lagreen Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Hi All, I have a 1993 toyota Dolphin. On the last night of a perfectly wonderful trip with old friends I was awakened by a mouse that had invaded MY space. Are there any particular access points that I need to get closed up or do I just have to crawl around everywhere looking for gaps. The lady I bought the camper from had an unopened bag of steel wool pads in one of the compartments that she kept there to "keep the mice out, because they don't like steel wool". Now, I do know that it is not a magic repellent and that you do have to plug the holes with it. I was just wondering If you all know where the most usual access points are. Thanks, Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Where water, sewer, gas lines go through the floor. Refer, furnace, water heater doors/vents (screen them) Electric connect box (leaves a nice hole and ladder for them when you are plugged in). The only way to eliminate this one is to go with a marine inlet. They can get in from the engine compartment. Check where the AC line and wiring goes through the firewall. They can get in through the cab cowling vent into the heater box (keep unit on recirculate) Any holes/gaps can be stuffed with butyl putty tape (they hate this stuff). If you can put bait boxes in safe locations you can use poison but if you kill one it will get stinky for a few weeks (pew) I've never had a mouse get into any of my RVs but I can't seem to keep them out of the heater box on my Toyota pickup for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 The steel wool is to plug the hole with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagreen Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Thanks for the feedback. I didn't even have and land lines down where I was parked, just 4 tires. These little guys are really motivated. Will get to work on plugging the gaps and will keep traps onboard. thanks, Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajadulce Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Check your engine compartment wiring too for mice activity. That's when these critters can do expensive damage. At ToyotaDiesel.com there are some entertaining solutions as well as some horror stories that make for good reading: Expensive Mice! marked for death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagreen Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Bajadulce, Wow, that was some scary reading. We have had Hanta virus in our area. Guess I won't store the Dolphin at my brothers ranch this winter. I had stored a travel trailer with no problems, but can keep the motorhome in the driveway if I have too. Don't see too many mice in town here. I'll be patching every hole I can find in the motorhome as soon as I get my next day off. Thanks again Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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