What About Mice?
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 15,055
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From: Holly Springs NC
St. Jude Donor '16-'17,'22,'24
For those who store cars, the mouse problem should be taken seriously. I've posted this in the past, but it's a true story and worth repeating here. My friend's Porsche Boxter was stored in a garage over the winter. Come the spring, the car wouldn't start. After towing it to the garage, they determine the wire covers where stripped of insulation, eaten by mice. Insurance totaled the car. Yup, that's right, a total loss.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 6,644
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From: OK
Mice leave a pheromone trail behind everywhere they go, more are sure to follow this trail. That is why all the suggestions to cover this pheromone trail eg. moth *****, Irish spring, good quality rum (ooops, that is for me) and hopefully keep other mice away. Miss Molly (a cat) is excellent as mice smell cats and don't come near. To get rid of the mouse you may have already a few good mouse traps should do the trick. Good luck
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,862
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From: Prescott, Arizona
The way mice get into the HVAC ducting is through the cowl. Once under the cowl a mouse can make its way into the HVAC ducting. If you remove the cowl, you will see multiple places where an enterprising mouse can slip through.
I had two cats in my garage and ran at least three baited mouse traps at all times, but still had two instances in the first six months of ownership of my C5 where a mouse or mice built nests in the center of the HVAC blower wheel.
The HVAC blower is under the passenger side knee bolster and can be removed in just a few minutes for inspection.
After I removed the cowl and screened every possible entry and made sure that all the duckbill drains were intact, my mouse problems stopped. That was five and a half years ago.
I had two cats in my garage and ran at least three baited mouse traps at all times, but still had two instances in the first six months of ownership of my C5 where a mouse or mice built nests in the center of the HVAC blower wheel.
The HVAC blower is under the passenger side knee bolster and can be removed in just a few minutes for inspection.
After I removed the cowl and screened every possible entry and made sure that all the duckbill drains were intact, my mouse problems stopped. That was five and a half years ago.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 1,658
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From: Rochester Minnesota
I use dCON. The varmints go looking for water once they eat some, so they won't stay in your car. At least that's been my experience with a boat, motorhome, and the C5 that all sit in a shed over winter. I always spread a bunch around inside the shed in the fall when the mice start looking for a warm place to overwinter. No problems with the mice.
If you have cats or dogs, you may not want to use it as they may find a dead mouse outside and eat it-------------which could be bad for the cat or dog (unless the cat is your neighbor's).
If you have cats or dogs, you may not want to use it as they may find a dead mouse outside and eat it-------------which could be bad for the cat or dog (unless the cat is your neighbor's).
