Mice
 

Alright fellas, getting ready to store some vehicles in a garage I am renting. Non heated but dry and well insulated. What are the best ways to keep the mice out of cars? Any tips and tricks?
Thx
B

Make sure the mice cannot get into the building in the first place.

I am using electronic units and dryer sheets, I have heard both are not 100% effective.

I would set traps too.

I want to know more options as I hate those little Fers!!!

Ryan

Multi level plan of attack.
Poison on the perimeter of the building.
Traps around the car.
Block off any point of entry into any part of the vehicles if possible; i.e. remove air cleaner, and place a cap on the carb, block off fresh air intakes when possible, etc.
Poison packets in the car, on the floor, under the hood, etc.

My personal experience with dryer sheets: When I had my Studebaker farm truck out side in a rural area (thank goodness it is indoors now) I placed dryer sheets on the floor and the seat. Noticed some were gone. Took the seat out, and there was a nest made partially from dryer sheets. I have heard others say they worked; maybe I had the wrong brand.

Naphthalene mothballs under and around the vehicle ... can be put inside if you can stand the fumes when you open the doors. Kept the little bastards out of my vehicles in the past (I didn't put them inside -- didn't want the hope chest smell) ... TAZ

Glue traps around and in the car.

https://www.carbag.com/carjacket/

http://www.rhinoshelters.com/vehicle...ar-pocket.html

I have 4 car jackets, I'm going to buy a Car Pocket from Rhinoshelters for a car I just bought.

I've never had a mouse chew through a Car Jacket in over 30 years. My building is pretty mouse proof, but I have had the occasional one.

X2 On the car jacket .. 20 years no issues

A tray filled with used kitty litter. We have four cats and I set out a few trays with their "pee-balls" in them by the garage doors. If that isn't enough I have a few mouse traps set up right next to them for the really brave mice.

If that doesn't work I just let this 17 pounder loose for a while. (when he isn't chasing our dogs off the couch).

There was a thread on here a few years back about putting antifreeze into a 5 gallon bucket and a plastic coke bottle on top with a rod through it. You glue some peanuts onto the coke bottle and when the mice come to grab the peanuts they fall into the antifreeze.
I believe ALSS had some experience with this method.

Jim, just pay someone to sit in the garage with a .22 rifle and shoot them upon sight...

LOL

Rich

Outer buildings-good cars store in Car Capsules. Fresh DeCon out every fall to protect the drivers. IMO...Mice seem to hate the sound frequency of the fan motor in the capsule.

Garage on the house I keep baited traps I will catch one or two in the fall and through the winter.

May as well have some fun with it:
 

https://youtu.be/6SIlYiiCGLI

https://youtu.be/nsoVcrFyrF8

This guy has some incredibly inventive traps, some are pretty gory so didn't want to post those.

Good luck

Paul

This is the stuff I have been using the last several years. https://www.earthkind.com/fresh-cab/

I rotate the new packages each year to the cars and the old ones to my trailer and shop. I haven't seen any mouse poop in a car yet. Problem with using poison is you might not see the end result but you may smell it...
Mike

Those are wild!!

When Ann's COPO was parked in the garage we put it up on stands and used dryer sheets and moth balls in and around the car. We also have a 'barn' cat that was sometimes allowed in the garage (which by the way was anything but tightly sealed). Needless to say I seriously doubt any of those items even remotely slowed the mice down and we still found many signs of them being in and on the car. The poison and bucket of anti-freeze work very good. The only true way is to put the car in the capsule.

mouse trap..
 

I posted that info...it's an "Adirondack Mouse Trap"...we use them in all the camps.

Simple setup; 5 gallon plastic pail with antifreeze [maybe 1/2 gallon]...use a wire coat hanger with a soda can on it so it spins...coat with peanut butter....and position a board [kind of a death ramp] so the mice can walk up. They get on the soda can to eat the peanut butter...the can spins and they fall in the pail. Works every time...antifreeze will decompose the victims and there is no smell.

Just be careful if you have pets...dogs like to lick antifreeze... it is deadly.

In a pinch, I've used kerosene...same results.

We also use car jackets, dryer sheets and the de-humidity bags.

Happy hunting/

wilma

Plain water works just as well but obviously not in a cold winter climate. I have used this method in our basement at times with great results. However, it really doesn't work to well when it freezes. On a side note, a mouse will likely have great difficulty climbing out of a 5 gal bucket even with no liquid at all and that is the safest for your pets in case they are exposed to the bucket. Also, this way the people who are against the 'unethical treatment of animals', i.e. rats, may dispose of them by simply transplanting them across town...... ;)

Southern States has somejellies that look like gum drops they are very good

Is there any particular type of " car jacket" you all recommend? And vendor to buy them from? I know some links have been posted just double checking before I order
Thx

Mine has worked well for many years. One Spring I counted 23 of them that entered over the Winter.
I also use dryer sheets but I've found droppings on them, so they didn't do the job.
Fresh Cab seems to work well for the inside of the car. I've never found any traces inside a car when using that. If you open the door and you can't smell it, then it's time to change it with a new one. It smells nice.

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Put a big hunk of 0000 steel wool in a zip lock baggie and shove it in your exhaust pipe(s). The mice will chew through the baggie but stop at the steel wool. The baggie contains the wool so it is easy to remove from the pipe(s). Just don't forget to remove them before you start the car.

What's "fresh cab"?

Around here it's sold at Tractor Supply stores. Small bags of loose herbs that have a very pleasant smell, but mice hate it.

Verne