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Old 09-08-2018, 09:19 AM   #1
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So Much For Irish Spring Soap

I’m on my third RV and have been doing this for 10+ years. I’ve had mice in my RV from time to time, but it’s never been this bad - my trailer is infested with them. I’m a little nervous heading into the cold weather because many more will be looking for a home to keep warm. I've tried many things over the years and have had moderate success. Thought I’d give the dryer sheets and Irish Spring soap a try since so many swear by it and I’m hear to tell you it doesn’t work. As a matter of fact they chewed on the soap and I’m sure they’re now pooping bubbles.
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Old 09-08-2018, 09:36 AM   #2
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Yeah, I always laugh when I read the post recommending Irish Spring soap for pest control... Back when Irish Spring soap first came on the market we lived in an old farm house built well before electricity reached rural Texas.. We were used to mice running through the house, you can't live in a drafty old house in the middle of 640 acres of farm land without getting used to them

The DW thought that the soap smelled good so she bought a couple and brought them home and put the extra bar in the cupboard... Sometime later I went looking for another bar of that soap... looked in the cupboard and the wrapper on the bar was more than half gone and a good bit of the bar was chewed...
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Old 09-08-2018, 09:54 AM   #3
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I've never had "adequate control of mice" with anything but Fresh Cab.

Don't buy it at this link (unless you want to pay more than it costs locally) but you can see the photos and get information at the link: https://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Cab-Bot...PV7W0WT0Y5Z95H

We live in a "they love our pole barn" area adjacent to 30,000+ acres of forest. Mice abound, I've never <knock on wood> had a mouse in our RV in the 10 years we've stored it here during the winter. YMMV

As for using Irish Spring.... Since the British Isles are no longer a part of the EU.... Maybe your mice are from the continent, not England ???? Hmmmmmm
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Old 09-08-2018, 09:58 AM   #4
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I have used this with some success, but now that the mice seem to be so bad, it's not helping (I'm using a combination of CAB, dryer sheets & Irish Spring soap). Ugh, it's so gross. Maybe I'll buy more of the CAB, but if that doesn't work, I'm setting traps.
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Old 09-08-2018, 10:13 AM   #5
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There is a synthetic coyote/fox urine spray that's available. I use it around the perimeter of the pole barn to keep them out of the barn and Fresh Cab inside the trailer to keep them from entering the RV. Together, they seem to work. Look around and see if you can find the synthetic coyote spray... DON'T USE IT INSIDE THE RV !!!!! That is, unless you like the smell of a cat litter box !!!!!
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Old 09-08-2018, 10:33 AM   #6
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I've never had "adequate control of mice" with anything but Fresh Cab.

Don't buy it at this link (unless you want to pay more than it costs locally) but you can see the photos and get information at the link: https://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Cab-Bot...PV7W0WT0Y5Z95H

We live in a "they love our pole barn" area adjacent to 30,000+ acres of forest. Mice abound, I've never <knock on wood> had a mouse in our RV in the 10 years we've stored it here during the winter. YMMV

As for using Irish Spring.... Since the British Isles are no longer a part of the EU.... Maybe your mice are from the continent, not England ???? Hmmmmmm
Same thing we use. It works here.
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I have used this with some success, but now that the mice seem to be so bad, it's not helping (I'm using a combination of CAB, dryer sheets & Irish Spring soap). Ugh, it's so gross. Maybe I'll buy more of the CAB, but if that doesn't work, I'm setting traps.
If I remember right it is only good for 1-2 months so cab fresh needs changed out during winter months.
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If I remember right it is only good for 1-2 months so cab fresh needs changed out during winter months.
Yup.... It does need to be "changed out" after about 6-8 weeks. I don't change it out, I start with one pouch on a paper plate in 4 or 5 areas of the trailer and mid winter I'll just put another pouch on each plate. The "old stuff" may/may not still be effective, but why throw it away, it's not taking up any space that would be used for something else so I just leave it and add more. In the spring, it all gets "shaked out of the bags" around the outside of the pole barn and I start fresh in the fall.....

I use it under the hood of my Mustang, under the engine cowl of all my power equipment, in the RZR cab, storage area and on the engine and on the boat under the cover, on the decks and inside the engine cowl.
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Old 09-08-2018, 10:33 PM   #9
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I've used Irish Spring for years and I can honestly say it has worked well for me. I feel fresh and no one considers my odor offensive. Can't give testament to how well it deters rodents other than haven't had one on me yet.
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Old 09-09-2018, 05:08 AM   #10
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if using Irish spring needs to be grated and original scent. dryer sheets use bounce original. also remove all food use a disinfectant in cupboards where you store coffee and sugar. do not store things like barbeque in trailer. store slides in trailer areas like where electrical cable go in trailer stuff with steel wool. around tires I put Lime rock. has worked for years.
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I have to agree with this article. http://www.wildlife-removal.com/mouserepellent.html
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I just read l, I think in Trailer life, that mice hate light. Therefor people are now plugging in led rope lights into their trailers during storage and it keeps the mice away? Anyone try this?
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Old 09-09-2018, 07:20 AM   #13
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Best deterrent for mice is several hungry cats...
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Best deterrent for mice is several hungry cats...
The old "Tom and Jerry" routine ???? "That's All Folks"
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Best deterrent for mice is several hungry cats...
Or a hungry snake.
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if using Irish spring needs to be grated and original scent. .
They prefer to shower with with bars more their size.
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I use the wheel of death in the pole barn. Would put one in the 5th wheel if we had a problem there.
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I have had luck with bonide mouse magic
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I've never had "adequate control of mice" with anything but Fresh Cab.

We live in a "they love our pole barn" area adjacent to 30,000+ acres of forest. Mice abound, I've never <knock on wood> had a mouse in our RV in the 10 years we've stored it here during the winter. YMMV

As for using Irish Spring.... Since the British Isles are no longer a part of the EU.... Maybe your mice are from the continent, not England ???? Hmmmmmm
Count me as a member of the Fresh Cab fan club. It was recommended to us when we bought the pop-up a few years ago. We never leave any food in the camper which helps but we have never found so much as a dead bug.

I was concerned last fall when Fresh Cab was temporarily off the market so we had to use "Stay Away." It's made by the same company but the reviews were mixed. We put four packets in the Cougar when we put it up for the winter and hoped for the best. When we opened it for the first time in April, the scent was still very much present and no sign of mice or anything else.

One other thing, we've never replaced the packets in the middle of winter and scent is still there come spring.
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Based on all the accounts online of what works and what doesn’t, I’m convinced that different mice are repelled by different things.

I use a combination of Fresh Cab and Essential Oil of Peppermint (not food grade peppermint). I put 4 pouches of Fresh Cab around our TT and I put cotton balls in ceramic mugs and soak them with the Essential Oil of Peppermint.

I also leave open all the lower drawers and cabinets that they can get into from behind through the holes where wire and plumbing goes from one cabinet to the adjacent cabinet. I’ve also read that they don’t like light so leaving the doors open lets light into those spaces. We have several higher cabinets that they can’t access with the doors closed so I leave them closed.

Once they are in your RV you’ll need to trap them. It’s a bit of a Catch 22 because you want to attract them to the trap but you don’t want to attract new mice into your trailer. Do not use poison because they will either die somewhere that you can’t get the body and they’ll rot and stink horribly, or they’ll get out and be eaten by a predator and that poison will kill that animal.
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