I put my 67 up for the winter. Last year I used moth ***** and the coupe smelled like Aunt Martha's winter coat till mid July. I put moth ***** inside, under the hood and under the car again but there has to be a better way.

In my cabin in Northern Wisconsin I tried the electronic noise makers. I think it was music to their little ears as there was evidence of a Roman feast, dabauchery and a square dance directly in front of the outlet where the thing was plugged in. It angered me so much that I almost got arrested in Disneyworld when Mickey came up to me to say "Howdy and welcone" and I responded by grabbing him around his little neck... but thats a story for another time.

Does anyone have another solution to the mice issue?

 

We use Bounce dryer sheets in the motorhome for winter storage. Place them throughout and on seats. Seems to work and no mothball smell.

 

How about a full zip capsule or clear bubble - both are available on the market - not sure re cost.

 

Consider quietly sitting in your garage with an AR-15? Shotgun too messy, but the little 5.56mm won't leave much to clean up.

 

Park it in front of a cathouse?

 

I've never tried this but I've heard it works.

 

Awwwwwwww.......Poor Mickey



Sounds like your cabin episode is the making of a good cartoon. Seriously, I have the same meese problem here. I use mothballs on the intake manifold only and keep the hood propped open. That seems to take away the lure of the dark confines of the engine compartment as a hideaway destination. I use Bounce sheets under the seats and in a pie pan on the drivers and passengers floor. Make sure the 7/8" rubber plugs in the rear storage compartment are there as well. If you have side exhausts stuff rags in the outlets.

In the garage I use mouse bait.....not those silly sticky traps, but the poisonous kind (pellets and blocks) that gives them a hemmorage and a permanent ending to their miserable existence. I've been lucky not to find any dead mice in the garage but I know the little devils have been consuming the bait at a regular rate and dying elsewhere. Make sure your precious pets don't consume the bait or the little dead turdlings either.

By the way don't blame poor ole Mickey. He's probably innocent of all charges but could be just a distant relative to those pesky little devils that are driving you nuts.....you've heard stories of how fast they multiply, eh?

Good luck on your meese hunt

 

Same here, but don't put the Bounce sheets directly on the carpet, etc, use pie pans. The Bounce sheets can stain.

 

I tried one of those in my camper one winter, the mice chewed the power cord in 2. (low voltage)
I use the poison in the garage and tie rags over the exhaust tips.
have been lucky so far.
rod

 

I let my outside cats in the garage for the winter make them a nice little place to sleep first couple of weeks when I go into garage find one of Mickeys relatives on the floor . Just make sure you have a car cover on BABY.

JIM

 

 

A friend of mine is a professional exterminator. Mice are a lot of work to get rid of. My backyard view is good for about 30 miles. He and I were standing out there looking at the view and discussing mouseproofing my home here in the country. It is surrounded with some cropland. He said I am screwed. He informed me, on the average, in the country, there are about 300 mice/acre. So I have 2 bait stations outside along with 4 individual tin cats, the non spring type. I check the tin cats weekly and always have at least 2-6 mice minimum weekly. If you think you don't have mice in the country you're kidding yourself. Dryer sheets work great for a mouse nest after the smell is exhausted. There is a product here in the Dakotas, accidentally discovered by an aviator called Mouseout. It is an aerosol lube originally applied to aircraft. We use it at our coal mine to keep them out of switchgear. It works but it is grease. For your corvette I would setup outside and inside tin cats and outside setup baitstaions. Hit them hard and be tenacious, because they are. Keep all seed, dog/cat food etc. outdoors or in a sealed metal container. They will smell it and die trying to get to it. Dick Gutman

 

There's another one from North Dakota called "Fresh Cab." Heard great things about it. Currently in my car in my garage in Boston.

 

Haven't seen a mouse in the garage for a year!

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My friend has a cabin in the Upper peninsula of michigan, he made this nifty little device that works great.

5 gallon bucket, filled with 4" of redpop antifreeze.

a 2x4 from the floor up to the top of the bucket.

A wire strung across the top of the bucket with a 6" long 3/4" dia. metal tube in the middle so it rotates very easily.

Stick an even ring of peanut butter in the middle of the middle of the tube, and the mice crawl out there, try to get to the peanut butter and fall into the redpop, and eventually tire and die.

Never got to watch a them fall in it, but every time we go up there snowmobiling, the buckets always got some in there & I've never seen one in the cabin.

The redpop antifreeze is Non toxic for pets as well. Bubba mousetrap, but it works, and the redpop keep the things from stankin...

 

Hi, I've heard that cedar chips work as well as moths ***** and the stench is at least a bit more pleasent, besides the moths will love ya for it Peace,,,Moosie

 

Joe, If you want to see what the Bubble looks like I will be setting mine up this weekend. I am close by. PM me for a # and directions if interested. TommyN

 

car covers invite them to nest between the body and the cover...this can be deadly for vert tops

 

The best way to control rodents is to prevent them from gaining access in the first place. I have been doing pest control work for over twenty years and have always sealed entry ways around the garage door jambs or replacing the seals around the garage doors and sealing alll holes larger than a dime with steel wool or high quality caulk. Installing rodent bait stations on the outside and also on the inside and placing glue boards or snap traps inside the vehicle works the best. Mothballs, chemical repellants and sound waves have no effect on rodents. Been there done that. I once found a large mouse nest in the corner of a garage in which, when I removed it, mothballs fell out of the nest and the mice ran everywhere. Mothballs also have no effect on moths as well.