Mice in the truck

[Mr Chevorlet]

Well the other day i uncovered my truck to start and run it, Low and behold i seen a mouse run across my hood when i pulled the blanket off. That little basta%&d run into the cowl vent. My truck is sealed and can not get into the cab.But i put a trap in there anyway, nothing caught inside the cab yet been 2 days. I also put a trap on the air breather and nailed the little basta%d this morning. I will leave my truck uncovered now and hood open to try to deture these little creatures. I will only cover while painting.
I Made a bucket trap the other day also out of a 5 gallon bucket, youtube it you will see what they are.
What do you all do to keep them out of your trucks.

[GASoline71]

I use a poison called "Just One Bite"... So mice and rats don't even make it into the shop. Either that or the cat will get them.

The bucket traps work pretty darn good.

Gary

[cdowns]

i've never had that problem

[WIDESIDE72]

I have heard moth balls inside will help keep them out.
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[JointTech]

my cat is scared of mice. She only hunts grasshoppers and moths.

[WIDESIDE72]

Originally Posted by cdowns

i've never had that problem

Is that Sylvester?
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[WIDESIDE72]

My old barn cat out at my storage place died last weekend. She was at least 10 yo. Something got her, dog or coyote
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[Fatherflash]

My father had the wiring in his truck chewed up by mice. Put dryer sheets in the truck cab and in the engine compartment and has not had a problem since then.

[NGN]

They do lots of damage to anything in the garage and house use traps the more the better all year move them around once in awhile throw them off they seem to catch on. Also nothing better then helping out a young strey cat fix him up living like a king they'll go at it all day making sure no mouse is on his turf
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[JointTech]

we had rats at our condo. filthy neighbors im pretty sure. Anyway they would climb the tree outside my unit and jump over to the roof and get in somewhere. It turned into a dman interstate. We had owls hanging out for the buffet. Dang those things are creepy up close.

anyway HOA was draggin feet so I nailed bigass rat traps around the whole tree about 5 feet up so a kid couldnt touch them. Killed so many rats I finally gave up and just left them hanging there dead until the HOA finally got the message.

[JointTech]

also dont put traps in the house that arent nailed down. I had put one in the ceiling and heard a bang and then some scammpering.
Then I smelled dead rat for about a week... gross.
I dont like the glue traps. I dont like torturing mammals.

[beetle1960]

Originally Posted by WIDESIDE72

I have heard moth balls inside will help keep them out.
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I put these effen things in my 66 El Camino one winter 5 years ago...still stinks. From experience...DONT do it.

[Vintage Windmills]

My 105 lb dog will catch a mouse every now and then. I could use an ace mouser cat but the dog may not allow a cat around. Curious about the bucket traps, I'm tired of checking the spring traps all the time.

another trick to keep traps from being moved after catching something instead of nailing them down is to use some wire or heavy string on them.

[In The Ten Ring]

Here my dad and I trap them live then relocate them.....

I will not use a glue board for mice....cruel in my mind.

[nobolt]

mice don't seem to bother my trucks...they come right into the kitchen. the dog doesn't deter them.
I would use Decon if they got into the cab though. no mess and they go for water, or so I've read.

[Mr Chevorlet]

Well so far I caught 3 with the mouse trap on the air breather. When i got home from work I checked and got one. Reset it went into the house for about a hour went back out and got another. So far none in the cab. The bad thing is my wife has about 10 outside cats all over the place, I think she feeds them too much. I haven't caught anything In the bucket trap yet on the floor. Maybe there all In the engine compartment. I think I will go check the shop right now. Wish me luck. If I get enough I will have a cook out.

[Daner]

Mice like closed up spaces. So if I have a vehicle or tractor that is inside I leave everything open (pull up seats if possible/open compartments) and put poison around.

[sboris]

Cats are good to have around, but really pisses me off when they are crawling all over your truck. Mice don't like Peppermint. Stay away from the mothballs, they reek.. Good luck
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[CCCC]

Good info above. I keep all hoods open and use clear plastic covers over vehicles (let light in, as they like dark and tight spots), snap traps on floor near tires, baited box traps on floor near entrances (flap prevents exit - will get several mice).

Also, put at least one baited snap trap inside any vehicle that shows any inside mouse activity (these need to be checked very frequently dead mice are a mess/stink).

I also put out tubes with "Just One Bite" near outside of entries - tubes let mice to eat in but keep other animals from getting to the stuff.

[Mr Chevorlet]

The only things I worry about poison if they crawl back into the truck and die somewhere I cant get to them. Or my dogs get a hold of it and did one year and I thought it was put up safe so he couldn't get to it . Thanks for the good info people it is interesting to here your comments on handling this infestation of free loaders.

[hyatt]

put dryer sheets under seats and carpet

[Steve Hafner]

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I caught one of those little suckers just LAST night !!!

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[sstone69]

Need to get some of these, timber rattlers very effective.