Mice

[Rickho]

I sealed all holes with spray foam insulation and used plastic shot glasses. I placed 2 cotton balls in each shot glass and then put peppermint oil on the cotton balls. Placed the glasses in all storage compartments, under all cabinets(several) and in the closets. Placed glasses in the hot water heater and outside refrigerator area. No mice!! They hate the odor.
Peppermint doesn’t smell have bad. Once you remove the shot glasses the odor goes when they go. I didn’t want to spray peppermint oil onto the floor or in storage areas. It soaks in and while more pleasant than most I did want the smell to go out when in use.
I also used flea collars and unrolled them and stapled them to the entry of each storage area including outside hot water heater and frig vents. No spiders, no ants, no bugs. Dollar store sells flea collars cheap. Replace the flea collars twice a season.

[Peto]

El Gato....

[Ray,IN]

Originally Posted by Brentw

Like others have said, search every area (behind drawers, panels, power box) and search out every perferation that goes thru the floor. RV building is happening so quickly now that they use a 2 inch hole saw to bring 2 water lines up and often do not reseal them. Chase them down and seal them up.

One must be selective which hole on the inside to seal. I sealed exterior holes. Our MH has some 2" plumbing holes underneath the vanities, they also serve as return air ducts for our heated basement/ under-floor plumbing areas. That's where I dropped a few TomCat bait blocks.

[astrnmrtom]

Here's a couple of my previous posts. Several posts above cover the most important step - seal entry points. I'd be willing to bet the your previous rig was better sealed.

Whatever you decide to do for treatment, monitor with a couple sticky boards or traps placed along the edge of a wall anywhere you've seen activity. Bait with peanut butter.

Wish there was an easy fix, but it's a multi step process with finding the holes and sealing them up the toughest part. Even after being in pest control for 16 years, and knowing what to look for, it took me several tries before I found all the little holes in my rig. Last spot was the bundle of wires that came up through the floor behind the dash. The factory had foamed around them but I probed around between the bundles with a finger and found a gap in the center big perfect for a mouse to use. Since sealing that up I haven't had any more problems. I still keep a trap set in the main storage compartment, and inside to monitor for activity.

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