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Wondering if anyone on here has a solution for keeping mice out of a travel trailer, have gone over it from end to end and plugged or sealed any obvious holes that they might use to access the trailer but still end up catching 3 or 4 every winter with mouse traps, they never seem to get into the traps until they have left their little black turd calling cards everywhere. Have also tried dryer sheets, cloves and peppermint oil to no avail. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Jim
A friend of mine found that the only way to keep them out was to jack his trailer up high enough that enabled him to place it on stands that had cones around them similar to squirrel proof poles that bird feeders are place on.[at least 2 feet off the floor]
Mice can climb anywhere and on most any type of surface, this was the only way he found that would work.
We used clove spice in hunt camp & in travel trailer. Along the floor edges, under the mattress, cabinets top & bottom. Attachment 33237
I talked to my neighbor at camp and told him I got my first mouse in the camp and that I had to set some traps around the pantry and counter top. A light came on when he asked me why I waited til they got inside to set traps. He says he traps them outside the camp before they come in and gets a pile of the things every fall.
So now I just use the old pop can baited with peanut butter on a wire trick. Set it up under the porch and it works fine.
I had skirting around the base of our trailer. Every fall at close-up,I threw a couple of handfuls of mothballs all around the inside under the trailer that kept everything out. Mice,squirrels,skunks,coons and porkies hated that stuff,wouldn't go near it. We had the trailer for 8 years and never had any trouble with critters.
I've also heard from others that mothballs are a good deterrent. Cheap, easy and don't need re-setting.
I use poison, moth balls, sonic repellers and have 2 outdoor cats. Between all those we have not had/seen a mouse in 7 or 8 years.
Maybe I was just lucky but I got by with dryer sheets last year.
My trailer trl is up off the suspension and parked permanent the only luck we have had is sealing every crack with Mono Foam. We also clean every speck of food, stand all the cushions, beds mattresses on end/side. All over winter linens go into sealable totes this ensures they cannot nest in linen or beds and wife puts dyer sheets everywhere. Short of what you are doing or have done, no other advice. Good Luck