Gegrad
06-14-2020, 06:57 PM
So last week went in to prep for first trip, turned air on and insulation came out of the vents; crap, have a mouse. Ran the air for several hours and cleared out all odors. Checked everywhere (pulled furnace cover, electrical cover, hot water heater area, all cabinets, front hatch) and no evidence of mice anywhere but the ceiling. Searched threads on here and ran the high frequency audio noise last week in the middle of the trailer and stuffed fresh cab in the vents.
Went camping this weekend and in the middle of both nights could hear the scratch scratching from inside the front cap. Only opening I have is the 1/4" gap where my front cap stops short of the frame. All my drain holes are sealed tight with spray foam and my coroplast is tight everywhere else. This evening started running the high frequency audio right up in the bedroom close to the cap; also stuffed a bunch of fresh cab up there. I also set some snap traps on top of my battery and frame. Came inside for an hour and a half, went back out and sure enough snapped a mouse from the trap on top of the battery cover. Of course right now I don't know if that is one from the front cap or somewhere else. So I will continue to do that for a bit.
My question is, assuming I can get them all out, should I do anything to seal the gap between the from cap and frame? Or does that need to be open for air ventilation? If so, any ideas on preventing more unwanted visitors?
Went camping this weekend and in the middle of both nights could hear the scratch scratching from inside the front cap. Only opening I have is the 1/4" gap where my front cap stops short of the frame. All my drain holes are sealed tight with spray foam and my coroplast is tight everywhere else. This evening started running the high frequency audio right up in the bedroom close to the cap; also stuffed a bunch of fresh cab up there. I also set some snap traps on top of my battery and frame. Came inside for an hour and a half, went back out and sure enough snapped a mouse from the trap on top of the battery cover. Of course right now I don't know if that is one from the front cap or somewhere else. So I will continue to do that for a bit.
My question is, assuming I can get them all out, should I do anything to seal the gap between the from cap and frame? Or does that need to be open for air ventilation? If so, any ideas on preventing more unwanted visitors?