How to stop the mice?

[Johnynorthland]

They got in my generator and ate wires up! Found out that wires contain soy! What genius thought that was a good idea!?

 

[Skyline]

Try a few of these when in storage…

 

[Kevin Cooper]

My son had mice get into his RV. He placed two of these inside his TT and had no more mice. He said that if it were stored where he could have plugged in, he would have bought the 120 volt ones.

https://a.co/d/0w3VKMv

 

[Johnynorthland]

My son had mice get into his RV. He placed two of these inside his TT and had no more mice. He said that if it were stored where he could have plugged in, he would have bought the 120 volt ones.

https://a.co/d/0w3VKMv

I have 4 of these. 2 of them are a different brand and have an easy access battery compartment that you squeeze and pull open. These that you posted, are a pain to change the batteries with a tiny screw that you drop and loose!

 

[Wirenut-JAY]

Since the end of December when I discovered the last two holes and sealed them up I've had no more mice inside. At least I don't see their leavings and they haven't gotten into the traps.
After sealing all the holes I got some liquid mouse repellent from Home Depot and sprayed that all around the frame, tires, and underneath the camper.
We're taking it out Monday for a 4 day trip while the kids are off from school on spring break. I guess will see if any mice appear with all the movement and activity.

 

[Johnynorthland]

Just because you don’t see evidence of mice on the inside, doesn’t mean they are not chewing things up underneath, in areas that are open, especially under your engine hood! In my case, they kept getting into the generator, which is next to impossible to seal off and in the actual hood of the E450, they were running around through those hollow cavities and holes until I stuffed them with dryer sheets and added everything else I mentioned previously! They are also notorious for getting into and nesting in the air filter box! Good thing I found out and took preventive measures before they did real damage to anything!

 

[Johnynorthland]

Here’s a good mouse story for y’all, my regular storage yard was full, so the campground we use to stay at had a storage yard. They made me park my RV next to a pickup truck that was being stored at the yard also. When I got out and started doing my storage ritual, and things quieted down, I can hear an entire family of mice running around on the inside of the pickup truck I parked next to! I asked one of the workers about the truck, he said it was the owners son’s and was parked there for years, it never moves! I immediately asked for a different spot, then I few days later moved my RV out of there as soon as I got an open spot at our regular place! Oh, and they said they treat for mice! I think what he really said is they have “treats” for mice! Lol

 

[Odera]

Our last camping trip ended on November 17. We cleaned out the camper (including all food and drink) and put some mouse traps in just in case some got in.

In the next 2 weeks I trapped nearly 20 mice. I put the camper in my shop and started looking for holes. Jayco should be ashamed of themselves. When I dropped the bottom plastic covering there were so many huge holes between the inside and outside of the camper a wonder we didn't have larger animals in there. After a week of spray foam, screen wire, caulk, wood, and sheet metal I finally thought I had everything closed up.
I put the camper back outside less than 48 hours ago. I just checked my traps and had 3 more mice. It's parked on a gravel pad near the house but we live in the woods so the gravel pad is surrounded by leaves, grass, trees, etc.
Any good ideas short of having a cat or snake live in the camper? I would have thought with no food in there and it's not heated they wouldn't even be that bothered about getting in.

I put those high pitch rodent noise plugins in every room. And I have not seen a mouse yet. Seen is keyword. However after 8 to 10 months my grandson asked what is that high pitch noise. So I went a bought new ones.

 

[Jeep4Two]

They got in my generator and ate wires up! Found out that wires contain soy! What genius thought that was a good idea!?

My thoughts exactly, as I prepare to eat my $1000 deductible on a $5000 engine wiring harness repair from rodent damage (mouse, rat or squirrel). Truck was parked at my campsite for less than 36 hours.

 

[Skyline]

I once had an infestation of mice in my detached garage where I store two cars. I took a box fan and hung two bags of mothballs (the perforated bags) on the fan. When I entered the garage the next day I could barely breathe. I’m sure the fumes had gotten into every corner and crack of the garage. There were no more mice OR insects in that structure.
DON’T DO THIS IN YOUR RV. It took a FEW WEEKS for the mothball smell to fully dissipate. I had essentially fumigated the whole garage. That gave me the idea of using peppermint the same way as the mothballs I use peppermint scent plug-in air fresheners in my trailer, and underneath storage, peppermint scented mouse proof spray and one electronic pest repeller in every outlet.

 

[Johnynorthland]

I once had an infestation of mice in my detached garage where I store two cars. I took a box fan and hung two bags of mothballs (the perforated bags) on the fan. When I entered the garage the next day I could barely breathe. I’m sure the fumes had gotten into every corner and crack of the garage. There were no more mice OR insects in that structure.
DON’T DO THIS IN YOUR RV. It took a FEW WEEKS for the mothball smell to fully dissipate. I had essentially fumigated the whole garage. That gave me the idea of using peppermint the same way as the mothballs I use peppermint scent plug-in air fresheners in my trailer, and underneath storage, peppermint scented mouse proof spray and one electronic pest repeller in every outlet.

That was a great idea! I keep a bag of mothballs under my hood, on top of the fan shroud, in front of the weatherstripping gasket, away from any heat source. It still manages to stink up the RV a bit for the first week or two when new!

I also put them in the generator compartment but I remove them when I run the generator.