The only way to stop them from coming in is to find where they are getting in. It's amazing how small of a hole or crack they can fit through.

Use expanding foam and stainless steel scrubbies to fill in any holes underneath your MH and any side openings fill with chaulking.

You can try placing some mothballs in plastic containers around underneath the MH where the mice might be coming in. Poke holes in the side of the container, put the lid on, this will help keep it water resistant when it rains.

One RVer having a bad problem like yours, found some electronic mouse traps. She said they worked really well.
www.homedepot.com/p/Victor-Electronic-Mouse-Trap-M2524S/100557786  Maybe use these on the outside to stop them from coming in.

-- Edited by The Bear II on Friday 13th of June 2014 02:35:03 PM

cherylbrv wrote:

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My first thought reading the subject line was serial, USB or wireless? 

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 Hahaha

You could go to a Boat-Launch, back the unit in, fully submersed for a few minutes. Then drive out and let dry..........................That should just about get rid of them all.
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As the water is spewing out of all the nooks & crannies this will give you an indication of where they were gettin' in.
Hope this helps.

Dryer sheets everywhere seems to work. We used them over the winter when storing and no mice. I do mean a lot of dryer sheets though like an entire big box stuffed everywhere. I think they don't like the smell

I read someplace that they don't like mint. I had a mouse in the garage that evaded capture for months. After he ate the top off the windshield washer reservoir on the smart car I declared war. Since a shotgun, napalm, nuclear waste, and burning down the house didn't work I decided to try some mint. Besides, it was the only plant thriving in the empty lot where the house used to be. No more mouse. Either the mint worked or the mouse moved next door.

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I read someplace that they don't like mint. I had a mouse in the garage that evaded capture for months. After he ate the top off the windshield washer reservoir on the smart car I declared war. Since a shotgun, napalm, nuclear waste, and burning down the house didn't work I decided to try some mint. Besides, it was the only plant thriving in the empty lot where the house used to be. No more mouse. Either the mint worked or the mouse moved next door.

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 After licking its wounds, your next nightmare might be a rodentasaurus.... 9 feet tall with an attitude.... if it was a pregnant female at the time of irradiation... all I can say is thanks a bunch for unleashing that plague on us Mark.

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Terry and Jo wrote:

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biggaRView wrote:

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MarkS wrote:

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I read someplace that they don't like mint. I had a mouse in the garage that evaded capture for months. After he ate the top off the windshield washer reservoir on the smart car I declared war. Since a shotgun, napalm, nuclear waste, and burning down the house didn't work I decided to try some mint. Besides, it was the only plant thriving in the empty lot where the house used to be. No more mouse. Either the mint worked or the mouse moved next door.

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 After licking its wounds, your next nightmare might be a rodentasaurus.... 9 feet tall with an attitude.... if it was a pregnant female at the time of irradiation... all I can say is thanks a bunch for unleashing that plague on us Mark.

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At least the odor caused by the use of napalm will help us know the creature is nearby.

Terry

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 It's Mark's scorched earth policy that scares me. Let me get back in the cheap seats when that happens.

Mice are brazen. We know they are around because of our cat's behavior. She will kill them if she can, but does not get them all. We have to trap the rest.

I'll do a little searching but back at the Quartzsite boondoocking rally someone mentioned an item they bought and hunk up that they felt did a great job of keeping mice away. Maybe someone else attended and has a better memory than me LOL!!

After trapping 16 mice I can tell you that if you use traps make sure they are the old fashioned ones. All the others I tried did not work, but the wooden Victor traps always worked. Cheap and effective, there were a few times when they got the bait without setting off the trap, that's where perseverance  works...put more bait down and reset it.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Roger

We moved into a house that had been vacant for a year. We found the sonic ones did not work, the wooden ones did not work on these smaller mice as they just took the food, resorted to the sticky traps and that got them but we had to whack them once they were trapped but it worked and for "maintenance" we used those stainless steel box traps (catch and release or......). These mice would stare me down in the kitchen! I have heard of success with the steel wool being stuffed in place and heard that works for squirrels if they are trying to invade your home. We never tried dryer sheets because the smell gives me a headache. We don't care for the spray foam because it is nasty to remove if you have to do repairs on pipes or such, my husband generally caulked with clear chaulk. And, as someone says, a mouse can get through the smallest of openings and different types like the ones we had were very small yet bold.

Dale,

You may want to place two "old fashion" traps next to each other. We had a similar issue with a very allusive mouse in our S&B that kept taking the bait (but not triggering the trap). Shortly after Ed placed a couple of traps next to each other, the mouse was caught.

Lynn

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Since we are not fulltimers yet, our RV sits for periods of time and we got mice. Found the reason was we bought grill wipes and the smell attracted mice as they chewed through plastic to get to it. Got rid of the wipes and put a product called fresh cab rodent repellant all around. No more mice.

Also we don't leave any food in the camper when not in use.

Mark