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Originally Posted by Susido
The best mouse story I have is the time I went to BBQ something. I had not used the BBQ for all of a week and I lit the flame to pre-heat without lifting the lid. Came back a little later to a strange smell and mice fleeing down the legs of the BBQ. Discovered the bottom of the BBQ was home to multiple generations of (highly excited) mice who had nearly filled it with nesting material. Felt rather bad about that and it seemed like that meal didn't taste quite right. From now on I'll lift the lid before lighting it.
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This gives me an idea: Find an old BBQ (everyone has one lying around), leave any food residue, supply it with nesting material, and you have a mouse trap. You will have to check it regularly and dispose of the mouse colony before it gets too well established. If you're lucky, they will find this more attractive than your precious house on wheels.
We had the same experience, but fortunately opened the lid before lighting. Something bigger than mice (rat, squirrel, ?) had built a nest, made predominately of garden twine, right in the middle of the grate