I Have an RV Mouse INFESTATION!! Ugh. I'll tell you how to get rid of RV Mice in this video

I never had mice in my RV...until now! Eek!
Today, I'll tell you how I got mice in my fifth wheel, which products worked and didn't work and more!

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[Lunarstruck]

I got rid of them ALL in my truck engine and console in a parking lot by simply blasting the car stereo at full blast for about ten minutes. It worked, they all ran out and never came back.

[taydestiny]

I couldn't catch mice for the longest utilizing traps. Then, I did some research and found out that mice have sensitive noses and can detect human scent when you touch traps with your bare hands. So, I used gloves the second time around and it worked like gangbusters.

[missychan]

Just a tip for Irish spring users... You don't necessarily have to replace the bars, you can just shave off the dry stuff and unless they've been sitting for months, there should be plenty of fresh soap still inside the bar. You can cut them up if you'd rather not shave them. I personally use a cheese grater and sprinkle the shavings around plants and corners of my stick and brick house if I'm worried about fritters.

[busysecretary]

I have a 100 year old house in a farming community, I know about rodents. The cheapest and least toxic idea I had, that works, is use a paint sprayer full of bleach and spray under the house on the dirt, spray around the house on the dirt, and it does smell like you have a very clean house when done. For an RV remove everything from the cabinets and baseboards, leave cabinet doors open, put a few bight lights under the RV at night, then go inside without the lights on inside and every little hole and cranny will be lit up and you can hit it with foam or steel wool and screw mesh over the steel wool. If you do use sticky traps be ready with a shovel to put it out of its misery quickly. I tend to use barrier methods and bleach.

[adsrentals]

One weekend we took the motor home out...had a dish of Rolo's on the dining table. Next morning, the dish was empty, thought the dog figured how to get on the table. Watched her the next day carefully for chocolate poisoning...nothing! Got home emptied the RV out, noticed something under the sleeper sofa in the livingroom. Pulled it out...all the Rolo's were stashed under it! Well, game on! Since the liked them and the caramel is super sticky...I wrapped spring traps with the plundered loot! Within 15 minutes on 3 traps I had killed 10 adults...now I had to find the nests. Cleared everything out, found nests and disposed of those, set traps up for next 2 weeks...no more victims! Chocolate attracts...caramel holds them! Didn't have a cat at the time!

[lindac]

I love how you get right onto a solution and share it with others.

[julianeg]

I laced some peanut butter with some LSD. While it didn't keep them away, we became one with the cosmos.

[marinabosick]

Clorox. We keep a couple open bottles around our cabin. It has always worked. It will also keep bears away.

[margiecraig]

The mice we had LOVED Irish Spring soap, they chewed it up and then pooped! They loved going in my dish towel drawer and used the fibers from the towels to make nests with. I emptied the drawers and once opened one and interrupted their mating! We found a nest under the bed and in one of the bins. Currently we use a string of LED lights under the RV and so far that has worked. The RV is stored in our driveway so the lights don’t bother anyone. Wooded traps with bacon has worked the best for us. We don’t leave the dog food in a paper bag or leave any food in her bowl after she has eaten her fill. Mice are so nasty! They will poop everywhere, tear up anything, paper towels, toilet paper, and the wiring under the hood of your car/truck. Check you hide-a-bed, too they love that space because no one disturbs them.
Good luck getting rid of the horrible things!

[forestraven]

I had mice problems on my last RV . They literally ate my spark plug wires completely naked . Found out they were made of plant materials. I had a mechanic tell me to put moth balls around the engine and engine compartment also around the inside . Never had anymore mice problems . New Subscriber 👍

[lovingcomfort]

I just got rid of my mouse problem.. found a nest in my battery box. Peppermint, garlic and clove oil mix sprayed every few days has kept them away. The only trap that worked was a bucket half filled with water, baited with peanut butter, with a piece of wood for them to run up. I also now have 2 kittens. 🙂

[SimoneNC]

I watched a guy today, and he said mixing corn meal w honey in it and baking soda got rid of his rats in his barn. Swears by it!! Dollar tree plastic food containers with a lid, hole cut in the end for their little door, 4 tsps of each mixed

[dynamite]

Once again thanks for all the info! I did want to mention one thing. The old fashioned Snap Traps will work just fine but you must be vigilant to set them very “loosely” or the mice get in and never trip them. We always do throw away trap and all when they catch one because they say the next mouse could smell the other dead mouse. We live in the country and they always try to get in in the fall when temps start to drop. Happy trails.

[amydelpiere]

Such a great discussion. I love the idea of using loud music. We get critters in our attic every winter. I’m like a crazy lady banging and yelling at the ceiling! The bucket traps work well but are nasty to empty. Can also put antifreeze in there instead of water when freezing temps. Also loved the tip about wearing gloves when baiting traps.

[dianegriffen]

When we had a pet shop, we used to have infestations of mice from time to time - they came in with the hay and straw that we sold for bedding. We found that the humane traps worked best with... chocolate. They LOVE chocolate. We used the dog choc drops and biscuits, so not even 'good' chocolate. You also want to be sure that when you release the mouse, you do so 2-3 miles away from your home, or it will just come back, because it knows it has food and shelter there. Thirdly, make sure you have no food around that encourages it - not a crumb. You have seen what they did to your dash, so don't even keep food in plastic containers or they'll eat right through. Keep your food in glass or metal containers... and that includes the cat food! If there's no food around it will make it less attractive for them and they'll move on. Hope you are now mouse free and remain that way! Just glad that here in the UK we don't have the snake problem!

[charlottequist]

To help with outside, fill a 5 gallon bucket about 1/3 full of water. Smear peanutbutter inside the bucket, about 4 or more inches below the rim. Place a stick ramp from the ground to rest on the top rim of the bucket.
Mice will climb the ramp, go for the pb, fall in and drowned. We've done this and have found several drowned mice in the am. Hopefully, it will help keep mice from going into your truck.

[gingermcintosh]

When I spent the winter in Q I noticed that rigs parked near trees ir bushes were more likely to get mice or rats. Apparently they live in trees in the desert. The other thing I used was peppermint spray on my tires, and I never had any issues. This winter I am also bringing a solar powered light string to put under my rig.

[bethbrimberry]

Thank you for consistently sharing such valuable info.

[jillharris]

We covered the inside of every vent with galvanized mesh. Every hole inside and under belly has spray foam in it..even along the frame and siding were cracks were. Im too old to scrub the camper from top to bottom just because mice decided to visit.

[georl]

Just an FYI on the solar red light. That won't work. I tried a motion censored battery operated owl with red lights for eyes and every time something moved in its sight, the red lights would light up but that didn't work at all.