An rv is a warm cozy place for a mouse to take up residence during the winter months.
Mice in rv underbelly.
Photo by dwight burdette while mice may not like these smells mice are extremely persistent.
The first thing you do.
Using various scents to keep mice at bay is usually the first thing rvers try to correct the problem.
You ll want to move the light around and inspect the underbelly of both the driver and passenger sides of your rv.
Look for even the tiniest strip of light seeping through.
For several months of the year the camper is empty without much activity making it the perfect spot for rodents to hang out unnoticed.
Every spring i open the engine dog house and inspect the area i usually find scraps from pinecones and nesting material tucked into engine cavities because it s warm there and.
Any small hole in an rv can serve as an entrance for mice especially the underbelly the compartment where the shore power cord is kept and even the air conditioner.
What you can do.
If you re one of the campers who find evidence of little pests inside your rv you need to follow a good attack plan to get rid of them.
Nearly all rv owners will get mice in their camper especially if it s stored and unused for long periods of time.
I set out dcon bait and a couple rat traps right on the flat area behind the windshield.
Accessing tiny places is their gig and they re very good at it.
Mice are hungry curious and small.
Fabric softener sheets spread dryer sheets all over the rv when it s in storage to keep mice away.
Mouse free is a non toxic formula that stops the entry of mice into your rv.
It keeps them and other pests from entering through the small holes and cavities on the under side of your motorhome or.
Mice have been getting into rvs ever since there have been rvs.
The presence of the aluminum belly on your airstream helps chris but mice are sneaky and can work their way into an opening of perhaps inch diameter or smaller.
Put these traits together and you have an underestimated rv enemy.
Commonly recommended deterrents include peppermint oil mothballs pine needle spray dryer sheets and oddly enough irish spring bar soap.
Then when you take it out put the sheets in a plastic bag and use them for laundry.
Supposedly mice hate the smell.
You notice that rodents are using your rv s engine compartments as storage areas.
