I have two and always find mouse carcuses. No problems.
Mouse proofing
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Illinois
When mice enter you garage--you can't keep them out--the first thing they are after is food. I have 10 mouse traps set aroung around the inside perimeter of the garage--especially at every corner and by the door and edges of the garage door. If you do this a mouse is not going to nest in your car--it will go straight for the food--best bait is of course peanut butter--use plenty. If they eat the PB from one trap and don't set it off they always move on to the next--that gets them. Just my two cents.
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Racer
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Upstate New York
Dryer sheets and those disc mouse traps that you dont' have to touch anything didnt' do it for me. The only thing that got rid of them is poison. I used it as a last resort because as most have said, I didn't want a mouse to crawl under the dash and die, but I figured a dead stinky mouse is better than a live one eating up my car. No signs of any mice for a couple of months now. ENG 40, I wonder if you could really find all the places those buggers could get in? They're pretty good at finding the most out of the way places.
I am pretty sure they were getting in through the bypass opening beside the heater core and in one of the astroventilation tubes.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Cortlandt Manor New York
I have used Irish Spring soap bars inside the car and traps with peanut butter around the edges. It seems to work. No mice nests in 5 years but plenty of dead ones in the traps. None inside the car or engine campartment. They seem to like peanut butter especially chunky.
Le Mans Master
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From: Fernandina Beach FL
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I don't know about Northern mice...but here in the south I had mice EATING the Irish Spring Soap bars...They were getting into the bathroom and chowing down on the soap.
A snap trap w/ peanut butter solved the problem...
Richard
A snap trap w/ peanut butter solved the problem...
Richard
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2007
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From: Ventura California
Just make sure you don't walk in on em when they're taking a shower!
Safety Car
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From: Concord VA, U.S.A.
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Get one of these.
I've had one plugged in the garage since my house was built in '97 and never had one rodent get in.
http://www.pestoffense.com/
I've had one plugged in the garage since my house was built in '97 and never had one rodent get in.
http://www.pestoffense.com/
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