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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / May 200699 coleman bayside mice problem
I have had the camper for 2 years now and both years we have had mice problem. This last winter I put 12 mouse traps and 10 bait packs as well as 4 trays of moth crystals in the camper, I also have looked under the camper for holes. I used marine tape that they use to seal boats up for the winter to cover any seams or holes or anything I felt was a space to gain entry. still there was mouse damage this winter. Not nearly as bad as last year. What else can a person do? really dont have the room or the want to take out all the canvas, cushions, beds etc to store it in the winter. Any help in this matter would be great. Thanks... >I have had the camper for 2 years now and both years we have had mice > problem. This last winter I put 12 mouse traps and 10 bait packs as [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > have the room or the want to take out all the canvas, cushions, beds > etc to store it in the winter. I think you have done most everything I have heard or read about. I do the same thing, but use moth balls, putting 3 or 4 in the toe of an old child's sock, and then tying the 'neck' on itself. I think I put out 9 or 10 such socks in my small pop-up, in all kinds of places: under drawers, in cabinets, in the refrigerator vented space on the outside, in the water tank area, etc. Fortunately, I have never had a mouse problem. Maybe I am just lucky. Oh yes...make a list of where you put the socks, so you can find them _all_ when you open the pop-up in the spring to air things out! Perhaps locking a cat in the camper for the winter? ;-) Tobe Taping holes alone won't stop mice. But take some Steel Wool and place it in the hole before you tape it and that will stop them. They don't like to chew through anything that will damage their teeth and won't try to go through the Steel Wool. >>I have had the camper for 2 years now and both years we have had mice >>problem. This last winter I put 12 mouse traps and 10 bait packs as [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Tobe Damn, I wanted to offer the cat suggestion! I don't know if this works, but I don't have any mouse problems and never have. My Coleman Colonial (81) sits on top of 6"block with the wheels removed (stored inside). I don't leave anything remotely tasty inside. I do however have a bad problem with bees, seems every year a bee family decides to move in one of the corners. Just inside the aluminum body panel. Searcher >Damn, I wanted to offer the cat suggestion! I don't know if this works, but >I don't have any mouse problems and never have. My Coleman Colonial (81) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Searcher But you have a colonial, the OP is referring to Coleman Bayside mice... I think that's a different species, isn't it? As to keeping anything tasty inside... food might not be the target, some rodents love things like hose and wiring insulation... Mac https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm >>Damn, I wanted to offer the cat suggestion! I don't know if this works, but >>I don't have any mouse problems and never have. My Coleman Colonial (81) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >But you have a colonial, the OP is referring to Coleman Bayside mice... LOL! I was trying to think of a smartass reply when I saw the subject, but you beat me to it. 2002 and later Baysides have the mice problem solved. That or move to a Jayco which I've heard do not have mice problems. > > This last winter I put 12 mouse traps and 10 bait packs as > > well as 4 trays of moth crystals in the camper <snip> > I think you have done most everything I have heard or read about. I do the > same thing, but use moth balls, putting 3 or 4 in the toe of an old child's [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > just lucky. Oh yes...make a list of where you put the socks, so you can > find them _all_ when you open the pop-up in the spring to air things out! I think the mothball thing is self-delusional. I have seen (and also heard from one other who has seen) mouse nests inside a half-full box of moth balls. Some mice aparently can't smell the moth balls. So far I've been lucky. Done nothing, and had no mice. Maybe it's the bloothirsty putty cat we have that loves to pile dead mice (and other things) at the back door. She kills them during the year, so there are none to move in to the pop-up during the winter ;-). She's a smart cat, and stays in all winter (this is Minnesota), so she's not keeping them away in winter; just keeping the population down the rest of the year. Austin (eww, did you see what the cat left us?) > I think the mothball thing is self-delusional. I have seen (and also > heard from one other who has seen) mouse nests inside a half-full box > of moth balls. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Austin (eww, did you see what the cat left us?) I guess it all depends on the freshness of the moth balls. Many years ago, my parents were having problems with mice living under their cottage, so they put moth balls under where the mice were nesting. A few weeks later, they checked on it, and all of the moth balls were gone. Still had mice, though, so they put more moth balls. Again, they were gone a week later. They eventually figured out that it was a weasel who was living off the mice, and didn't like the moth balls. So the weasel decided to move them! We actually saw the weasel scampering across the yard with a moth ball in its mouth. Maybe that's what you need -- a weasel! Geoff > > I think the mothball thing is self-delusional. I have seen (and also >> heard from one other who has seen) mouse nests inside a half-full box [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Geoff Personally, I'd rather have moths or mice than the smell of moth balls. Jeez that smell is nasty. Tom >> > I think the mothball thing is self-delusional. I have seen (and also >>> heard from one other who has seen) mouse nests inside a half-full box [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Tom Try teaching them to shower? I didn't say that out loud, did I?? Mac https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm buy the mouse a Barbie house that you locate just beside your pop-up. I also like the cat idea! You may want to check with a pest control company they have some stuff that will take care of the mouse very effectively Mel popupmike a écrit: > I have had the camper for 2 years now and both years we have had mice > problem. This last winter I put 12 mouse traps and 10 bait packs as [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > etc to store it in the winter. > Any help in this matter would be great. Thanks... We take everything mice like out, all paper, cardboard, curtains, cushions, etc. Then I use brass wool near the only major holes (power cord door). Finally, I use one box of scented dryer sheets throughout the camper. Never had a mouse problem in the popup and the camper smells great during the spring setup. Now, I do have mice problems in other locations in the yard...my tractor for example. Mice always build nests in my engine compartment. I use mothballs in there during the winter...no success. Good luck. >We take everything mice like out, all paper, cardboard, curtains, >cushions, etc. Then I use brass wool near the only major holes (power [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Good luck. Just fire it up once a month.. *eg* Mac https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm |
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