Mice in motorhome

[Jennifer_5107596]

As the title says really, we are having difficulty with mice getting into the motorhome when is in storage. The van is completely stripped down of bedding and food etc. so there is no obvious thing tempting them

Are there any tips and advice on how we can prevent this happening?

 

[John_5101260]

Hi Jennifer,

sorry I cant help with your dilema, I have just posted a message with the same problem in the technical forum. If you get any suggestions please let me know and I will let you know of any possible solutions.

Kind Regards

John

 

[Jennifer_5107596]

Thnaks John, i read that moth balls were a good deterrant. Have you heard anything with regards to these or where you can buy them?

 

[John_5101260]

Jennifer my wife has thought the same, I must admit we havent had the chance to try it yet (only discovered the problem this week). I have just looked on ebay and somebody is selling 2 packs for

 

[AnnM1]

Hi Jennifer

I have just replied to John and his problem with rodents.

I strongly advise the use of mothballs. By using the small mesh washing bags which can be hung at four corners of the motorhome/caravan (using 2 balls in each) I can assure you that you will get no further problems from rodents (of any kind).

We had a Hobby caravan stored in a barn over winter. The farm was over-run with rats and mice. None entered our van, nor any of the vans closeby.

Don't overdo the amount otherwise the van will smell of mothballs for a few times when next taken out.

Good luck.

 

[AnnM1]

Hi Jennifer

You can buy mothballs from local ironmonger stores. Sorry forgot to post this info.

 

[Jennifer_5107596]

Thanks for all the help, the moth balls have been in the van about a week now and seemed to have worked a treat so far. We've been to the van yesterday and there were no signs of any mice or droppings.

so, so far so good.

 

[LadyMaureen]

We've just caught 2 mice in the house within 24 hours,and are wondering about moth balls placed where they are coming in.My husband uses traps with sultanas which they seem to like.Hopefully we will eradicate this family before we go on holiday on Tuesday.

Usually it is the winter when they appear from the fields,so we were quite surprised to see them when the weather is getting warmer.

 

[AnnM1]

Hi Maureen

You could try mothballs but, I suspect, they may not work very well as they need to be in a reasonably enclosed area so the 'scent' (for a better word!) is concentrated beneath your floor boards.

I think perhaps your mice are getting in through your roperty air holes. Why not try pulverising some MBs and pushing them through. It may deter them from initial entry.

Sorry I don't go along with baiting them on traps - even though I don't like the things very much - I feel it rather cruel. That's the softy coming out in me I guess!

Hope it helps.

 

[Alan_5110219]

Has anyone tried those "plug in" type rodent repellers that give off a loud noise which we humans cannot hear?

 

[mikeE]

Mothballs work a treat in the 'van - we have a chain of stores in the north east called Boyes which stock them. We also have an electronic scarer in our garage which is effective bought through a newspaper special offer - The Express I think.

 

[AnnM1]

As I my previous thread (above) I am totally sold on the mothball method. They are very cheap to buy and, one box, lasts for several seasons. Why bother buying expensive equipment?

Another thought - does the emitting noise affect other animals, i.e. dogs, cats, etc.

 

[Roy_5039925]

you can borrow my cat if you want! Hi name is Claudius.

Roy

 

[Deborah_5096472]

hi, i'm jennifer's duaghter and we have tried the moth balls in the motorhome with great success. There has been no signs of mice whatsoever since.

 

[CliveV]

We used Moth Balls with great success. We store our caravan on a farm and we also had a lot of flies comming in to over winter. In fact we only realised we had mice when we sprayed flykiller and were surprized to find just the wings and legs all over the surfaces the following day but a few mice dropings as well.

We were advised to put the moth balls in old cups and not leave them directly on carpets or surfaces as they are hydroscopic (absorbs water from the atmosphere) and if they melt can stain and be diffucult to get out of carpets.

Yes the smell of mothballs does remind me of my old Gran! - but they work - in our case on the flies as well as the mice.

 

[DaveVT]

staying in a caravan stinking of mothballs, very nice

 

[CliveV]

I can smell something? - not sure its mothballs tho.

 

[botty]

hi we had mice in front locker of caravan in the winter they did not get in the caravan hubby as bought waste paper baskets the finest mesh you can get we got ours from dunelm mill and he as blocked up all the holes hope it does the trick

from sue

 

[John_5101260]

staying in a caravan stinking of mothballs, very nice

We thought the same BUT it is surprising how quickly the smell disapears when you get on site, stow the moth balls in an air tight container and open the windows - 1/2 an hour nd the smell has gone. And to be honest we went a bit overboard with the moth balls - 7 ground level lockers 4 balls in each locker (in a mesh bag to aid easy retrival) total mothballs 28!!!

But it worked - we still have mice but they are all wearing gas masks now ;-)

Kind Regards

John

 

[Merve_5103671]

Hi Jennifer,

As a professional pest controller, I keep my van baited permanently with good quality bait and set traps too. Rodents can do an awful lot of damage in a very short time with those teeth! Mice will enter any structure in search of food or shelter. One of the best baits on the market is Sorexa CD (manufactured by Sorex) which is formulated specifically for mice. If you use a trap/s and here I recommend the SNAP E trap for about