Mouse Proofing

   / Mouse Proofing #11  
When I start thinking about getting a gadget like that I always remind myself that I've never heard anyone recommend them, so they must not work.

Same goes for most stuff advertised on TV. A pill to 'block fat' and make you skinny? Sounds good, but if it worked, you'd have heard about it from everyone you know.
 
   / Mouse Proofing #13  
randy41 said:

LOL

dam efficent to

im one for good ol spring traps. little peaut butter and bingo!

we were waging war on them in our house couple winters ago. We were reseting the traps every couple of hrs over one weekend.

we had a deal, my job was to empty a full trap, she would bait and place the empty ones.

for fun we would etch hash marks in the various traps. we had one trap that had 15 confirmed kills, impressive if you ask me. :D
 
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#14  
MrJimi said:
Stumpfield, ya need to close ALL holes... and like you have been told, no food at all. I know where your coming from, we have a 90 plus foot tall pecan tree in our backyard and lots of squirrels/rats with the pecan shells.. You have to BLOCK all entry in your home at all cost..We use DeCon and it don't work?? go figure.
Jim

I think I've found all the entry points from underneath the trailer. What's the best material to plug the gaps around the plumbing lines? I'm thinking a can of expanding foam to seal them off. If I can figure out something they don't like to chew on...
 
   / Mouse Proofing #15  
stumpfield said:
I think I've found all the entry points from underneath the trailer. What's the best material to plug the gaps around the plumbing lines? I'm thinking a can of expanding foam to seal them off. If I can figure out something they don't like to chew on...

Not to get in your case, you still have an entry point somewhere. Try body filler mixed with steel wool the no soap kind. It's gonna be messy but effective.
Jim
 
   / Mouse Proofing #16  
I have had good luck stuffing any entry points with fine steel wool.
 
   / Mouse Proofing #17  
I had them getting in frig door on back of trailer I lined in side of louvers with 1/4 hardware cloth and we are ok so far.

I found the mice at out cabin were eating peanut butter off traps and not tripping them i wired peanut to trip and i was 5 for 6 traps this weekend.

tommu56
 
   / Mouse Proofing #18  
I also have had my share of rodent problems. Here is what I have found out.
1. Electronic devices to drive them off : I have tried two different brands neither one made any difference at all.

2. Poison : Thank god the rodent that I put poison out for died in the attic where we could find the body,the smell was awful. If they die in walls ( and they do) you can be looking at ripping out sheetrock or whatever

3. Cats: If i had a real cat might make a difference. The 4 footed whiskered thing that allows me to share my house with him is pretty well worthless. He was sitting in my lap one night and a rat ran accross the floor in the other room. After watching the rat run back and forth a couple of times I got mad and threw the cat at him the cat landed on his feet walked by the rat ( who was just standing there petrified) the cat walked about 12 inches from the rat, went to his food dish and then walked back to me and crawled into my lap.

I have had my best luck with traps. some of the newer kind look like a clothespin you just put peanut butter on them and then squeeze the back together to set it.

My next experiment is going to be to put hardibacker board whenever I find an access hole and see if they can chew through it
 
   / Mouse Proofing #19  
tommu56, I fill plastic straws with peanut butter and I get them everytime. Sometimes we have to think like a mouse? LOL
Jim
 
   / Mouse Proofing #20  
We've had more than our share of the little buggers. Sealing our fifthwheel was hard but I finally closed off the last access and we haven't had any mice in it for almost a year now (not so with the mobilehome we live in, but we have a pretty good mouser and I place traps, together we get one or two per month).

One MAJOR access point on the fifthwheel was underneath: The long rod that moves the gears that moves the slide out had a 5" diameter hole through the frame for the 1" rod. Mice went through the hole, into the "basement storage" area, and then had free access via plumbing to the rest of the trailer. Some plumbers cloth screening fixed that.

Another place was the ends of the "beams" that the slideout rides on: both sides had matching holes in the frame and they would get into the basement storage through those holes. Some more plumbers cloth and some expanding foam closed that door.

The final entryways I found because the little guys aren't very clean and after awhile I noticed a "smokey" spot on the inside panelling where mice had been rubbing on their way in or out: it was at floor level, where the slide and floor and side meet. There was enough of a gap to allow them in. Since this part can't be closed solid, I use steel wool in a baggie, and stuff it into the dime-sized hole on each end of the slider right at the floor. If I forget to take it out when moving the slide (that happens often) it doesn't hurt anything, and I just retrieve the baggies and reinstall them.

These things are hard to describe but easy to show. If it'd help, I can post some pictures.

Phil
 

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