[jwa]

Just spent our first night away this year in our 09 Clubman SI.Turning the gas on in the locker I discovered we have had mice in there.Have had a look underneath but cannot see how they have got in,any ideas?
John.

[jan69c]

Mice only need a gap the thickness of a biro to get through.

[Grandpa Steve]

jwa, on 17 March 2010 - 09:02 PM, said:

Just spent our first night away this year in our 09 Clubman SI.Turning the gas on in the locker I discovered we have had mice in there.Have had a look underneath but cannot see how they have got in,any ideas?
John.

A mouse can squeeze through a 3/8" dia.hole so it could get in anywhere.

Humane traps and edam cheese works for me.

GPS

[Sparrowhawk]

Grandpa Steve, on 17 March 2010 - 09:06 PM, said:

A mouse can squeeze through a 3/8" dia.hole so it could get in anywhere.

Humane traps and edam cheese works for me.

GPS

[bigbilly]

My local rodent catcher reckons that the best bait for catching mice is peanut butter !

Bill

[CommanderDave]

I have heard peanut butter is good for attracting mice . If you leave them you could end up needing the caravan rewired.

I would trap them rather than try poisions or your have odour problems .

I have chased mice thanks to the cat bring them in under kitchen units with the slightest of slitted gap at the bottom .


Dave

This post has been edited by CommanderDave: 18 March 2010 - 09:28 AM

[chapmag]

jwa, on 17 March 2010 - 09:02 PM, said:

Just spent our first night away this year in our 09 Clubman SI.Turning the gas on in the locker I discovered we have had mice in there.Have had a look underneath but cannot see how they have got in,any ideas?
John.

We've just had our first outing of the year and we also discovered that we had been visited by a mouse/mice.

It/they ate all the wild bird seed my wife left in the top drawer above the fire.

We left the drawer (and all the cupboards) open to allow air circulation throughout the winter.

I couldn't see any droppings and no damage or nesting activity.. so we may have got away with it this time.

I'm off up the 'van tomorrow with some metal gauze to re-inforce the vents/cable access in the floor!!

G.

[Griff]

I can sympathise with your mouse problems, this was our experience last year. Horror Story

We found that the manufacturer had failed to seal at all around a number of entry/exit points for cables and pipes ~ check these.

Yes mice can can get through gaps of 3/8" square holes which is why some manufacturers are soft enough to put 3/8" square gas drop hole meshes in the floors and plastic at that.

Part of a mouses staple diet is plastic so what the heck!

I over meshed all of ours in metal with the same size mesh half pitched to make sure.

[mary ross]

Our last van was a Lunar Clubman, and we got mice in at the storage site. Reckon they got in somewhere around the n/s wheel arch, as that's where they caused most damage. They spent their time transporting the dog's dry food pellets from the box to the inside of my OH's walking boot, which they also topped up with shredded paper. They chewed a sponge, the wires on a set of earphones, some doggy chews and other bits and pieces, including most of a bar of soap! There were mouse droppings on every surface, under seats, on bedding . . . . . but no sign of any live mice. We set traps (not humane ones! <_< ) but never caught anything. Cleaned the van from top to bottom, but traded it in 2 months later. Couldn't bear the feeling that it had been 'invaded.'
I realise this was a rather extreme way of solving the problem, but a van you don't feel comfortable in is no use to anyone.

Mary