Da#n mice

[will camp for food]

I have a 2019 trailer, which i've mouse proofed as best I could, but them little suckers still find a way in. I used 3 " gorilla tape to seal the underbelly polyplast to the I-beam frame, mouseproof foamed all areas where cables and hosed pass through, used 6x6 1/8" rubber squares cut out and taped where the gears and tubes from my slideout enter the trailer. I have also sealed every opening to the floor area, and boxed in all compartments within the trailer floor area. so far, no mouse has gotten in the floorspace, but I know there's activity in the underbelly. I dont want to use mouse pellets, due to the smell of dead mice. Has anyone cut their underbelly and worked from that angle? Any ideas? I saw a mouse flipper that fits on a 5 gal. bucket, and thought of engineering a way to incorporate that to the underbelly. there's room for a bucket under the trailer. Any thoughts appreciated, thanks, Gary. p.s. sorry for the long post, just wnted to explain how much I tried to mouseproof.

[MoonShadow_1911]

I have a 2019 trailer, which i've mouse proofed as best I could, but them little suckers still find a way in. I used 3 " gorilla tape to seal the underbelly polyplast to the I-beam frame, mouseproof foamed all areas where cables and hosed pass through, used 6x6 1/8" rubber squares cut out and taped where the gears and tubes from my slideout enter the trailer. I have also sealed every opening to the floor area, and boxed in all compartments within the trailer floor area. so far, no mouse has gotten in the floorspace, but I know there's activity in the underbelly. I dont want to use mouse pellets, due to the smell of dead mice. Has anyone cut their underbelly and worked from that angle? Any ideas? I saw a mouse flipper that fits on a 5 gal. bucket, and thought of engineering a way to incorporate that to the underbelly. there's room for a bucket under the trailer. Any thoughts appreciated, thanks, Gary. p.s. sorry for the long post, just wnted to explain how much I tried to mouseproof.

As I've started a couple of times, we use Moen's Mouse Mix and Mouse Free. Both use peppermint extract to keep the mice out.

I use Moen's (in the little baggies) on each of the landing gear pads and on each tire and replace them about once a month. I spray the underbelly edge and all underbelly penetrations with Mouse Free two to four times a year, depending on the amount of moisture we get.

Never had a critter inside.

P.S.: We use both of these products on the ranch, in addition to mousing cats. Kept the Moen's in the grain room (for the horses) and sprayed Mouse Free on the underside of every tractor and vehicle. Never had a mouse problem in the grain room; and never had to replace wiring, hoses, filters, etc, on any tractor or vehicle.

Yes, I swear by this stuff.

EDIT: plus, both products smell really good if you like peppermint!



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[Stainedrug]

X2 on the peppermint. I use nature's care flea and tick spray. It have peppermint and cloves. I spray anything touching the ground. Mice are inevitable, you have food and they can squeeze into any little tiny space. If you see one there's probably four, I've had the best luck with trapping, Lowe's sells tomcat reusable mouse traps. Is the shape of a quarter of a circle. Load a little peanut butter into the back of it and slide it wherever you think they might crawl. I always keep four or five of them loaded and set up. I haven't had my in a few months but I still keep the traps up. These traps you can even slide a couple in the underbelly if you were inclined to do so.

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[WhittleBurner]

I have a 2019 trailer, which i've mouse proofed as best I could, but them little suckers still find a way in. I used 3 " gorilla tape to seal the underbelly polyplast to the I-beam frame, mouseproof foamed all areas where cables and hosed pass through, used 6x6 1/8" rubber squares cut out and taped where the gears and tubes from my slideout enter the trailer. I have also sealed every opening to the floor area, and boxed in all compartments within the trailer floor area. so far, no mouse has gotten in the floorspace, but I know there's activity in the underbelly. I dont want to use mouse pellets, due to the smell of dead mice. Has anyone cut their underbelly and worked from that angle? Any ideas? I saw a mouse flipper that fits on a 5 gal. bucket, and thought of engineering a way to incorporate that to the underbelly. there's room for a bucket under the trailer. Any thoughts appreciated, thanks, Gary. p.s. sorry for the long post, just wnted to explain how much I tried to mouseproof.

Is your spare under the trailer. If it is drop it and you will find a big hole where the cable goes through.

[will camp for food]

Ordered both, thanks for the help.

[will camp for food]

No spare with this trailer. and I have traps, but we only go every other weekend, so I need a way to get them out of the underbelly

[Second Chance]

No spare with this trailer. and I have traps, but we only go every other weekend, so I need a way to get them out of the underbelly

Foam and tape are not "mouse proof" by any stretch of the imagination. Rodents can chew through anything except steel (and that would probably just take them longer). The products listed by the folks above are your best best.

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[luvmyrv]

Is your spare under the trailer. If it is drop it and you will find a big hole where the cable goes through.

I dropped the spare today because I hadn't considered this....sure enough, big hole where cable comes through. So whats the remedy to mouse proof that? Don't want to spray any type of expanding foam in there that will prevent the cable from lowering the spare. And the hole is much too big to put any type of steel wool in there. Now they can't really access that area unless the snow builds up in winter allowing them to access that cable area.

[MoonShadow_1911]

I dropped the spare today because I hadn't considered this....sure enough, big hole where cable comes through. So whats the remedy to mouse proof that? Don't want to spray any type of expanding foam in there that will prevent the cable from lowering the spare. And the hole is much too big to put any type of steel wool in there. Now they can't really access that area unless the snow builds up in winter allowing them to access that cable area.

Buy a steel mesh screen, cut it to size, and staple, tape, nail, it to the coroplast?

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[SSROSS]

You can mix 15 to 20 % bleach to water and spray underside of trailer. The little bastards leave a pee trail for others to find there way in. The water bleach mix will mask it and keep them from finding the trail. I carry a spray bottle and spray my stabilizers and axels anytime I might be in the woods or somewhere I think they might be around. I have had good success with the electronic traps that you can get at Home Depot less messy than the snap traps.