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05-23-2019, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: May 2019
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Mice mice mice
I'm sure it's been talked about a lot but we need help.
Dryer sheets, lavender scent, peppermint oil, traps, high frequency noise, feral cats..... Minimal help if anything.
Am I missing anything to try? 
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05-23-2019, 10:15 AM
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Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
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Hi ! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang! 
How about old fashioned mouse traps! Noticed you are kinda new on IRV2 and wanted to say hello! Have fun and keep her between the ditches!
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!  
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05-23-2019, 10:18 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Clovis, CA, USA
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05-23-2019, 10:40 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club RV Trip Wizard
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Poinciana FL
Posts: 7,750
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A product called "Fresh Cab". I'll use this anywhere, moth balls (I'll put about a cup full in a woman's nylon footy and tie it off) where the smell is unlikely to interfere with our enjoyment of the coach.
You'll find Fresh Cab in many hardware stores or farm supply stores, or you can order it directly from the manufacturer on-line.
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2011 Winnebago Journey Express
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05-23-2019, 10:41 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 3,222
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05-23-2019, 12:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 175
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Quote:
Originally Posted by douginpoway
Am I missing anything to try? |
Not sure....start at the bottom of the trailer. If you can put your finger thru it a mouse can crawl thru it. Steel wool.....Great Stuff....caulking.....
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05-23-2019, 04:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 414
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Mice, Mice, Mice
Have the wife drive 60 MPH till your next trip. I have never seen a mouse that can run 60 MPH. Both problems solved, You don't owe me anything. Just Kidding God Bless
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05-23-2019, 06:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 825
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Howdy!
My daughter had mice in her house. She used D-con poison. Only problem they speak water after eating the poison and ate through the Plex water line causing leaks. The last thing I or a RVer would want is a water leak you can’t get to.
We picked up some unwanted mice last year and used mouse traps from Tractror Supply to get rid of them. They are strong and have jaws that work.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...2?cm_vc=-10005
“Happy Trails”
Chiefneon
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05-23-2019, 06:20 PM
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Member
Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 41
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Fresh Cab is amazing. I put some in the holding tank and storage bays year round.
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2012 MADP 4346, 2016 Cadillac SRX
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05-23-2019, 06:21 PM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
Join Date: Mar 2002
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A cat?
But seriously, I also use Fresh Cab. Found it at Quality Farm & Fleet. I used to put down sticky traps, but every so often one would migrate out of it's spot (while traveling) & I'd invariably end up stepping in it. Plus I didn't like having to dispose of the dead stuck mouse. I'd rather keep them out than dispose of them after they kick the bucket.
Lori-
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05-23-2019, 06:36 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 17
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The only thing that I have found to be fool prove. Mice crawl up your tires to get to everything else. Buy a roll of thin aluminum 6-8 inches tall, cut it into strips long enough to rap around the tires. Then tape it together so it encircles each tire. Mice can not climb it to get to your tires. Not had a mouse since I started doing this.
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05-23-2019, 07:03 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Graham WA
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I had the same problem several months ago, you need to be pretty aggressive in your strategy to destroy! I use all of the above but I triple on the mouse traps. I've place them about 4 feet apart along the inside walls, if it's stored outside then several around every tire or place of ingress. One other thing I do is bite their heads off and leave the remains for the other mice to see! I said you need to be aggressive, don't let them push you around!......Okay I'm kidding about biting their heads off, but you need to be aggressive!
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05-23-2019, 09:28 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: SE Wisconsin
Posts: 216
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I have been using the bucket trap, similar to the one linked here:
https://www.amazon.com/WICHEMI-Rolli...ateway&sr=8-79
They fall into the water and drown. During the winter I used antifreeze to keep the bucket working.
Jim
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SE Wisconsin
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05-23-2019, 11:34 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2019
Location: fulltime currently
Posts: 11
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Had the same problem. From my experience, snap traps and electric traps are the only two that work. Don't use poison - the weakened rodents may wander off and be picked off by predators and scavengers. Modern anticoagulant poisons are highly toxic to any animal or bird that eats a poisoned rodent. In the long term, poison compounds infestations.
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