Mice!!! How do you keeps rodents out of your conversion???

[gus]

Dryer sheets work well for us in cabinets and under beds.

The best thing is a plain ole mouse trap at each wheel since this is usually the only way they can get into a bus. I use a trap at each wheel for an airplane, mice are deadly inside airplanes.

[gumpy]

Try coyote urine ...you can get it at local hunting/fishing stores ....I spray it around the perimeter of the shop and have never had a problem with rodents or possums ...you can also spray it on the tires ...it works great !

Now there's a job you don't see advertised much... Coyote Urine Collector.  

[NewbeeMC9]

Try coyote urine ...you can get it at local hunting/fishing stores ....I spray it around the perimeter of the shop and have never had a problem with rodents or possums ...you can also spray it on the tires ...it works great !
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Now there's a job you don't see advertised much... Coyote Urine Collector.  

A whole new meaning to "Urine over your head"

Maybe that's how the coyote paid ACME!


A real pi$$er

better off than on!

SO THATS WHAT THE COLLECTION AGENCY WANTED


Sorry squirt!

[Lin]

That's not the hard job.  I was told that you can keep deer away from your garden by spreading Mountain Lion urine around.

http://www.yardlover.com/mountain-lion-urine-pest-repellent-8-oz

[Ed Brenner]

Move to the Beach !!! since we have lived here I ain't seen one mouse,maybe they don't like the sandy soil. Anyway i AIN'T COMPLAINING. Now how do you get rid of roaches !!! OOps they call them Palmetto Bugs,even nuclear waste don't work 

Send me some mice I trade,some are so big my dog runs from them !!!

ED

[Greg Roberts]

That is just hilarious!

Do not slow to less than 34 miles per hour.  If you must stop, pee on the bus!

[Barn Owl]

Mice have been one of my biggest problems. I have done everything there is to try and the only permanent success I have had has been poison. The only problem with it is that it can take several days, and a mouse that is setting up house can do a lot of damage before it dies. They also die in inconvenient places that make it a challenge to get them out of, and by the time you know they are there, it is gross. 

[buswarrior]

Peanut butter used as bait in the trap.

Absolutely NO FOOD left in the coach, and vacuum up the crumbs before leaving it parked.

Cats only redeeming feature is mouse control.

Otherwise, they'd be GONE.

Good topic!

happy coaching!
buswarrior

[divinerightstrip]

You might think I'm a total hippie weirdo, but I dont like to use chemicals in my bus when I don't have to (especially for killing life - not good!) so I plant mint around my bus in the warm months. Mice don't like mint, and the plant grows like a weed.
It works really well!!!

-DRT

[trucktramp]

If you don't want to use poison, you can use a mix that a friend of mine that cares for big birds (read hawks, falcons, eagles...not the bus, etc.).  She takes dry cement and mixes it with grain or something that the mice will eat.  Place a small pan of water nearby so that they can get a drink.  She claims that it works like a charm...and she can feed them to her birds.

[Bob Belter]

Ahoy, BusFolk,

Rats here are a big problem.  They eat cars, bus, and what else.  Too cold for rattlers here in Carmel  -  go into Carmel Valley and they are present.  Besides, as noted, they are lousy pets.

Had a visitor who brought three cats.  In no time at all, one could have opened a third world restaurant!!!  So  ---  I got two cats --  who have now become house pets!!!

I insist that hunger will make a cat a hunter.

A household discussion continues about hunger vs cruelty to cats.  Not yet resolved.  Wish me luck.

Enjoy   /s/   Bob 

[Just Dallas]

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[scanzel]

Had to replace three air lines today two 3/8 inch and one 1/4 inch to the front replays. Hopefully on Sunday she will air up. My wife loved some of your replies especially the coyote urine and the rattle snakes. We have cats but they are strictly house cats, lost many to coyotes now that they have migrated to Connecticut. Thanks for all the suggestions, will try some of them.

[bryanhes]

I  have been reading these posts, laughing at some  and thinking I sure am glad I don't have a mice problem. Low and behold I go to the shop to do some tinkering this evening and see guess what on the work bench? MOUSE TURDS! Damn!
There were none two days ago  So off to get the sticky traps. I have used them in the past and they work great. A small piece of cheese brings them every time. I don't like the poison either because they tend to die where you don't want them to.

And I would hate to be the guy collecting the Mountain Lion urine 

Bryan

[John316]

Not to derail things...but...

Dr. Dave Reloaded, I noticed you changed your name and avatar. I kinda like the "new look" . Aloha, Hartley....

God bless,

John