jerseyjim
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4 snap traps around the outside.(Storage compartments) 4 "smoked" plastic boxes with the one-way door in the inside. Peanut butter on all (new every two weeks or so) and a cracker WITH peanut butter inside the plastic boxes.
I find that's the ONLY thing that works. I read things on the forum here...and if it sounds good...I try it. Pepermint/cotton balls/ultrasound...nope. Back to basics. One winter (no snowbird run) I got 5. This winter, so far I got 3. Funny...I get the most in the rearmost dirvers' side compartment...where the generator is. And, it's open (not enclosed). Perhaps that's the entry point for these critters....I don't know. What I DO know...is the basic, crude and cheap snapper traps seems to be the only thing that keeps them out (the inside) of my motorhome.
And...disposal is no problem. Wearing gloves and holding a screwdriver, I open the trap, flick the guy into the woods, get fresh peanut butter and re-set it.
Can that be called "re-cycling"?
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cbigham
orange , CA
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Few years back picked up a couple of vector 'lectronic traps from HD. Oddly enough one of em has a hiher kill ratio. We call it "ol sparky.." now with 4 kills. Clean, easy.
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bluwtr49
Green Valley, AZ
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I subscribe to the prevention theory...if there is no way in you won't have a problem. Just look for any potential opening into the coach larger than 3/8" and seal it. That was one of the first things I did when we bought this one...interestingly, there were none, thing is sealed tight.
Dick
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rgatijnet1
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"If there is no way in".......... All that means is that you will not have a problem on the inside of your coach. Mice can and will take up nest in your generator or in any other nook and cranny on the exterior of your coach, like the engine compartment, etc. There are lots of places where mice/rats/squirrels like to reside and almost all of them have wiring that can be chewed while they are there. The best prevention is to keep them from getting anywhere within the perimeter of your coach. If there are mice around, do not assume that they can only damage interior items. Most of your loose wiring is on the exterior.
Snap traps or glue traps are preferable to poison, which allows them to wander off to die in what may be in inaccessible area. The glue traps are really pretty efficient as the mouse will suffocate quickly after he puts his nose into the glue.
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J-Rooster
Port Orchard, Wa. / Lake Havasu City, Az.
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I use rope lights around my coach! Haven't had a rodent problem in over 2 years! The principal behind the lights is rodents avoid light as much as possible due to it exposes them to there predators. I learned about the rope lights 2 years ago in Arizona.
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jerseyjim
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JROOSTER: interesting theory. Never heard that one before. However...your sig shows 2 locations: Washington and Arizona. Might I PRESUME you winter in AZ and your home base is WA?
If so...the rteason, I might think, that you have no rodents is simply becauseyou use your RV...and are in it all the time. I think mice don't like to be caround any ACTIVITY.....that's why, when I snowbird to Apache Juction AZ or somewhere in Florida...I have no mice. However...when my RV is NOT being used (no snowbird run this year...sniff....) they like the nice and quiet in storage, I get them then. And the sanp traps are the only thing I can find that does work. Cheap, easy and efficient.
Just some thoghts....
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wildmanbaker
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jerseyjim: interesting theory. Every time we got rodents, we were in the MH and using it. One time in a National Park, Rainer, we picked up 5 in 3 nights. 2 sleepless nights, three snap traps, and 4 glue boards, and one CO2 pistol, to get rid of them. The last night we were there, I heard rustling under the MH. I got up in the middle of the night with a flashlight, went out and looked under the MH. There on the rear end, stareing at me, was a big RAT, about the size of a 6-month old kitten. I though, holy Cr*p, SiFy channel comes to life. It looked just like the mice that I had gotten rid of, but much larger. It stared for me, here I am in sweat pants, Teeshirt, and slippers, with a led flashlight for defense. It ran around under the MH for a while, then left. That was the only night we did not pick up a mouse.
We were parked next a dumpster, and when I put one in at night two mice ran up my arm and off. There were numerous othescurryingng around in the dumpster, and that shook my tree until I realizeded what had happened.
I think that the real thing is being around an area that has a mouse population to begin with.
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oldduffer
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I think the only place mice can get into my rv is thru the shore power cord opening so i stuffed some steel wool into the door all around the cord, so far no traces.
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