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RatCamper
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What's the point of normal traps if you have a mouse problem? you'll never sleep! I got sick of empting and resetting them every 5-10 minutes plus the hunt whenever the trap failed to do the job and the mouse dragged it off somewhere.
At least there are the bonus times when a trap gets a 2 or 3x multiplier bonus, or two traps catch the one mouse. it's a real fist pumping victory moment.
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ewdb92
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| I've heard of some people having good luck with those little sonic noise makers that are suppose to keep them away. Anybody here tried those? |
I've been following this thread with interest because I just got rid of an infestation in my attic. I have sonic noise makers plugged into the crawl space under the house and in the attic and their effectiveness may depend on brand (I think mine are decker, but do not hold me to that). Last winter, while working on the plumbing, I saw a mouse run right under one and this past week found the most effective place to put a trap was under the noise maker in the attic  So I'm not a believer at the moment. The only thing that finally got rid of all the mice was poison. I hate to go that route but had run out of options.
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curtis4085
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How about putting the bus up on jack stands and coating the jack stands with a grease so the mice just slide down when attempting to get inside.
On different note. Best to make sure grass is short as possible in the area your parking the bus use moth balls, dryer sheet, sonic plugs, and atom bombs and you should be fine. plug all holes
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Hoody
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| Hastingsreserve.org mice in cars. Simple, inexpensive, problem solved. |
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SGKent 
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How about putting the bus up on jack stands and coating the jack stands with a grease so the mice just slide down when attempting to get inside.
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Spilled my glass of wine after reading that I laughed so hard. The image of a mouse trying to climb up a greased jack is something out of an Inspector Clouseau skit or Coyote vs Road Runner scene. especially a pair of mice - one big fat one and one thin short one pushing on the fat one to lift him up while he keeps slipping and falling down on the thin mouse. One more push Frank - we almost got it that time ....
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How about putting the bus up on jack stands and coating the jack stands with a grease so the mice just slide down when attempting to get inside.
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Spilled my glass of wine after reading that I laughed so hard. The image of a mouse trying to climb up a greased jack is something out of an Inspector Clouseau skit or Coyote vs Road Runner scene. especially a pair of mice - one big fat one and one thin short one pushing on the fat one to lift him up while he keeps slipping and falling down on the thin mouse. One more push Frank - we almost got it that time .... |
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RatCamper
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How about putting the bus up on jack stands and coating the jack stands with a grease so the mice just slide down when attempting to get inside.
On different note. Best to make sure grass is short as possible in the area your parking the bus use moth balls, dryer sheet, sonic plugs, and atom bombs and you should be fine. plug all holes |
Shame the little buggers can jump like superman and walk on the ceiling.
I saw a good project on hackaday I think it was ages ago with an automated sentry gun (paintball). That'd do it, although a sentry like from the Alien movies would be far more satisfying, if not a little bit of overkill.
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Blaubus
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finally read the Hastingsreserve.org advice and it seems sensible:
to put up a perimeter of 24" aluminum flashing around the vehicle. the mice cant climbe the slippery metal. but they dont answer the question i have: how does that defeat their habit of burrowing under that perimeter? |
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Blaubus
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| curtis4085 wrote: |
How about putting the bus up on jack stands and coating the jack stands with a grease so the mice just slide down when attempting to get inside.
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Spilled my glass of wine after reading that I laughed so hard. The image of a mouse trying to climb up a greased jack is something out of an Inspector Clouseau skit or Coyote vs Road Runner scene. especially a pair of mice - one big fat one and one thin short one pushing on the fat one to lift him up while he keeps slipping and falling down on the thin mouse. One more push Frank - we almost got it that time .... |
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dont laugh too hard, it might actually work. |
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SGKent
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| dont laugh too hard, it might actually work. |
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RatCamper
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| dont laugh too hard, it might actually work. |
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More like:
But the obvious answer is:
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curtis4085
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| SGKent wrote: |
| curtis4085 wrote: |
How about putting the bus up on jack stands and coating the jack stands with a grease so the mice just slide down when attempting to get inside.
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Spilled my glass of wine after reading that I laughed so hard. The image of a mouse trying to climb up a greased jack is something out of an Inspector Clouseau skit or Coyote vs Road Runner scene. especially a pair of mice - one big fat one and one thin short one pushing on the fat one to lift him up while he keeps slipping and falling down on the thin mouse. One more push Frank - we almost got it that time .... |
was hoping it would bring someone a laugh 
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kevin77westy
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| but they dont answer the question i have: how does that defeat their habit of burrowing under that perimeter? |
I agree that is probably useless unless its on a slab. Kinda seems like a PITA too but I'd be game if I knew it worked. Guess its time to get under the dubs and find/seal the holes. Weird thing is that I have never found evidence of them in my shop but they love the VWs. Tighter spots I guess. |
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Blaubus
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| but they dont answer the question i have: how does that defeat their habit of burrowing under that perimeter? |
I agree that is probably useless unless its on a slab. Kinda seems like a PITA too but I'd be game if I knew it worked. Guess its time to get under the dubs and find/seal the holes. Weird thing is that I have never found evidence of them in my shop but they love the VWs. Tighter spots I guess. |
well, there may be a way to make it work.
instead of building a perimeter around the whole car, build a flashing perimeter around each wheel- nailing flashing to a treated 2 X 12 that sits atop a 4 X 8 X 16 cinder block. i would have to make sure the rear shocks are fully within the perimeter, since they hang low. |
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Blaubus
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| but they dont answer the question i have: how does that defeat their habit of burrowing under that perimeter? |
I agree that is probably useless unless its on a slab. Kinda seems like a PITA too but I'd be game if I knew it worked. Guess its time to get under the dubs and find/seal the holes. Weird thing is that I have never found evidence of them in my shop but they love the VWs. Tighter spots I guess. |
well, there may be a way to make it work.
instead of building a perimeter around the whole car, build a flashing perimeter around each wheel- nailing flashing to a treated 2 X 12 that sits atop a 4 X 8 X 16 cinder block. i would have to make sure the rear shocks are fully within the perimeter, since they hang low. |
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jeffsbugs
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I heard that dryer sheets help keep them out. Never tried this but apparently they don't like the smell.
I also found this interesting trap.
http://www.frugal-living-freedom.com/mouse-traps.html
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Blaubus
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just as with humanz, some mice are more hearty than others and dont mind the smelly stuff. and there will always be creatures that arent interested in walking into a trap. research done by hastings reserve showed that to be the case. |
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SHBPrincipal
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: how do the mice get in? |
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I have been chasing my tail with this one too. That smell!!
I have traps set in the garage but have only caught one mouse and no food is kept in the van over winter. So I think I am chasing the smell of one rogue dead rodent.
I took out the interoir this winter in search of a dead mouse body and no luck.
Years ago I removed the main heater channel and it was full of mouse nest, dead mice, mice poop, you name it. Gross. Because of that it was rusted beyond.
At that time I replaced the heater tube with a galvanized piece of duct, cleaned and painted all the metal heater tube pieces. Put it back toegther.
One place is the floor vent between the two front seats, facing backwards. I put a metal screen over that.
I am wondering if they are getting in through the heater dump ports. I may clamp another piece of screen over that. But they also may be getting in through the cooling fan fins. Not much you can do about that aside from keeping a loaded trap in the engine bay.
Ill take that main tube off again and see if something made its way in there. |
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RWK
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: how do the mice get in? |
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The mice here eat Irish spring soap, so they don't mine the smell, hopefully soap will kill them by ingestion.
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they have a special door they use. It is right under the battery door. 
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