Mice!!!

[Ozymandias]

Crack the hood, these pests absolutely don't like to be "visible" for predators from above.
I never had problem with the hood 10" open attached to a rubber bungee.

 

[NIsaacs]

Crack the hood, these pests absolutely don't like to be "visible" for predators from above.
I never had problem with the hood 10" open attached to a rubber bungee.

I agree, only I just leave a slight crack. I also have two dogs that are death on rats and ground squirrels, when they need help I am on top of it.

I am not in favor of de-con, other animals and birds will eat the poisoned varmints. I also use spring traps and live traps.

 

[Rob S]

I agree, only I just leave a slight crack. I also have two dogs that are death on rats and ground squirrels, when they need help I am on top of it.

I am not in favor of de-con, other animals and birds will eat the poisoned varmints. I also use spring traps and live traps.

I agree on not using the poison. Dont want to wipe out the other good animals with the poisoned rodents.

 

[Jim W]

I'd prefer killing them over "repelling" them. I'd start with some spring loaded traps baited with peanut butter underneath the truck. Once that slows down put out some DCon in those little cardboard boxes and then they'll go off and die somewhere else. You can tell if they're taking the bait because they'll chew up the box too. My uncle had a small vacation cabin on a good chunk of (mostly) undeveloped land, this treatment got rid of the mice after a couple months.

I really don't wont dead mice in my trailer, that is why I won't use D-CON. Another problem is the trailer is in a storage yard and I am sure the owner of the yard would not want exposed poison laying about in his storage yard.

 

[Ozymandias]

To bad that they don't sell these in the US.

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Electric Shocker, works 100%. I have had one of these and just bought a new one for our Travel truck, I'm bored to open the hood every second evening...

 

[JackFate]

Have same rodent problem. My truck & car are in semi heated garages. I use bucket traps,3 of them .
Catch ( they drown) probably get well over a hundred a year. The ultrasonic repellent didn’t work for me at all. Fresh cab didn’t work at either, had two new bags fastened to battery covers and found acorns & chewed battery covers right next to the fresh cab bags. I now keep the hood up with a led trouble light under the hood .
Chipmunks are awful creatures .They chew though screens and chew the weatherstripping off doors and dig under foundations. I trap them but they get smarter Over time. Even the outside cats can’t seem to get them in check . Guess that’s why they’re called vermin

 

[Tuesdak]

Crack the hood, these pests absolutely don't like to be "visible" for predators from above.
I never had problem with the hood 10" open attached to a rubber bungee.

We do that here a lot. One best not forget it's open and unlatched... so leave the hood 100% in your face up or not at all. One of my buddies forgot and about 35 MPH the hood said "Hello" as it took out the windshield and bent itself to ruin on his sedan. $800+ damage to engine wiring harnesses is very common here. The engine shutdown because air filter debris was jamming the electronic throttle took the cake: nest in the air filter and major harness damage.

Video at work can be interesting as we thought vandals were attempting to steal an AC condenser on a building. Nooooo... Wile E. Coyote chased a varmint into it and then destroyed the unit getting to "lunch". The company car that had the fender chewed off was also on video. Wile E. Coyote vs. car. After that video there were some people fixing the fence to keep the bigger critters out.

Use metal screen to keep them out of air filter boxes and I also use it around the jacks on the 5er RV.

 

[RammerJam]

I really don't wont dead mice in my trailer, that is why I won't use D-CON. Another problem is the trailer is in a storage yard and I am sure the owner of the yard would not want exposed poison laying about in his storage yard.

It used to be that the critter would have to ingest the poison first, which would make him thirsty and when he drank water it would activate it. Thereby causing them die somewhere not in your house, trailer, truck....

I don't know about now.

And if the property owner doesn't want poison laying about in his facility, then maybe he should do something about the vermin in his facility. To me, he has a fiduciary duty to protect his customers. (he won't and we both know it)

I hate poisons, too. Don't like the idea of local Hawks/Owls/Falcons dying from the posion. The neighbor's cats? I could live with that. Farm Cats? No. Outdoor cats are cool.

Short of sitting outside with a pellet gun all night, I don't know what else you could do. Setting a bunch of traps under the truck would make sense.

Maybe see if you can buy a bunch of Raptors: Owls, Falcons, Hawks.

And we're back to poison........

Maybe if you policed the area diligently every day while using it, it would cut down or even eliminate the friendly fire problem.

Good luck to the OP and anybody else with the problem

 

[seafish]

Leaving the hood open has always worked for me, but of course I live in a mild 3 season climate and also park in the shop and leave the hood up with the batteries charging in the winter.

 

[GSykes]

This is what I found under the hood a few months back. Looked like party central, the li'l buggers. Stuck sticky boards in there and to date "nothing". No chewed wiring thank goodness, seems they brought their own lunch. I did however remove the battery blankets, maybe that has something to do with attracting them. Never had this problem on any of my other vehicles over the years. Who knows.

 

[Ltngdrvr]

Here you go, print this out and put it under the hood of your truck, scare 'em away!!!
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[DavidC]

The problem lies with all this green tecko going on. Wire insulation made from soybeans etc. It's a real diner with newer vehicles starting in the 90's.

 

[RammerJam]

The problem lies with all this green tecko going on. Wire insulation made from soybeans etc. It's a real diner with newer vehicles starting in the 90's.

Remember the cracking steering wheels back in the 50's?

That's how far back soy bean plastic goes. At least. Maybe more. Tenite

 

[DavidC]

There's a thread here somewhere about the most edible vehicles. It's a little old now but interesting.

 

[RammerJam]

There's a thread here somewhere about the most edible vehicles. It's a little old now but interesting.

Do they have 'Fried Brakes'?

 

[DavidC]

Do they have 'Fried Brakes'?

Probably an option if tree hugging is the thing

 

[Elsbury]

It was mentioned earlier in the thread but this works pretty good for us. We camped in a ground squirrel infested place for a week and them and the pack rats left my truck alone. Not so for my poor neighbors though. I think the flashing led's do more than the sound. I have it mounted under the brake master cylinder.

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[JackFate]

This is what I found under the hood a few months back. Looked like party central, the li'l buggers. Stuck sticky boards in there and to date "nothing". No chewed wiring thank goodness, seems they brought their own lunch. I did however remove the battery blankets, maybe that has something to do with attracting them. Never had this problem on any of my other vehicles over the years. Who knows.
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This looks like the same party I’ve got going on except they got into the wiring on the negative post. Only inches from the blankets was 2 packs of Fresh Cab mouse repellent

 

[RammerJam]

It was mentioned earlier in the thread but this works pretty good for us. We camped in a ground squirrel infested place for a week and them and the pack rats left my truck alone. Not so for my poor neighbors though. I think the flashing led's do more than the sound. I have it mounted under the brake master cylinder.

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[DavidC]

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