Rodents

[JimKshortstep4x4]

I try to keep the mice killed off. In addition to cats and bait boxes in the buildings I use mice traps on occasion.

Since I put 1/4" mesh wire under all of the truck cowl screens I have not had one mouse in any of the trucks.

Jim

[Sport/Truck]

Use this stuff has a John Deere pn# too. - wont stink or attract mice (essentially what bait does).
s/t

[stevencvn72]

This is probably one of the funniest threads I've seen on here! I LOVE this forum!

[69lemans]

Scented dryer sheets ,like Bounce, are supposed to repel rodents. Haven't tried it myself,but I've heard it from several sources. Moth balls work too if you can stand the smell.

[mrein3]

Originally Posted by Sport/Truck

Use this stuff has a John Deere pn# too. - wont stink or attract mice (essentially what bait does).
s/t

I currently don't have issues with mice in my cars but I did have a critter living inside the plumbing area of my hot tub. The little bugger chewed a wire, shorted things out, and caused the hot tub to throw the breaker. Of course this was the middle of the winter. I was lucky and caught it while the water was still warm enough.

Long story short I found that Fresh Cab stuff in the link above at the local Fleet Farm and hung some where the critters like to go.

As near as I can tell it is keeping them away. It worked the rest of last winter and up until now.

Oh and it doesn't smell so bad to me that I wouldn't drive the vehicle it was in unlike moth balls or similar, smelly products.

[epashhans]

Think twice before you put moth balls anywhere. Unless you like the smell. That smell is almost impossible to get out after its been in a vehicle for very long. One of our neighbors did that with his camper...ruined it. The smell makes me almost ill.

On the farm its a constant battle but a lot of what has been mentioned works good. I think #1 is having cats around. Then traps or sticky traps. We leave the hoods up in the sheds with any of our vehicles that sit more than a week or so. If its not dark, they don't usually nest. Also, making sure windows are up, doors are closed (sealed), shifter boots and linkage (clutch, etc.) seals are in good condition and seal off the cab make a big difference. That and not leaving anything in the cab that could attract them like grain or even an empty bag of chips. Nothing like a mouse, or a dead mouse, to taint a vehicle. Sometimes its pretty bad. I've got a buddy who got mice in his recently redone chevelle. What a bummer. Another thing to thing to worry about is hantavirus. We've had cases up here from mice. Kind of scary. Prevention is way easier and better than dealing with them once they've moved in! Seems silly or something you don't have to worry about until it happens.

[bruceman1968]

KEL As a smart alec I will recommend .pic 1. And as a serious answer I will recommend pic 2...I caught 3 with the bucket and the corn snake got the rest. With the 5 gal bucket drill a hole through the corn cob then string the wire through and when the critter puts his feet on it, it spins and the rodent falls in to the bucket. You can put 3-5 inches of water in the bottom and the rodent will die. I didn't use water so I relocated the critters elsewhere. Then clean out the nest. Your truck is a DD so just put the bucket on the pass side floor in front of the seat and in a night or two or 3 you should have caught the mice. My cousins use this method on the farm and they have trapped 100s over the years....

[epashhans]

Originally Posted by bruceman1968

KEL As a smart alec I will recommend .pic 1. And as a serious answer I will recommend pic 2...I caught 3 with the bucket and the corn snake got the rest. With the 5 gal bucket drill a hole through the corn cob then string the wire through and when the critter puts his feet on it, it spins and the rodent falls in to the bucket. You can put 3-5 inches of water in the bottom and the rodent will die. I didn't use water so I relocated the critters elsewhere. Then clean out the nest. Your truck is a DD so just put the bucket on the pass side floor in front of the seat and in a night or two or 3 you should have caught the mice. My cousins use this method on the farm and they have trapped 100s over the years....

We have done the same thing with a pop can and then you put peanut butter on the can. Then we put a stick down to the ground from the edge of the bucket. They go up, reach out to get the peanut butter, it rolls and in they go. Works pretty good. Water and dead mice gets really nasty, really quick. Especially in a hot shed in the summer!