Mice problem

[buckhntr]

Good morning all anyone have an idea to keep mice out through winter I have 2013 Outback 312bh appreciate any advice.

[JRTJH]

First of all, remove all food from the RV. Anything open or not, will attract animals that are looking for something to eat. Especially in the winter when other food sources are hard to find.

We put bay leaves under all the cushions, sprinkle them around in the RV and put a tupperware container with them in the sink, under the bathroom sink, and in the bottom of the refrigerator. It keeps the ladybugs and other insects out. We've never seen mouse droppings or other evidence of mice in our RV, so I'd suggest trying that.

Also, use copper wool or brass wool (steel wool rusts and leaves stains) to stuff into all exterior holes in the bottom of your RV. Follow that with spray in foam (be careful with the expanding foam) and try sealing all other openings with either tape, plastic sheeting or some other form of barrier against entry. We use painter's drop cloth plastic behind the refrigerator vent, in the hot water heater swing down door and behind the outside shower door. I use aluminum tape to seal the outside furnace vents.

Others who store their RV where we store ours (indoors at a closed manufacturing plant) have problems with mice, lady bugs and wasps, but in 3 years, we've never had any problems doing the above.

[Festus2]

buckhntr -
The "mice problem" has been brought up by members before and; if you do a search of the forum, you should be able to find numerous posts/threads about this very topic. To use the search feature, find the blue bar at the top of each page, click on the word "Search" and enter what you are looking for in the search box.
If you can't find any posts about mice and what others have done, let us know and we will help you out.

[chuck&gail]

We live up in the hills, trees in back, meadow in front. We enjoy watching foxes, hawks, owls, and ONCE an EAGLE (wow) catch mice in front of the house. For over 20 years we have used ultrasonics (Transonic Pro is current model I think), in a tupperware container to keep out rain and snow, placed under our TT. Has holes in side of container so noise gets out. It runs off TT battery, which is kept charged with solar. My idea is if they don't get under the TT, they will not get in. Idea has worked so far.

Also have two in crawl space under house. No mice in house in over 20 years either (except in the garage sometimes).

[old racer]

Have used "Bounce" dryer sheets for several years and never had an issue. We put a sheet in each of the cupboards and drawers and spread them out on the floor.

[Roller4Tan]

X2 also in storage bays and behind fridge with dryer sheets.

[ChateauED]

We have our rv on a piece of property in the high desert of Arizona. Mice are definately a problem. We discovered, that leaving a bucket of water next to a sofa or chair, will "catch" any mice that happen to make it in. They jump in the water and can't get out. We also put a couple of buckets out back by a tree near our generator. Last time we were gone for 4 weeks, we had 7 mice. Two in the rv and the rest outside. We now are also using moth balls all around outside the rv and around the generator.

[fred1609]

Why do mice feel compelled to jump in a bucket of water?

[JRTJH]

Originally Posted by fred1609

Why do mice feel compelled to jump in a bucket of water?

Why did the chicken cross the road?