish towel drawer and used the fibers from the towels to make nests with. I emptied the drawers and once opened one and interrupted their mating! We found a nest under the bed and in one of the bins. Currently we use a string of LED lights under the RV and so far that has worked. The RV is stored in our driveway so the lights don’t bother anyone. Wooded traps with bacon has worked the best for us. We don’t leave the dog food in a paper bag or leave any food in her bowl after she has eaten her fill. Mice are so nasty! They will poop everywhere, tear up anything, paper towels, toilet paper, and the wiring under the hood of your car/truck. Check you hide-a-bed, too they love that space because no one disturbs them.
Good luck getting rid of the horrible things!
I've been RVing for over 25 years. Been full timing since 2016. Never had mice. I'm lucky I guess. Thank God.
This is the one issue that has come into my thoughts the most ... and I haven't even hit the road yet. Thank you for getting this info out there!
Get a cat, works great!
A mouse infestation is no time for compassion. Get a half dozen mouse traps and keep setting them until the mice are whipped out. They can cause TERRIBLE damage to your RV, especially the electrical wiring in your RV. The worse thing to have is ground squirrels to take up habitat in your RV (like in the end cap). They must be dealt with IMMEDIATELY. I've been living full-time in my MH for 12 years, and I speak from experience. Don't delay!!
My friend has been dealing with mice and rats for years - she's also part of an animal rescue group. You may have mentioned this but placing the humane traps along a wall/edge is preferred. Under normal conditions, mice and rats do not usually run across an open space. The electronic repellents that broadcast an inaudible high pitch sound also work but the downside is that you really never know if they're working except for the fact that you don't see rodents, and you may not remember to replace the batteries or keep them energized. My friend tells me soap is a myth with some rodents actually eating the soap/peppermint. The brillo pads do work as you indicated. If I were a teacher of rodent management, I'd give this video and you an A+ but wanted to point out those specific details.
PS: The idea behind peppermint is to mask the urine traces and can work in high concentrations but could be even more effective with black pepper. Some rats and mice actually like peppermint leaves and peppermint solutions eventually wear off. If you're using a water solution, you may also try eucalyptus which is detrimental to rats and mice.
I've set traps right next to the noisemaker and caught mice.
Such a great discussion. I love the idea of using loud music. We get critters in our attic every winter. I’m like a crazy lady banging and yelling at the ceiling! The bucket traps work well but are nasty to empty. Can also put antifreeze in there instead of water when freezing temps. Also loved the tip about wearing gloves when baiting traps.
When I spent the winter in Q I noticed that rigs parked near trees ir bushes were more likely to get mice or rats. Apparently they live in trees in the desert. The other thing I used was peppermint spray on my tires, and I never had any issues. This winter I am also bringing a solar powered light string to put under my rig.
So many people like Irish Spring, but it gives me an asthma attack. Talcum, and Obsession perfume also give me an asthma attack. My old dog would have gotten those mice. He's already gotten his Boy Scout hunting badge twice! He got two chipmunks, and was batting a tiny mouse around another time.
We have experienced the same thing this year in our sticks n’ bricks. I bought those exact same live traps and caught 26 TWENTY SIX, mice over the course of 3 weeks. They were almost eliminated when I went on vacation, and my brother dog sat for 5 days. I knew there was at least one living in the guest room closet, so I set up the live trap, instructing him to check it twice a day. Idk why it bothers me so much to kill then, but it does, please don’t attack me in the comments. I am 55 years old and you won’t change my mind.
Got home Thursday and find that the pantry has been breeched again. Dammit! He caught one, then decided to not put the trap back. I now have to remove everything from the pantry, WASH every can, throw away every box, and start all over. Nice and rats are incontinent everywhere they go, their urine just leaks out, along with their feces. My husband went and bought 10 kill traps. But we got 1 last night and I had to deal with it, took until 3am to fall asleep because it bothered me so much… idk why I’m like this!
Bc you're a sweetheart that knows the mice are just being mice and don't deserve to die... But you also don't want to get sick/be around them so ridding yourself of them is a necessary albeit difficult reality. I feel similarly 😔
CREATIVITY RV: I watched your videos (subscribed). I know you have tried many things, and have gotten many suggestions. If I were you, I would take my cat's litter box (where cat urinates) and spread it around the wheels of your 5th wheel's wheels, or below (on the ground) where you think the mice are entering. I would not use fragrant (artificially scented) litter mix, just use unscented so it won't compete with the cat urine smell. Let the mice smell the cat urine. since you will be gone for long period (days/weeks), this may help reduce the mice willingness to crawl into your rig. You could also make "sachets" to hang near the likely entry points. But, I think spreading some around each tire or contact with the ground is the best thing.
The reason I suggest this instead of "peppermint", Irish Spring, or other suggestions, is because animals are sensitive to natural enemies, and I suspect the mice will recognize the cat urine smell as more threatening to them than dryer sheets, or other things that humans find fragrant.
Also, I have seen people suggest things they have heard about (anecdotes are not really good evidence of efficacy) that smell GOOD to humans. That is likely just making the people feel good about doing something (placebo), and it smells 'pleasant." Finally, I had to use glue traps inside a trailer I stayed in, and in one night 3 field mice were caught. Best to use those things when you are present to kill them and dispose of them. If you are gone for long time, they will die and stink up your rig. Good luck.
Ugg, I feel your pain! Make a note of how many glue traps and where you put them. Sometimes if the mouse is only partially caught they try to escape. My daughter's cat got stuck in one, one paw and ear. Went careening through the house terrified, and it was so difficult to get him free. Good luck! Oh and by the way there is no such thing as one mouse! LOL 😆
We recently had our first mouse attack. We heard hi gnawing, and started a three-day search, eventually finding nibbles of foam in the engine compartment of our class A, at the firewall. We tried glue traps, but without success (I logged where I put them). But my genius wife thought - hey, these are nocturnal critters. So we put a Ryobi flashlight under the hood and turned it on at night. the battery easily lasted all night, and we recharged it during the day . No mouse. Then we moved!
We got rid of a family of raccoons that settled in under our deck by placing a radio nearby and playing a talk radio station non-stop for a couple of days. It worked like a charm . The raccoons moved out and relocated because they couldn’t sleep during the day and didn’t like their noisy neighbors. Talk radio is the key, we had the sports station dialed in and it wasn’t on very loud…..just loud enough.
Thank you Robin. My sister is having a problem with mice in their rv. I passed this along to her. Hope things are going good with you.
Something I have heard on other channels is Cayenne Pepper. They use this mostly on there engine to protect the wires. They also open the hood and put at a light inside the engine compartment. I dont know how well the light would do since your going to be gone for a year, but spraying the wiring areas with heavy Cayenne water shouldn't hurt anything.
Perhaps a solar light would work.
Wire insulation and some hoses us soybeans or walnut shells in the rubber for filler. Mice think it is food. We have a squirrel that likes our grill propane line..
No, no, no! Not to be rude, but you only THINK they will not like the cayenne pepper. Mice ate through the plastic lids of my glass spice jars in my pantry - and ONLY ate the cayenne pepper. I had 5 bottles of it and they touched no other spices (about 30 assorted types). They ate ALL 5 bottles of cayenne in 2 months' time.
@@ExceptTin Lol, that reminded me, they also like Hall’s cough drops (sugar free) of all things! Dang rodents
Congratulations on your article in RV Living magazine! it was great!
Hi Robyn I used a electronic zapper that kills them quick and baited with a mars bar and no need to touch just open the top lid and tip into the bin. Keep safe and have safe travels beautiful x🙂
I watched a guy today, and he said mixing corn meal w honey in it and baking soda got rid of his rats in his barn. Swears by it!! Dollar tree plastic food containers with a lid, hole cut in the end for their little door, 4 tsps of each mixed
Tie a small piece of kite string (or some other sturdy string) to the bait holder of the old school snap traps. Make sure the knot is super secure (think double or triple tied) then trim the ends to about 1/4” and fray them. Rub peanut butter into the frayed ends. Or you can use softened caramel candy just make sure to get it warm and gooey-soft before working it into the frayed string. Mice are greedy and want to get every last lick of the goodies and they will chew and tug the string which triggers the trap.
My dad taught me about tying thread through the peanut butter to catch their teeth. It has never failed me!
DENTAL FLOSS WORKS TOO!
Just an FYI on the solar red light. That won't work. I tried a motion censored battery operated owl with red lights for eyes and every time something moved in its sight, the red lights would light up but that didn't work at all.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 "yes, it smells like a mint...like something crawled up an died inside the mint" best line ever..... I also enjoyed you calling them little F******.... As they are! You the best!
Hi Robin been following a couple years. You have helped me put together what I might need for my rig. My hubby passed so I am getting things I need. I have loads of camp gear so I’ll incorporate some of it. Trailer purchase hopefully by next summer. Can’t wait to get. Have friends already I know that RV all the time. I’ll let you know how it’s going. Thanks for all you stories and tips. I have a binder full. Looking forward to more. Maybe we’ll see each other on the road.
You humor is phenomenal. Hugs for sharing this.
We put steel wool on the slideout rail area and have to remove them before we put the slides in. They were getting in the underbelly through there. Also in the older rigs where you pull the rv cord out of the side pocket door, we put steel wool there too. You may want to check the firewall insulation between your engine compartment and dash board. Some mice made a nest in our pick up there. The rodent repellant is good under the hood. Good luck
Robin, we've used Ground Cayene pepper in the back of all our cabinets, drawers, closet & compartments, and it has worked perfectly to repel mice, after we had one in a kitchen drawer. Good luck. TY for all your advice!!
This was oddly riveting and fascinating, ha! I’m currently dealing with a groundhog in my backyard and my sister has a rat issue so this feels very relevant. All the product information was very helpful, thanks. Good luck on your travels!
If she gets a rat, stuff the dead rat in your groundhogs holes! OR if you get the groundhog, stuff it back in. New ones won't move in
I battled a groundhog who was eating all my beautiful perrenials..I tried coyote urine ..did not work and the smell made me gag..I got rid of the enemy with ammonia..Sprayed around the property and also sprayed some pieces of cloth and placed them near the garden...What finally did it was when I managed to give him a direct shot of ammonia when we had a standoff in the wood shed He hasn't been back.I became like Bill Murray in caddy shack with my hatred for that critter
@@T-RMI got rid of a ground hog by pouring mothballs down the hole.
Awesome video, thanks for sharing and as always stay safe, safe travels and God bless love ya Nancy
I love it! Nuclear! Yes. Mice are prolific! Multiply so fast! Also put a light under your rig and truck. Campervan Kevin swears by that
My sympathies! I recently had a mouse infestation in my apartment-I’d see them running (or even sitting!) in the middle of the floor late at night! Management finally called an exterminator, who said avocado or chocolate also make good baits for traps. Still, we only caught one-clearing the brush outside and the trash cans solved the problem because it removed cover for rats, which were scaring the mice into the building. I’ve heard the bucket technique and peppermint oil are most effective. Irish Spring and dryer sheets only work about 50% of the time. Good luck!
We found our Irish spring bars, in the lower cabinet on the floor , all chewed up, flaking and basically enjoyed by the mice!
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The snap traps work with the right bait. They love peanut butter, but in our house, they lick it off without springing the trap. Husband baited them with gummies. I think he happened to use calcium gummies, but any kind would work. They have to bite or tug on them and that does it. It might help if they're stale. Harder to chew.
At a place I worked there were a lot of mice. I set the traps with a Cheerio stuffed under, then peanut butter. The same concept so they tugged on it. Works like a charm!
I tie a string on the bait area then put in peanut butter or cheese.
@@dotstickler79 I use a little netting bag filled with goodies hooked to the trap flip if they have to pull (and they will) it gets them!
GREAT INFO! GREAT VIDEO! THANK-YOU! You do the best videos!
I know this is going to sound weird, but in our travel trailer we had a composite toilet. We used cedar chips.( like bedding for a Guinea pig). In the back of our rig, there were zero mice, in the kitchen area, there was . So I added cedar chips under our kitchen cabinets. No more mice. I will never use anything else.
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I swear by fresh cab. We’re full time on a permanent spot in the woods and we’ve never had any mice. I also use the blue snuggle dryer sheets and put moth ball packets on top of the tires. We do leave for 3 months over the winter where the fifth wheel is not occupied and we’ve never had a mouse in 5 years that we’ve been full time.
Ugh. It's miserable having to deal with them in your house! Since I've started spraying all around the house and basement with peppermint oil we haven't had any come in. Sealing the holes first, of course. Time to do it again as fall is coming! Best of luck.
I live in the country surrounded by woods and use ziplocs with cotton pads soaked in peppermint oil. I also poke holes in the bags to release the scent then change when the seasons change.
Also, SOS pads work great for filling holes. This worked for my inlaws' 110 year old house, three years since I used this, still no mice.
Oh, Robin, so sorry about the infestation. As my father would've said, there's no such thing as just one mouse (or anything other living thing). My biggest concern about rodents and vehicles is wiring - omg that's so extremely expensive to replace. I just knew you would have ideas and suggestions! Any rodent or bug that isn't afraid of me, makes me afraid of them. As big as a squirrel? Um, sounds more like a rat than a mouse. One time I saw a large rodent in someone's oven. "wow, that's the biggest mouse I've ever seen!", said I. DUH. It was a rat. And it wasn't afraid. I told the person, you have rats, call your landlord right now, don't take no for an answer. Big Boy, sweet adorable Big Boy. Heck no. He's gonna eat his premium cat food. And watch you solve the rodent problem. Love the paper bag idea, can't believe it didn't work! Thanks for this, Robin. You crack me up the way you put things sometimes! Safest travels!
Try mixing equal parts Jiffy cornbread mix and baking soda; won't hurt pets or people but kills mice and rats.
Glad you figured out ways too fix your mouse problem. We were boondocking in the desert south of Why, Arizona and had a packrat
Sorry my fingers playing tricks. The packrat chewed our chair cushions then on our way home to Canada, our motorhome had no power, so after limping home, Joe discovered the little "rat" had chewed lines to our motor just not all the way through. Took us awhile but we figured it out. Life on the road!!!
I am really loving your hair lately ❤
I have a 5th wheel I the Adirondacks. I have several layers of protection. If you are overrun with mice, only a few will be caught I traps. You need a solid barrier to stop the army of mice.
1) I have 1 1/2 pvc pipe with a tee and short horizontal pipes. The upright pipe has a galvanized wire with a bend on the bottom. The mouse blocks from tractor supply will slide done the wire and the mice eat each one and the wire feeds the next one by gravity. These are close to the camper.
2) drowning buckets with either rolling cans or trip boards. These are filled with RV antifreeze for winter.
3) an electric horse fence with horizontal galvanized mesh and the hot wire about 2-3 inches above.
4) behind the fence is a frame with black slick plastic that goes all around the camper
5). I use pest control great foam with the Pro gun. It can be closed and use the same can for years
6) inside the camper, there are Kness Ketch-all traps with the drowning attachment. The mason jars are filled with RV antifreeze and a splash of olive oil.
7) More mouse poison blocks inside
8). Hotshot pest strips. If something dies inside the RV, the flies will come to consume it. The Hotshots will kill the flies before they breed into maggots and future flies
Sounds like you've covered it well!
I met a lady in Camping World who lived on a boat and RV most of her life. She recommended I use Bay Leaves while it was in storage. I bought a whole bunch and spread everywhere, even in my storage underneath. I also used the Irish Spring shavings to keep my motor home smelling fresh. Good luck.
Out here on the rancho, we constantly fight Mouse Wars. They chew all the wires in the tractors and other farm vehicles, infest the barns, get into the hay bales. We've found the only solution is EVERY solution: a multipronged approach with traps, lights, aromatics, and other devices. Usually we can keep a handle on them.
But this year, in the Southwest (if that's where you are), has been a record year for mice and other rodenty varmints. We had periodic rains out of season which caused an abundance of food, leading to a birthrate explosion in mice. That also brought us a rattlesnake population boom, which is probably not what you want to hear. But the predators seem to be adjusting the mouse population. Next year may not be so bad as Nature brings things back in balance. But keep throwing EVERYTHING at the problem.
The best answer is to prevent mice from getting in in the first place. One of the most effective deterrents we've found is a electric device that periodically flashes lights and then emits the sound of every feared mouse predator: a fox call, followed by an owl shriek, followed by a hawk scream... Only a solution for stored vehicles in areas where you will not be.
Here's the link for what we call The Screamer: www.amazon.com/s?k=loraffe+plug+in+rodent+repellent+ultrasonic+4+in+1+pest+repeller&i=lawngarden&crid=2EZB62V4RRIDY&sprefix=loraffe+plug+in%2Clawngarden%2C128&ref=nb_sb_ss_fb_1_15
@Lisa Paul > If you could share info on that device, name, where to get it, would greatly appreciate. Thank you
Baking powder and Jiffy corn muffin mix, about 50/50. Put the mix in a container with an entrance hole, place several under your 5th wheel, especially where mice crawl up your rig (wheels). Since you will be gone for a while, put this concoction mix in containers large enough to feed an army of mice and other rodents. These pests cannot burp, the build up gas will kill them. I would anchor those containers somehow with bricks (top and sides).
Just so you know, the baking soda causes gas mixed with water in their stomach. Jiff mix is the attractant. So you can use other attractants. Learned this from a Homestead Farmer on YT. He got rid of his infestation.
Heard that mix will not poison animals that eat mice and rats. Apparently other animals fart, able to release gas.
The baking powder and Jiffy Corn Muffin mix does not work on mice. I tried it.
@@artieross9537 Do not know why, but it works great for me.... and voles as well.
Yes it does work..it may take a few weeks depending on how many mice you have..I have it out everywhere..replace every month with fresh..2 part baking soda..I part jiffy mix..whisk together and put in lids all over the house and garage..
I had a field behind my house and I used glue boards in the garage of my actual house. I caught mice left and right. Nothing worse than catching (or good I guess!) 3-4 baby mice on just one board. I do recommend taping them down with duct tape. If not secured, adult mice can move a glue board from its original location. Place traps around the wallboard and in corners. Mice run along the sides of walls, touching the wall, to help guide themselves. They can also get through a hole the size of a dime. If I find a snake, I am moving out!! Good luck
Your hair is getting long and it looks cute!!! This was VERY useful, thank you so much.
I've lived in a few mobile homes, and have always had mice to deal with. I was always told to stuff steel wool in every crack or crevice I can find. And mobile homes seem to have a lot of both! Steel wool helped, but not 100%. Wish I'd heard of some of these ideas back when I was living in a trailer.
In our sticks & bricks my husband used a little piece of cheese dipped in brown gravy powder. Works like a charm. He used regular snap traps. Good luck.
Lovin your hair !!! Great video.
We had our fifth wheel parked for years and rarely had mice (maybe one per season and sometimes we’d find a few poops but nothing dramatic). Put steel wool (mice won’t chew steel wool) around any potential entry point, like pipes coming into the RV and get yourself some good smelling sachets from an RV store. The ones we used smelled strong once opened (we used them through the winter when the RV was closed for the season and they would last about six months) but the smell was nice, more like a spiced pine. We never even removed them when we would open the camper in the spring. Put those anywhere a mouse would typically enter (ours seem to gravitate under the kitchen and bathroom sinks). Keep all linens in interior cabinets. We also always wrapped our mattresses in plastic when not using the RV and stored everything in plastic totes, stored up high over the winter. You basically want to make your RV home uninteresting to a mouse…”it stinks, I hate steel wool, there’s no food, and nothing interesting to chew on to make my nest…” 😂 That way even if they get in, they’ll leave quickly.
We just caught out first mouse 2 days ago. We live in our van, and our first day in WY a mouse decided to give us a welcome! RIP🐭
Hey Robin. My sister and I literally just spoke about this subject this weekend. She and her family have a 5th wheel with 2 slides. When they part it in a storage area for the winter, they plug all holes with dryer sheets and steel wool, especially the tiny openings where the slide gears are. They also use Irish spring and other traps in the bays. Other people who store their trailers 2 spots away from my sisters' get mice so this year they are going to show them what they do to keep mice away. Good luck and sorry
Here's my favorite go-to mouse repellant sachets - they seem to be working great - Stay Away Rodent Repellent. They smell pretty nice too.
Thank you very much. I'm worried about getting mice or any bug when I'm camping in my Honda Element so I'll be purchasing some of these items from your links
Moth balls, I would use for something kept in storage. We have mice and I found using a piece of honey comb catches them every time. I put glue traps along walls. Definitely have to build them out. Great you had help. Chipmunks too were enjoying my boyfriends jeep when it sat all winter. Caught one of them sittin' on the step rail talking trash.
We use magnetic based spice containers filled with cotton balls soaked with mint oil in engine compartment and under storage areas, works great.
We had the same thing happen and we, too, were storing our trailer at the time. The mice shredded everything in the trailer! They pulled insulation out around the oven and built a nest inside it. The chewed every blanket that wasn't in a tote. The peed and pooped on everything including the bedspread, counter tops and furniture. We tried everything to get rid of the smells and nothing worked. As soon as the trailer sat in the sun for any length of time in was unbearable. We ended up scrapping out the trialer and bought new. We had no choice. The new one has every opening stuffed with steel wool and/or caulking. Everywhere tubing or electrical is run is treated against them. We also keep bait stations outside the new fifth wheel so the mice don't go inside looking for food. It is still a concern but so far so good. Mouse proofing is a huge job and you have to look for every possible opening but it can be done. I'm so sorry you are dealing with this because I know how awful it can be.
Try pure peppermint extract on cotton balls in a sachet in areas where they may come in. I tried this from another blogger. 😊
I,live in a house and spray my entry doors with essential peppermint oil. I also use it around my bed. It helps keep spiders, and hoping no more mice out of my home.
Eric from Nomadic Fanatic has L.E.D. lights under his rigs and inthe engine compartment. He has never said why he lights up his entire under carriage with L.E.D. lights. Since mice are nocturnal, perhaps the L.E.D. lights would deter them.
Loved that pop up of the lady screaming. Your video was very informational and entertaining at the same time. 😍
Gotta admit, seeing those brazen little bastards just hanging around the rig & between the tires looking cute was hilarious, even though I know the situation is nothing to laugh at.
Yes and Eric just posted a similar video [mice]. I watched it this morning.
I think the screaming lady was the girlfriend from the Michael Jackson Thriller video
Very helpful info! Thanks very much🙏👍
Use a mixture of powdered cayenne (or the hottest pepper powder you can find) pepper, ground black pepper and dried peppermint leaves. Mix them together and sprinkle them around your RV and reapply after rain. You can purchase large canisters at the big box stores or order from a spice company. The negative; if you or your pets walk in it you will bring the pepperiness into your RV. Apply enough to make a difference. Steele wool (SOS pads) and gunk works to fill the holes (as you did).
Loved this one great info!
Looking forward to this experience.
Don’t have a cat so will have to train my dog to sniff them out because I don’t mind killing’em whatever size they are.
During Covid shutdown I didn’t drive my car for quite some time. Mice destroyed my wiring, my airbag, lots of stuff. Took a couple of thousand to fix, and I still don’t have a working airbag. So, I feel your pain. Thanks for the tips. Good luck!
I had mice too in my house about 6 months ago. I live in a nice suburban neighborhood on the outskirts of a medium size city. I ended up using mouse traps. They did not touch the mouse traps until I laces the wooded traps with chocolate syrup and it dried and still worked great. They were only eating chocolate in my pantry. That is where I got the idea. I ended up catching two in the lightly chocolate covered wooded mouse traps. I did wear gloves setting up traps and disposing of the mice.
Good luck I enjoy your vlogg!
I used a solar motion detect light under my rv. Got them at home depot and works wonderful.
Enjoyed the video, thanks!
Irish Spring works the best. You do have to keep it fresh by occasionally shaving the out side of the dry area.
Orkin Man told us Skippy Super Chunk peanut butter on old-fashioned mouse/rat traps. Works like a charm! Also my Ferrets love fresh mouse!!
Greatly appreciate this video. I can see using on RV. Sheds and chicken coops.
😂😂😂😂😂 I need to go back and find your “pet cemetery” video!!! Thanks for all your excellent videos!!! You’re the bomb!!!
Love your energy and your channel. I heard mice don't like peppermint oil! She put peppermint oil on cotton ball and put it around her engine. I heard it works and Irish Spring soap. The wire you are about to use is good, as well as wool and foam. Don't forget to put a piece of duct tape over the foam. That is some strong tape, and they come in variety of colors. Good luck and be safe. I enjoy watching your channel.🙏🏚❤️
We had years of mouse problems in our garage. We had great success with the bar bait, but it is toxic to raptor's and owls. We had a bull snake in our yard and that worked really well, we just had to make sure he/she didn't get in the way of the lawn mower. We took him/her to a wildlife area after one of our neighbors was going to kill it. I miss that snake but they are not like domestic animals and we couldn't figure out a way to keep him in our yard only. 2 years ago we got a sonic device that you plug into 110 AC. It absolutely works and it covers about a 20 foot radius. We have 2 vehicles that are mouse home favorites because they have good places for a nest.. well until the engine heats up and bakes them. Our mechanic used to try to guess how many dead mice they would find at oil change. Zero mice sense we got the sonic device. Humans and non rodent pets can't hear it. I hope your arsenal of deterrents work in your 5th wheel while it is in storage. Thank you for taking us along on your entire journey Safe travels.
When I was young, I got a cute little baby mouse. It wasn't even half grown yet. Well, a few days later some little pink things appeared in her cage. I asked a friend what those little pink things were. He got to looking, it was 10 baby mice! My pet baby mouse had babies! 10!! They can reproduce unbelievably fast!
Oh, and mice LOVE KitKat bars!
Bless you. Those critters make me ill. I have found closing openings, as you did, the wire mesh, and a rodent spray that smells like cinnamon mixed with (something ?) they can not stand works around baseboards where they run. Growing mint plants outside and inside is said to help too. Good luck.
Any kind of seed will also attract. Including wild rice, grass seed or grains. Seal in glass jars or non-plastic containers. I had a can of cocoa mix in the garage. They chewed right through the lid.
Glue traps work. I didn’t know about blasting the radio. That’s a good idea.
I had a mouse problem in my RV several years ago. They were getting in through a tiny hole where the power cord came in. I steel wooled it and put an open spice jar of cloves in there. So far so good. The old fashioned moth balls trick doesn’t work it makes you sick and stinks up the unit. Sticky traps work the best I think
You crack me up! I used those sticky pads, but not for mice. I call it my scorpion and cockroach graveyard. Yep living in the desert you must do something to keep them out. Hope your truck is safe too. Safe travels.
I lived in the desert too, I put the glue traps at each side of my garage door where there were cracks, I was stunned at the scorpions, bugs, spiders I got
@@ohiograndma8655 lol mine are in the garage by the door that enters in the house via the garage. Every time I pass my scorpion and cockroach graveyard I give my regards and am thankful they are out there, not in here.