Rodents

[KEL]

How do you guys keep mice out of your trucks ?

[bigguy69]

try and drive them regular.

[hatred]

Put a cat in it.

[GASoline71]

HAHAHAHA!

But seriously... I live on an Island and the rats and mice are horrible. I went down to the local farmers supply store (Cenex) and bought some bait boxes, and a product called "Just one Bite". Kills mice in 12 hours and rats in 24... works like a charm, and the bait boxes keep other critters from getting poisoned.

Gary

[cdowns]

works cheap

[Critter]

Bait under the seat for the ones in the cab, keep the hood up for the ones wanting to chew on your wires and vacuum lines. For some reason they don't like it when the hood is up.

[trendkill]

I work in pest control, get your house treated for mice. Bait in your truck would be bad if one died in the cab, under the seat or something. There's a thing called glueboards that live trap mice, their feet stick to it. That will take care of all the bugs you have as well as mice.

[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.

[tim21391]

moth balls

[Shyguy]

Originally Posted by tim21391

moth balls

Yep, that is what I use in my vehicles I don't drive often and it seems to work.

It is kind of hard to get use to the smell, though.

Also we now have an outside cat so that might also help. The cat is rough on rodents, he keeps dragging dead baby moles up on the back porch.

[71GMCinTN]

Speaking of rodents..........previous owner said he couldn't get his defrost, etc. to work.
I can see why.

[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.

[caminokid]

Originally Posted by trendkill

I work in pest control, get your house treated for mice. Bait in your truck would be bad if one died in the cab, under the seat or something. There's a thing called glueboards that live trap mice, their feet stick to it. That will take care of all the bugs you have as well as mice.

This would have to be the best in my opinion. If they are stuck to the board you can reach...this means they aint poisoned and dead somewhere you cant reach.

[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....

[cam.man67]

I use a .38.

[KEL]

guess that would really "eliminate" the problem

[Lippyp]

I have a rodent problem at my house in France. I use a poison called Souris-cide (souris being French for mouse!) and also emply a n umber of Petit and Grand Lucifer traps.

This is a Grand Lucifer and an inquisitve Fat Dormouse who had been living in my roof, I use apple for the big ones as Fat Dormice eat fruit and peanut butter for the mice..

[mikey531]

This is what I did last fall:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=370267

I did not have a single mouse or chipmunk in the engine compartment, I used soap peppermint extract and dryer sheets inside the cab and also put dryer sheets in the exhaust pipes too.

[ERASER5]

Originally Posted by tim21391

moth balls

Just how many moths do you have to castrate to get enough?

[71 super]

Bounce fryer sheets or irish spring soap bars will repel mice and dont stick thinks up like moth balls etc. I place them in the holes of the hood and in the cab, no mice.

[DPowers]

I have heard that mice don't like the smell of peppermint.