Tips on How to Keep Mice Out of an RV

Rodents, especially mice, are a big problem when it comes to storing an RV. So we've got some products here that we were able to bring in to show you some of the different ways that you can either deter mice or get rid of 'em all together. Now, if you don't want the mice to be killed, this is a catch and release trap. Simply put the bait on the inside. You could put cheese, peanut butter works pretty well. And once they step inside that, it just closes in the mouse inside it. You could actually take 'em somewhere else and release 'em, if you wanted it to. That one is called the the live catch mouse trap. Now, most of these products that I've got here, I found at a a tractor supply place or farm implement. We have what's called Mills Fleet Farm, Tractor Supply, 'cause you'll see a lot of these products in farm related or agriculture related stores. But you can also get 'em at any home improvement store as well. Then another deterrent is the electronic version here. You know, and the problem with this one here, that I've seen, I've actually used these before myself. If you don't check your traps quite often they're gonna die inside the trap anyway. So if you wanna catch and release, you're gonna have to watch that, check it quite often. Then this is the electronic version, and we're simply gonna put it under the inside of it, turn this on and that's gonna attract them into it. Now this is actually gonna kill up to 100 mice. So this is not a catch and release type of a situation but it does run with electronic pulse to bring them in. Then we have the glue sticks or traps And these you've got to be fairly careful with because this is a very sticky, as you can see here, type of a trap. So you would just put these around the various areas of your RV, the wheels, so forth. And once they step in this, they don't get out. The thing you gotta be careful about with this is if you've got any kind of pets, you've got birds, animals, stuff that you don't want to get trapped and you don't want to get your fingers in here either 'cause it's very, very difficult to get these out. But they just step inside of it and they're stuck. So. And we have typical miles trap. Everybody's familiar with the old standard style. Again, the challenge with these is once these trip, then if you've got it in storage, you have to keep going back and resetting them. Now a lot of people like to go with a d-CON or some type of a, of a product that they would eat and it would kill them. This one happens to be a trap that they can just go inside here and get the actual bait that's in here, and eat it. The nice thing about these types of traps is that if you've got any pets, again, wildlife that you don't want getting into, into this area and eating the d-CON or the bait, then they go inside here and they typically don't take it out. And this one is actually refillable we'll just pop the top off here. And they are a little, little bit difficult to get in but that's good because you don't want the top coming off and having bait easily accessible. There we go. So now you can see the bait in here. One of the things that I've come across a couple of different make your own type of stations. First of all, you can buy this bait in bulk, so I could refill this, but if I wanted to take and build my own station, first thing I would do is I could take two inch PVC pipe. Now I did get the wrong size here, but we're just gonna use this to simulate. And I would make a leg, right like this, and then bring a piece of wire. Put this down in the inside. So now I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take this bait out of here, and I don't wanna touch that with my bare hands. So I'm gonna put on these rubberized gloves. Anytime you work with poison or bait, that type of stuff, it's a good idea to put in a little protection. So you notice this comes right out. This keeps it in place, which is nice. The problem is, is that I probably don't have enough bait in here to last for three or four months during storage of my RV. So I want to build something a little bit bigger that's gonna allow me to keep theirs, those for a long time. And I saw this version on the internet and what they do with this one is they actually use a smaller version. You notice it's got a hole in the middle. And that would just sit down in here. And I would put four or five, six, seven of these in a row and put this tube over the top and run a coat hanger, or a piece of all-rod, allthread. And that just holds that in place, so as they eat it, they can't take that outside with them. It stays in and it just keeps working its way down and it lasts for a very long time. Now another unique little idea will work with this one is just get any type of a container. This one happens to be coffee. You could do like a Cool Whip jar, Tupperware, any type of that. So it's really inexpensive. It's just stuff that you would probably throw away anyway. So I'm gonna cut a little bit of wire. And I'm just gonna make it the little bit longer than the diameter of this. Put that down here. And I'm just gonna take an all, actually wanna go down a little bit further. There we go, right about there. Right here. And I'm just gonna put these inside. So now depending on how wide this thing is, I could use an ice cream container, I could use a five gallon bucket and get quite a few of them in here, and that's gonna hold my bait in place. I'll probably, I could get two of those in here. Maybe just bend these corners a little bit. And that's what happens if you touch. Reminds me of an old comedy show. So now I'm gonna just put some holes around the outside and I can either use this as a step bit or one of the old style here, just to hold more. And. This one's a little dull, so I'm gonna actually take, I like this one better. Get to our drill setting. So what I'm doing with that is basically just gonna drill a series of holes around the sides of it. So mice can get in, they'll be able to eat inside there, they're not gonna be able to drag it out. I put the lid back on it, so I don't get any moisture. And I can make up five, six of these, put 'em around every single tire. And I've got a really inexpensive way to get rid of mice.