Invaded by MICE//How I Got Rid of Mice in My RV
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- Invaded by MICE//How I Got Rid of Mice in My RV
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Mouse trap tip - set the trap in a brown lunch bag; when it catches the mouse, all you have to do it pick up the bag and throw it away.
Thanks to you, being the same age as myself, I am slowly taking steps to hopefully RVing at least part time. I love your philosophy of not letting fear stop you as well as not waiting on anyone else to make something happen for you when you can make it happen for yourself. So just a big TY for encouraging so many of us to take baby steps at the very least to obtain what makes us happy at the end of the day.
You can do it!
I like despite going through this you’re so calm and have a positive fun attitude. I would be having a major fit. Love your videos Carolyn!
Try hot glueing a peanut to the spring trap. It worked for me. Peanut butter they just lick it off.
I would totally be freaking out! I admire your courage! 😊
I figure if they stay in the outdoor world, I'll respect them and their habitat. If they come into my habitat, all gloves are off, it's war and they're gonna leave or die. Congratulations on winning the war!
I had roof rats run me out of an apartment once, never qgain!
You go girl
They are going to leave or die!! That is so funny. Thank you for sharing.
My daughter and her husband were at Holoman AFB in New Mexico for two years and the mice kept getting into base housing. They seem to be a real problem in the western part of the country, I asked her how they finally got rid of them and she said "We moved"
Is your name Rhonda?
When you called the dog house the eagles nest my hubby lost it lol Thank you it was terribly funny he has not had a good laugh a long time! : ))) Now you know why building a better mouse trap is so important!! lol
Hey, girl, I'm not being "judgy" at all - I enjoyed hearing how you conquered the mice! I hate them too. Glad you conquered them!
Hi, Carolyn I had mice in my RV for a while just like you and I could not get rid of them with humane traps and also with snap traps. They would take the bait on the snap traps and I used cotton from the tip of the cotton swabs to catch them on the snap traps, but had to set them where my kitty would not get hurt. Finally, I came across a RUclips video where this lady used ammonia soaked rags to get rid of rats and mice from her garage. I used ammonia soaked cotton balls and paper towels and placed them in all the places where I found their droppings away from my fur baby's reach. I got all my supplies for under $5 at The Dollar Tree store. Hope this helps
My BFF lives up in the mountains in OR. Talk about mice wanting in when the weather turns 🥶. She bought a couple of battery operated mouse zappers. Put a bit of PB on the bait area and turn it on, mouse goes in and basically gets electrocuted. Not squashed, no poison to be concerned about. They are great!
Cats work well. My Jeff always gets his mouse. Lol
The old guy mentioned a semi fiberglass hood latch for your dog house problem.
Also, use stainless steel - steel wool. So it wont deteriorate.
woven copper works best, the mice chew and are disgusted with the copper, trick from my pest service
Peppermint oil seems to have been the most effective for us, so far. One thing that really made a difference was following the advice that a little bit of oil isn't going to do it. I out about half a small bottle over a couple of handfuls of cotton balls and/or cheesecloth, soak overnight, and then put out. I think I'm going to need to do that about twice a month in the winter.
So glad you got rid of 'em, Carolyn! Hope they're gone for good. Such diligence, on their part and yours! Good for you! Love the tissue trick.
Looks like you tried everything to get rid if these pesky mice, so well done for thinking about using the tissue to keep them on task longer. I admire that you don't give up! Much as I adore all animals, when it comes to mice they have to go because of the damage that they can do. I had one in the van during the summer and found out that it had come up through an air vent beside the water pump. As there was a label next to the vent saying do not obstruct, I turned a small sink sieve upside down and screwed it to the floor. So far there has been no sign of more.
Carolyn I also have used steel wool to deter mice but it is combustible. It made me nervous having it around the wires in your RV. Google starting a fire with steel wool
My personal theory is that I try not to kill any life - animals - bugs- mice etc BUT once they come into MY domain - it's a whole different story.
Renae, I second that!
@@kathyduncan6460 yes me too, God did give us domain over all living creatures in the animal kingdom
A brilliantly simple idea to wrap the nut butter in tissue, first! Thanks for that tip, plus all the others. What a stressful saga, Carolyn! Oh, and, as another commenter suggested: expanding spray foam-- preferably with steel wool embedded in the gap before spraying the foam-- is another great gap-filler and mouse deterrent. May you be...mouse-free!
And may our country be freed from the dangers and menace of ITS various rat's nests ;- ) .
What a trial for you. We love the "stuff peanut butter into some tissue so that the critter has to tug on it, thus releasing the spring." Thank you thank you.
On your victor snap trap, you can fine tune the trigger mechanism by bending the rod set and make it a hair trigger. Set them around your tires too might make a difference.
Yea glad you got them all. I lived by a corn field and would get mice, steel wool did good they told me also that the steel wool cuts their feet and nose and makes them back off. I had trouble with them taking peanut butter and leaving to. I finally put a piece of cereal in the middle of the peanut butter and when they pulled on it it would snap. They liked Captain Crunch and Fruit Loops I had. HA![ I know you want to be humane about it but if its between damages to your home or electrical or them they gotta go.
You want an RV cowling latch. Easily found online for a few bucks. For your drain, consider a mesh sink strainer. Hold it in place with adhesive velcro so that if it’s some kind of drain or release it can still function. For your ceiling holes, the hardware store lighting section will have round blank plates used to cover the hole when you remove a light fixture. You could glue in place. Good luck!
My friend used steel wool to plug holes that mice were getting into her rv too and it worked. Do what you have to do or they will chew up everything
`I use dryer sheets in the engine compartment and under my trailer and they work great!
My dad would take a small piece of white bread and mix in with cheese and wrap around the trap. The bread hardens and they have to work at it like your tissue paper. Good idea!
If that was me, I would still be running away from the mice. lol..good for you, you are brave. xx
if that mattress was there when you got there--- mice LOVE things like that to hide in and make nests.
Make sure you continue to use peppermint oil , dryer sheets and moth balls work to keep them out. Have to continually keep refreshing it.
ultrasonic pest repellers, you have the choice to plug in or solar and you can buy them by amazon. I had mice in my trailer at campground and yarkkkkk just thinking they poop and pee while they run in it was disgusting for me.
Mine never worked
Hello Carolyn, glad you got rid of the mice!🤗 I live in the woods, I have trouble with squirrels. Chewed up every wire on my truck! Now I have them up in my ceiling. I have no clue what to do. Research time! Love your videos, thanks for sharing.❤
there is an electronic device you hook up to your engine battery-and/or house battery that emits a high pitch noise that they don't like. $30 on amazon. I just bought and installed a new one because I sold my old RV. I never had problems with or without but being proactive
@@mer2633 Thank you, I will try it! ✌
I feel your pain! I've struggled with answering because I don't want to jinx myself! I solved an issue with a rental property I own but never had an issue with 2 RVs in 5 years.
I've had 100% satisfaction with ultrasonic plug ins.(use in each room)and a ultrasonic, with flashing light, under the hood of my vehicle that attaches to the battery.Both were purchased on Amazon. I will throw a LUCI solar light under the RV at times.
A bad ass golden retriever dog that passes her day under the RV and chases away anything, "in her yard" when not catching her ball or hiking. This girl can CLIMB!! At night she's the great orange huntress. Just had to do the proud mom thing...
Dry washes in the desert are bad. Desert rats live under bushes, come out at night and love to chew engine wires.The steel wool is a deterrent because mice use their whiskers to "feel" their way around. Rodents prefer to follow walls and other rodents urine patterns. Keep other outside stuff away from the RV so they don't have cover. No need to trap and move them 2 miles when you can move! Wear a mask and gloves when cleaning up DONT vacuum their feces.The lung diseases mentioned comes from their feces .8)avoid cool climates in the fall. Store food in glass containers. Rodents love dog food.I store mine in a Home Depot bucket with the sealed lid.
You might try the plastic circles meant to cover holes in drywall For the hole in your ceilings. A few dollars at big box stores
Love you Carolyn!!!! You always make me smile, thanks :)
Kudos on the paper, Carolyn. What an elegant solution to use the paper. Here is an additional tip directly from the Victor website:
"Place the trap wherever you’ve seen signs of rodent activity or along the wall where rodents like to travel. THE BAITED END OF THE TRAP SHOULD BE PLACED FLUSH AGAINST THE WALL."
Placing the baited end flush against the wall does make a difference. I've waged many a war against mice and was surprised to see the the placement flush against the wall did make a difference. They little buggers are forced onto the trap to get the bait.
Good Luck!!
Yeah I read the directions on the website when I bought them.
Omg , Carolyn, I Laughed my Ass Off!! I won’t ever judge you. You made my day!! GodBless happy trails 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh bless your heart! It’s so frustrating when mice invade! Glad you got rid of them! Love you and Sadie! ❤️
Great episode. Grounded in solving “another specie” intrusion. You are so direct and relatable. Good work!! I had rats once. Too weird for me...which I trust. So proud you just did the work. Shine on C. John
I had an issue in my garage with mice years ago . And I used the glue traps they work really well.
A stereo speaker cover works great to hide a hole cheap like 3.00 and know one knows the difference
I'm glad you got rid of the mice. Mice can carry diseases. Helpful hint with the snap traps... you can make the trap more sensitive by slightly squishing the trigger flap. You have to experiment on how much squishing it needs so it still holds the "arm" but takes less pressure to trigger. As for the hole in the ceiling you could use some creativity and make a sun or moon or bird to cover it to make it look pretty.
Use coarse steel wool not the finer steel wool it is combustable. Try using copper mouse mesh instead.
Mouse mesh..will try that.
Sound like a social media site for mice. Carolyn's rig might be on it.
We have had same problem in our house with them eating the peanut butter off the snap traps. Going to try your rolled up with pb inside. Will start trying that.
It’s been 2 hours. Has it worked? lol
Thanks for the peppermint and clove idea. I had never heard of that before.
I took cotton balls and saturated them with eucalyptus oil. Set the balls throughout the rv and that kept mice away, and the rv smelling nice. Also in outside cubbies.
I have a Minnie with a gap in the cab like you do. I took a gray foam noodle and filled in the gaps. It helps.
Hi. Something that is cheaper than essential oils and still highly effective is white vinegar. The effect lasts for 2-3 days minimum. For just pennies an application, fill a spray bottle and give it a spits every now and then. Good luck.
Thanks for all the tips!
This year has been the worst with 🐭. Our backyard is all woods...so we usually get 1 or 2 in the winter but this year we had 7 in one week. I first thought it was because our 🐱 passed away...but several neighbors are having issues to. We put mice pellets under the house and put glue traps under the kitchen sink, back walls in bathrooms, 2 in laundry room. We caught 2 on the same glue trap in one bathroom then replaced that glue trap caught 1 more, caught 2 under kitchen sink, caught 2 in laundry room. All this in one week...haven't had anymore issues since first of November.
I use several solar rope lights under the rig from Harbor Freight.
I had rats in my garage (we live in a rural area) and they ate my Prius electrical harness. My car just stopped going about a mile from my house. I had it towed to a repair shop and it cost $900. We put in an electrical rat trap with dog food and peanut butter. It worked great. It's been a few years now and we still are having a problem. They are in the attic too. We have another electrical unit up there and just got another victim yesterday.We have three indoor cats so, no unwanted guests inside.
My rat damage cost 2k. Fortunately, insurance paid for most of it.
Irish Spring bar soap. I’ve never had mice and heard from several people that it helps repel them. I cut a bar into 3rds and place under sinks & near slides. Also the steel wool you used. Careful,..that steel wool is flammable with electricity. You can use it for fire starter is survival situation so probably best to keep away from electrical joints. (I;’m sure there’s a how to video if you’re interested.
FWIW: I’ve found the snap trap is best as well. I’m on the same page as you when it comes to killing anything. We gotta do what we gotta do though.
With the steele wool you need to go thru your whole home and cram it in EVERY HOLE no matter how small you think it is and would look like it would not let them in. Even sizes small enough like 1/2 of a dime. As far as zip ties no go. You need to really cram it in the holes. And I live in a mobile home and it worked for me.
WE use bounce fragrance dryer sheets plus mouse traps with Cotton ball with peanut butter.
Carolyn, I appriciate all your hard work and how frustrating it is to get rid of those pesky critters! Job well done!
Oh Carolyn, I would be freaking out!
Get some rags and soak them with liquid lysol , put where you think they're entering and do it for 2 weeks. Problem should be solved
Good tip. Thank you.
Moth balls
I've learned that through the DEC
@@garybauer7574 I tried these also for snakes-did not work.
We got live traps and put a piece of granola bar in them. Caught a LOT. Then we drove them a few miles down the road where no one lived and let them go.
I did the same.
I love your amazing creativity and tireless innovation! Lookout mice, Carolyn's is coming for you!
At our house we use milk duds! Really smashing on the trigger, won't come off.... works every single time
That part with Sadie playing on the bed was a lol....first thing in the morning that cracked me up 🤣💗✌🏽
Had an exterminator tell me once that they tie a walnut with thread to the trap so the mice can’t run off with the bait. That’s what I’ve always have done and it works.
Hey, thanks! That's a great tip-- I'll try that next. Oh, and for rat traps, I've learned you need to tie them to something so the rat-- if only caught partially-- can't run away with it and find a way to escape the metal bar.
Great ideas. Thanks.
Use peppermint oil repels mice steel wool or use liquid insulation spray sticky trapes poison snack bars water source away from rig remember the can flatten themselves they want water check for water leaks
Hello. Just a tip: Try not to park under trees if you can help it and get some of those sticky traps and place them all around your tires at night without leaving any space in between the traps. Cost $1 for 4 at Dollar Tree. Stay safe!
I worked for truley nolan. A mouse can enter thru a hole the size of a nickel! Your second wave are the first round babies! Try the hellcat bait. It won't hurt Sadie if she decides to eat it!!
They can get in a hole the size of an eraser, someone said they have flexible shoulder blades
As long as their heads fit, they'll get in.😊
I have had THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES over the years . I use super glue!!!!! take a whole nut and glue it to the bait platform on trap and wait works every time
I wrestled with mice in my garage. I tried steel wool as a good block for mice and a gap filler BUT found out steel rusts and then stains. I found that I was better off buying Brass scrubbers found at a Dollar Store in bulk. Larger gaps I use rolls of tight screening fabric. Stay on it and realize they want warm places such as the engine. You certainly don't want the chewing mice to affect your vehicles wiring. Best wishes.
It's such a bad year for rodents! I spent way too much time trying to relocate them, but in the end. they won. I had to start using traps. An experienced ranch worker told me to tie a whole peanut to the trap with a twist tie. The rodent will have to work to get the peanut out, and will trip the trap. It's a bummer for those of us who respect critters, as I know you do, but the human survival rate for hantavirus is 50%, and I don't want to escape COVID just to succumb to hantavirus!
Super glued fruitloop on trap worked for me. I had one smart mouse.
Happy to hear you're finally mice free!
We had mice in our camper. I plugged any possible entry points with steel wool, then sprayed the expanding foam on and around the steel wool....haven’t had any mice since. Mice can get in through a hole or space as small as 1/4 inch. I feel your frustration!
I soak peppermint oil in cotton balls and distribute them around my rig, plus I bought some balsam fir shavings (cedar might be good, too) in mesh bags and put them where I found droppings, and I haven't seen any since.
I thought about getting some Flex Seal products to seal up other openings.
Listen, mice are adorable, but they carry disease. They have to go!
Over that bottom drain, to keep it open to drain, after stuffing with the wool: a square piece of mesh butt up against the opening and bend the corners up and secure with a zip tie.
Get a cat
This is definitely the year of the mouse or kangaroo rat. We've been here for 10 years and this is the first year of problems. Best wishes at your end and remember that they can squeeze through a space smaller than a dime. Steel wool is a good filler, I've done Great stuff, that expanding foam, around pipes. Whatever you use you have to keep checking it.
Wow. Could never keep mice out of a stationary business near fields. Chased mice around with a broom during business hours ect. Much less an RV. You rock lady!
Wow! You sure went through a lot of 'heck' trying to get rid of those! If I would have known that it was that bad I would have suggested the bait stations! You can get them at any Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, Menards, any hardware store & they're cheap! Cheap! A HECK of a lot cheaper than those electric ones you paid for. They're enclosed & refillable (they just snap closed), so they are safe for pets (don't leave them out in the open if you think your dog is going to chew them up to pieces - put them inside cupboards & compartments) Plus they are as humane as I am going to be when it comes to those darn terrorizers (the mice). They chew up everything! Who knows what they have chewed up inside your walls?! And that hardened poisonous food that you use to fill those bait stations, just dries out all of their body fluid. They just dehydrate & die! When I became the "Mousinator" at my sticks 'n bricks, I also shoved every single nook & cranny with steel wool. I even went around the entire house & stuffed the seam between the baseboard & the floor as well as where the baseboard meets the wall with steel wool & then proceeded to caulk over that seem. I did around the door frames, the window frames, behind the plug outlets & light switches, I actually spread that steel wool over the back of the air vents, secured them with tape & caulked around the moulding of the vent coverings as well, the transitional mouldings on all the floor surfaces, where the pipes come into the house, under the sinks! Ev-Er-Reeee little crack, opening, & seam that I could think of! And you know what? Not a mouse in the house after that - ever! It was a fully furnished basement, with 2 stories, a 6 bedroom house with 3 bathrooms & a workshop . . . . you get the idea! Yes, it took a lot of time, a ton of hours! But!! I mouse proofed that house once & for all !! I used to spray hot sauce regularly around all the baseboards & vents as well & use the clove & peppermint oil, but it didn't really seem to get 'rid' of them permanently. Bleach burns their eyes & noses, so they stay away from that. But again, you have to continually keep the sprayed surfaces fresh with those deterrents. Once they dry, they're useless. The smell or any sensation that affects the mouse is gone. I would still get those bait stations, keep them in your compartments & shove one up in that hoe in the ceiling until you get it fixed! Oh, they also hate chewing through tinfoil. Both the tinfoil & the steel wool cuts up their entire mouth, but tinfoil isn't quite as practical. But it will do in a bind if you run out of steel wool for a short period of time.
We use the sticky traps that their feet and body get trap on the trap, works great.
Only had mice in my first home. I put newspaper under the traps and threw away trap and all. Worth it to me and still would be. Lol.
I'm Terrified Of DEAD MICE. YOU ARE BRAVE
Had a rat the other night. In the arizona desert. I heard it trying to chew in through the doghouse. I came unglued. (had a rat damage my wiring four years ago and I don't play. I got a hammer and pounded where I could hear it to try to scare it out. I only had bleach that I sprayed all over the engine, on the tires and around my rig. Then I found a recipe for home made rat poisin and mixed it real good in a plastic bag and hid it under a rock by a bush that was near me. No more problems two days since. I am not into any kind of cruelty and love animals but a rat or mice can really mess things up. Strand you even.
Tin foil works well too. Put it under doors or other openings that give the mice/rats access.
Cut sprigs of mint n lay around entire RV... Closets, underneath, in clothing areas, dish closets....
Go to an RV salvage yard or an RV repair store by a light even if it doesn’t work just screw it in so if anyone looks it just looks like a light or a vent cover for an air conditioner or go to a hardware store and get one of those little graded vent covers and put over it purely cosmetic
Yeah, mice. I am not a full time RV'r, but have had issues with them in my camper. Definitely go in streaks. I like the white plastic mouse traps, they go under the name "the better mouse traps" The bait is put on a paddle like mechanism. They are very sensitive and have only had bait taken if it is a very small mouse. I also like the sticky strips. When we return from camping the traps and sticky strips go out . It is a never ending battle for sure. Since I grew up on a livestock farm and still live in the country I have no compassion for mice or rats. I let em live, as long as they are not in my house, camper or vehicles. During winter storage I put pans and trays everywhere with cedar chips, and of course traps. Some people use a product called "cab safe" which is designed to put in agriculture equipment to deter mice. I store RV's on my property and my customers all use a variety of devices and options to attempt to keep them out during winter storage. GOOD LUCK! with the battle!
You had me smiling! I hate mice. Always having a dog the poison was out of the question. The snap traps work very well. They are economical so I buy lots of them then they get tossed with the dead critter! I don't have the stomach to re use. I'm glad you finally got them all.
I use to scotch tape a gummy bear on the snap traps....worked like a charm. No more stealing bait. 🐭
Spray foam insulation for the gaps you want permanently sealed. Also, you don't need to tape the steel wool in, just stuff it full. Good luck in the future!
To catch mice or rats make a paste out of flower and water, let harden, they will need to try and chew hard flower off trigger and spring the trap on them
Merry christmas gal best of 2021
I love the idea of this video. Good job you guys. One tiny thing, we (beekeepers) use a smoker to calm the bees so they don't fly all over the place. 💚💚💚
Peanut butter is by far the best bait for any trap. I’ve also had great success with the Victor brand Power Kill rat trap, about $3.50 each at Home Depot. It’s plastic but uses a very strongly sprung snap trap similar to, but much better than the old wooden style snap traps. It’s intended for rats but I’ve also gotten mice. Good luck.
Don't know if you recall but I told you about my hitchhikers from Wyoming. Had a friend told me about solar lights but they were motion detectors. Placed them under her van and engine worked like a charm. Any thing that came within distance it scared them off. Of course using other methods in combination helps greatly too. I can feel for your distress I hated it!! Take care and be careful Traveling Grandma
Do an inspection on any of your wiring in there and make sure they didn't chew it sticky traps and peanut butter work for me olive oil will help wheelies them from the sticky trap
We had a rat in our house. Did the mousetrap route, even had cats! The rats laughed at us. Ruined a dishwasher and stove. Contacted an exterminator and worked with them for awhile. Rats still laughed. Finally called the city vector control. They came out and said there were no place for them to get in. So, we set another trap, but this time at their recommendation we put the bait out for a couple days without setting the trap. The bait was always gone. Third day we set the trap and caught the little bugger. Had to replace appliances and water lines. It was a nightmare. In the end we got him! Congratulations on your tenacity! Carolyn 1-mice 0
My freak is roaches over mice. I never hear rv’er’s , say they had a roach in the rv.
Tea tree oil on cotton balls in drawers, cabinets, closets keep them out. Refresh oil every 2 weeks.
You didn’t specify. Does that keep roaches, rats or mice out?
@@monnaprovost7294 roaches. They definitely will go into RV's
Glue traps.
Ever since I saw this, every noise I hear is a damn mouse!
tons of mice coming in my house , and have been for mouths , the snap traps was doing good job and we almost had them beat , then they started doing like they did you and was ripping the bait off and we could not catch the little buggers , now we will try this little trick , thank you so much !
When I see your video of a mouse eating a piece of cheese I don't think if it eating food.Whenever I hear mouse(s) in my RV, I start visualizing ithem eating the wiring in my RV! Some did and also built a nest in my generator! and my cat shased it across my bed at night!
I bought some "stainless steel" wool ( won't rust out from being under the RV), also metal screens if ihave any necessary air holes, and expandable foam to plug up deep holes. Peoermint oil sounds good too. Some people cut up bars of Irish Spring soap. I never use the mice noise units as I figuire it will bother my cats ears.
After the SS wool and expandable foam, and I drove 200 miles, the mouse(s) disappeared!
We had a rat in our house..omg I nearly lost my mind. I have an extreme phobia. Thank God my husband figured out where it was coming in and out. He fixed that and then we checked the entire house inside and out, I had him fix any possible holes and every single possible crack. I was a wreck until the problem was fixed. What a nightmare. I couldn't sleep. It literally occupied my mind constantly. So I definitely understand your situation and I'm so glad you were able to fix it, and your self. You go girl!!!! Girl power!!!
Yeah, your a great help.
You must had some that were traveling along with you and just multiplying. Your persistence sure paid off Thanks for the tips!
Oh Lawd!! Rats, mice, snakes, spiders . . . No thank you! Bless your heart!!! I know how frustrated you must be. Good luck getting rid of, and keeping them away!! No judgement!! You’re very brave!!
Cheap hole cover, how about Velcro strips. Stick/sew the hook side around the hole and sew the other woolly side to a piece of material. Stick one to the other, light weight won't fall off.