Commonly recommended deterrents include peppermint oil mothballs pine needle spray dryer sheets and oddly enough irish spring bar soap.
Mice in rv walls.
The reason i say that is because we are parked on a grain farm and grain farms attract mice it s just what they do.
If you re one of the campers who find evidence of little pests inside your rv you need to follow a good attack plan to get rid of them.
Keep windows and doors closed make sure that all of your w as well as your outside storage doors doors are firmly closed all of their gaskets are in good shape and that all the doors seat well when closed and locked.
Mice will emerge from your walls in search of food and that s your best window of opportunity to catch them.
If you hear these types of sounds and want to be sure what it is bang on the wall close to the source.
Another reason is that since we ve placed the mint oil in our rv the mouse activity around our rv has remained consistent.
There are a number of things that an rv owner can do to keep mice out of their camper especially when storing the camper.
Using various scents to keep mice at bay is usually the first thing rvers try to correct the problem.
Cracks around doors poorly sealed pull out sections gaps around plumbing or wiring gaps in the floor corners or cracks where walls meet access panels for plumbing electrical etc.
Even if you haven t seen any critters in your house the stench of dead mice may have accumulated in the interior of your walls.
For instance the shop we are parked 3 feet from has mice i ve seen them.
Bait multiple traps with peanut butter or cheese and place them wherever you ve found.
Common places for rodents to enter an rv include.
A dead mouse should not be left to rot inside your wall because its corpse could soon attract fleas.
And they are so persistent it drives homeowners batty.
Mice scratching and chewing in the walls can sound as if the source of the noise should be bigger than a raccoon rummaging around in there.
Well i can honestly say that we are keeping mice out of our rv because of the mint oil we put out.
It is very deceiving.
Nearly all rv owners will get mice in their camper especially if it s stored and unused for long periods of time.