Protect Your Vehicle from Mice! Proven Efficient Mouse Trap! Best Mouse Trap!?
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- A common problem for nomads is having mice in the engine compartment. These mice will chew away at the wiring of your engine and it can be a very exspensive and problematic.
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When I attended your Summer RTR in Flagstaff a few years ago, at the Coconino National forest. I camped for 3 nights with you and your tribe. When I left my truck was running poorly as I drove toward Williams Az. To make a long story short appaently Pack Rats had gotten in the engine compartment and chewed up wires. I had to have the truck towed back to the Ford dealer in Flagstaff for repairs to the tune of $650 on top of the $150 tow. The mechanic at the dealership told my this happens frequently. When camping in this environment leave your hood open, and put a few of those small solar wedge light under the engine compartment at night and recharge them during the day. This will help detour critters.
Clothes dryer sheets..the perfumy ones... tucked in and around the engine compartment, especially the wire harness area... moth balls also work..put them in a light cloth pouch and hang them in the areas as needed... The water bucket works great I've used it often. Thanks Bob, lots of great advise as usual.
I had issues with mice and chipmunks and squirrels getting into my engine . One time my transmission wires were chewed up , cost me 400 bucks plus towing. The mechanic told me to put dryer sheets in the engine compartment to keep the mice and squirrels away , so far it's worked , just thought I would share
I like that idea!!
Oh My!
What are dryer sheets? Please explain for me thanks
@@khalidhussain8584 when you dry your clothes you put scented dryer sheets to make your clothes smell good
@@khalidhussain8584 The purpose of the sheets for people who have clothes dryers is it eliminates static electricity.
I have used the bucket system for the last 10 years in my camp in New England in the winter. The first year I caught 42 mice over the course of a couple of months in the fall. They are looking for a place to nest. Over the next years there have been less, I use Rv anti freeze in the winter it doesn’t freeze. ❤️
Of all my decades in the wilderness 100% of food and equipment damage has been from rodents. It is incredible how much damage they can cause.
Did you ever make it to the Promised land ?
Thank you so much Bob, for taking the time to put this video out. I really appreciate the simplest types of things and have experienced expense from chewed wires.
Last year, my ex-boss's 93 year old mother showed us this 5 gallon trap. We were putting out the old kind of mousetraps, and catching 2 or 3 mice a night. We put out a trap similar to yours, and caught 27 mice by morning.
When I purchased my van ('88 Ford E-150) it had been sitting in a field for eight years. The mice had made a condo out of it. They chewed the fuel injection wires to five out of eight cylinders. My mechanic and I cleaned two five gallon buckets full of mouse feces off the engine and interior. I still have some wiring problems, but no more mouse problems.
You can get mice off glueboards with a little veg oil. You can also do the bucket with no water they can't get out. Then, release them when you leave .
I've had mice easily jump out of a 5-gallon bucket (I have a camera on the bucket), so I always use water in the bottom.
That is the best mousetrap I've ever used, and the little devils just can't resist peanut butter. Make sure to use the kind with lots of sugar, not the all natural stuff. Thanks for putting this out there Bob.
I'm no tree-hugger but please DON'T use poison. I've seen a beautiful owl die after eating a poisoned mouse. So sad.
Exactly the message I've come to spread too... People don't realise that it gets into the food chain and actually makes them EASIER to catch so even more dangerous ☹️
I actually AM a tree hugger 😜😂😂
100% agree
I cornered a small rat (in my sticks and bricks) and am still haunted, if you will, by the memory of bashing that little bugger to death - it wasn't a happy or dignified scene for either of us. :(
I totally agree with the bucket method. I still won't ever do poisson, as you can't control who or what might be tainted with it.
Thanks for the upload Bob
Thank you so much Bob! It is so important, because the wires are very much needed, and expensive. Thank you for sharing your knowledge ☺️ God bless you, and your loved ones.
Mice are troublesome in vehicles and homes for sure. Great solution Bob, thanks!
Secondary poisoning is a big problem if you use poison bait, so everyone should always make sure they dispose of the bodies in a manner that birds and Hawks and other animals cannot eat them and then be poisoned and die.
Love the video!! I am always worried about using poison because after the mouse eats the poison, he could decide to leave my van and then maybe an owl or something would find him and eat him, thereby, killing the owl or something. This avoids all the worry. Thank you very much for the information!! Keep up the really excellent work!!
I inadvertently killed an owl this way and I regret it very much.
@@donatzerodayslife Or if a fox, cat, etc. would grab the mouse, that animal will die as well.
Thank you. I haven't had mice yet, but this looks like a wonderful, cheap, clean way to prevention.
I have needed this info! Thank you Bob
Definitely a necessary topic -- thanks for the tips.
Thanks Bob! 😃
Had a mouse problem last year and really need this information.
Thank you.
Both for the helpful spirit generally, and for the specific information.
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Sensible solution. You dealt with the topic so well. Thanks.
Less sticky pads a good thing!
Thank you Bob for this tip! I was looking for good tips for mouse control. If you haven't already can also make a video on bug pest control, would be great !😁
Thanks Bob for sharing the info
The info in this will come in very handy! I could show you photos of what mice did to my Prius with a bag of dogfood. The mechanic had never seen anything like it! I will implement this great info for my car and my motorhome. Thank you!
Thanks Bob! Easy, done, and over!
Thank you bob. Love you and cody. The mice trap water and 2 by 4 stick is wonderful. Excellent. The best.
The near 3 months we were traveling last year...not a single mose, not a dropping to be found. We get home and have had to deal w/them in our base-camp garage! I have SEEN THIS TRAP, Bob! Glad u were able to deal w/this. Have safe 🙏 travels. LUCRETIA
Thank you for the proof... awesome concept!! ♥️🤗 Love ya Bob!!!
Great video Bob .
I totally agree. Water outside and sticky traps inside!! Thanks
I think you provided a delicious last meal for Ms. Mousie. My policy is if they are not paying rent -and they NEVER do!- then they are not welcome to stay.
Bless you Bob - you and your tender heart. ❤️
Thank you for this. Unpleasant but important info. Do you have a recommendation for dealing with snakes in your rig? I’ve had one that made a home in the engine. Presumably he was after the mice!
Hey Bob! Good video, important cause for sure!
I agree with this method.♥️I love you Bob!
Very helpful! I've seen a few van dwellers, even in Canada, that have fallen victim to mice. Chrome lost a few hundred dollars in food. Getting hantavirus is also a is another negative effect of mice in your living quarters.
Good video! I will be trying this method of getting rid of mice in my garden.
Great Information! I Like the water bucket method.
I`ve been doing bucket traps for years, but I like yours better than mine. I do the one with a wire acrost the bucket with a can as a roller in the center. You put the bait on the can and the mouse will jump from the bord to the can and will be thrown into the bucket. I like yours better because it is simple and simple is best. Thank you.
Jan from texas. A big fan. Thsnk you.
Thanks Bob ..good information..
Couldn't agree more. These rodents can & will cause $$$ in damages not to mention
your inconvenience having your vehicle towed etc.
Hello Bob , thanks for the information,
I do something similar at my cabin...a thin smear of peanutbutter on the ladder to draw them up.
Thank you dear Friend!
Bob, the reflective on the right, did you cut them from a role and line them with black tape or can they be purchased in various sizes?
I saw something similar but the wood was thinner and hinged on the lip of the bucket. You set it so the wood extends over the bucket, and when they climb on the wood and reach the overhanging portion it dumps them into the bucket. You don’t even need water since they can’t climb out. I think there’s a video on it.
BTW, for scorpions, fleas, ticks etc, I use Cedarcide. It’s fine for pets and humans, but kills anything with an exoskeleton. It comes in a spray or granules. I’ve used this for years on my pets and I spray it on my furniture (doesn’t stain) so if a flea or tick gets in the house, it eliminates it before it gets to me. You can put the granules around the perimeter or in the case of a van, put some in crevices in unseen areas around the inside. The spray works to keep chiggers off if you spray your legs.
Water in the bucket is essential if you're looking to eliminate the mouse, because they can and will easily jump out of a five-gallon bucket (I use cameras and have seen it happen).
@@craigieb Since I have a cat, mice stay away now. I had mice when I first moved here since I’m in a semi rural area with farms not too far away. Didn’t know the little suckers could jump that high. So, water it is. (hard way to go!)
Thanks for the water bucket method.
Please don't EVER use poison, even if you don't have pets: assume SOMEONE nearby has pets. I lost a cat because my grandmother put out poison, and my cat ate the mouse.
true i read that owls and other animals who are natural predators of rodents die due to eating poisoned mice and rats.
Just a side note for folks dealing with rodents in their vehicles... rodents have fleas and the types of fleas they are infested with are predominantly Oropsylla montana and Xenopsylla cheopis. This is important to note as both of these types of fleas are capable of becoming infected with Yersinia pestis which is the genus and species of what we all commonly known as plague; and those fleas are capable of disease transmission to humans. Now before you say whoa we don't have plague in the US, well yes we do and in fact the CDC reports there in an average of 7 reported cases each year (range 1 to 17) with the main cluster of endemic disease being in what I like to call the four corners states or AZ, NM, CO and UT. Although NM has the more concentrated area of the disease and there are also cases found in CA as well. And I must also add that all the reported cases in the US that I am aware of are in the western half of the United States. Meaning that you can find cases reported in the states in the western half of the continental US.
Now, how does that factor into exposure risk for nomads? Well, the disease plague is pretty much confined to the rodent population (rats, mice squirrels, etc) but when we eradicate the (rodents) the fleas which are living on them for their (the fleas) blood meals have no food source thus they abandon the rodent host and look for a new home. They will take up residence on domesticated animals such as dogs and cats but also will take blood meals from humans as well. This is how the disease (plague) jumps from the animal host onto a human host. Once in humans the disease can manifest both in bubonic and pneumonic (respiratory) fashion; and as we have all learned with the more recent pandemic diseases spread via respiratory secretions are readily spread between humans. Humans can only transmit pneumonic plague and we transmit the disease via respiratory droplets to anyone who comes into contact with them in an approximate range of 6 feet (the medically accepted range of transmission of respiratory diseases via droplets).
I say this to remind you all that beyond rodent infestation prevention, one needs to ensure their pets are protected from fleas and that rodent carcuses are removed from areas quickly to prevent the likelihood of their flea population looking for a new home in your pets or even yourselves. These type of diseases can resurge in our population if proper sanitation techniques are not observed. Beyond the financial burden of dealing with automotive repair, temporary loss of your home while it's being repaired, etc. This disease is serious albeit very treatable with modern antibiotic therapy (ABT).
For those who are adverse to killing rodents remember that the cost to humans is greater than $$ and in fact can result in loss of human life if not recognized and treated properly and in a timely manner.
For anyone who wants more info on Plague, it's transmission, how endemic it is in the US and which areas it is endemic; you can search the CDC for more into on Plague (Yersinia pestis) Fleas (Oropsylla montana, and Xenopsylla cheopis) for further info and/or detailed maps of endemic areas.
I say all this to stress just how serious a concern rodent infestations really are, how critically important de-infestation is, and to give accurate information to anyone who is perhaps considering not employing rodent de-infestation techniques due to a belief in not harming others. I am not judging just arming everyone with information so that risk benefit analysis can be properly assessed on a personal level for us all. As they say forewarned is forearmed!
THANK YOU, for this valuable and informative information! I certainly appreciate it.
Great post!
The off Grid Cabin does something similar with a rod across the bucket with peanut butter and the mouse goes to the food and slips into the bucket. To me a mouse looks cute but the damage they cause is worse than putting up with all the smell etc. Thank you for your help with this common problem even in a home. 👍
Thanks Bob, that's a good way to take care of mice
Thanks, Bob, good to know!!
Our motorhome was parked at a friend's ranch. When we started it up, it caught fire and burned to the ground. Chewed wires can be dangerous.
😱... I was just thinking this, then your comment popped up. Had it been sitting at the ranch for a while, or was it there for just a few days?
Thanks for the tip
One of the easiest live traps is a bowl with some vegetable oil in the bottom. It works.
Maybe an inch or so of oil, and an eight or nine inch or larger bowl with gradually sloping sides. Smaller bowls might work too; not sure how small you can go, but not too small.
It is so slippery they can't climb out, and they can't jump at much of an angle either because of the slipperiness. Jumping straight up won't get them out. And the oil helps slow their acceleration.
You put a bucket with water and drown them
You're right. It's an unpleasant topic and an unpleasant sight, but mice have to be dealt with preferably before they cost you lots of money.
The only drawback to the trap with food in it is bear country.
Bob, Thanks for this . I am not a van dweller but dig you. Watched Nomadland. Kudos to you
You are right; unpleasant but important.
I can confirm the bucket method works great to reduce mouse population in our barn. We use a heated bucket in the winter to keep the water thawed.
If you're in a remote area, towing can be extremely expensive or even totally unavailable.
I bought a $700 dual fuel generator last season, ran it once just to check it and put it in my shed. I went in there last week and the mice had built a nest in there and chewed part of the wiring harness! Ugh, now I have to rewire it before I even got to use it!
thank you..thank you..THANK YOU!!!!
You have to ‘tend’ your garden where ever you are!
I use a similar bucket trap.Instead if putting the peanut butter on the inside wall if the bucket, I put a thin tree branch across the bucket and put some peanut butter in the middle of the branch. The mice lose their balance and falls in the water.
Bucket works great! We used this method around the house to combat pesky chipmunks. Worked great.
I have tried the water bucket set-up. Can't say it worked well. I use Victor mousetraps and the large and small glue trays now, as the lighter mice that don't trip the standard Victor mousetraps get caught on the glue.
I've had an ongoing problem with mice in a shed nesting in a riding lawnmower engine. I found that simply raising the hood kept them out. I also poison them but even with that I would still found nests. So in short I think you're probably right that the light doesn't necessarily work. Try leaving the hood open without the light and see if there's a difference.
I had a rat nest in my car in nyc. It was sitting a week. They chewed the wires. Good thing I know mechanics. Crazy!! From the city to the country. Same issues.
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With a taller bucket or waste basket and a little sawdust or grass on the bottom, they can't jump out and you can release them somewhere a few miles or more away.
Rats have been known to return from over five miles away. For mice it would be less, but 5+ miles would be safe.
There are many different live-catch designs. Shawn Woods has a youtube channel that shows a wide variety of designs, including many live-catch designs. "Shawn Woods" in the search box brings them up.
I'm going to do that around my chicken coop! Thank you!
I use glue traps for the scorpions, catch the occasional mouse. A guy at the Ford dealership told me it's because the wiring is made with "soy" in modern times so they want to chew it.
Oh good to know!
The dryer sheets did not work for me. Mice just made a nest out of them. Peppermint oil does work. Just saturate a cotton ball and toss it in the back of your kitchen drawers. When trying poison, I ended up with a dead mouse rotting inside the wall. Quite an unpleasant experience. Not having any luck with the round plastic traps that you bait and wind up. I have used the bucket method for chipmunks, and it was very effective. Placed a 5-gallon bucket about 2/3 full of water with sunflower seeds that you put in bird feeders floating on top. Placed it on the deck stairs with a piece of board for a bridge. Eliminated 2 or 3 every day that were destroying all of my tulip bulbs. Got to try this bucket method for the mice that keep getting insisting on getting in.
In 2019 I bought a product called the Neat Master ultrasonic mouse deterrent. It has worked so well these last few years that I purchased a brand new one a few days ago so now I have one underneath the motorhome on the ground in the front below the engine pointed towards the back of the motorhome. The other one is under the back of the motorhome pointed towards the front of it. I am in a mouse infested park and I have been here for 13 days I have not seen one mouse in my motorhome. If you’re in rain country like I am in the Pacific Northwest make sure you put them far enough under where the water won’t get to them if it’s raining. Whoever says they’re not working for mice is not using it properly. I have used them inside the motorhome also but they work best if you deter the mice before they try to get in the motorhome. They use just a few watts of power per hour. Let me know if you try one of these and I highly recommend them to everyone!
Its important and good info
for mice in our fire truck to keep them out we use peppermint oil spray. few drops in water sprayed in the engine bay. They don't like the smell. They sense electrolysis so chew wires looking for water. seems to work
What about if you put mothballs around each tire do you think that would keep them out
What do I do with a roach problem that gets all of them? Using good spray but must hit directly. Roach Bombs? Which one works for sure.? Thanks from Florida.
I use a big bottle of Louisiana hot sauce in a spray bottle sprayed over all the under hood wiring . The smell attracts them and when they mouth the wiring they head for the woods all the while trying to put the fire out .
So much better than poison. Cats, dogs, and other animals could die eating a poisoned mouse, or the poison itself. This method is better all around. Thanks Bob!
I don't recommend the poison just because if they were somewhere else & does it's possible another animal would eat it and die as well as other carrion eaters. Great video. Thx for sharing 💥
Very important!
What about steel wool around tires?
I'm a catch and release kind of person, with the help of my cat. My cat catches the mouse. He takes it to the bathtub(no water) everytime and lets go of it. I stick a bucket sideways in the tub. The mouse seeks shelter in the bucket. 🪣 I lift the bucket up right. The mouse 🐁 leaps around in the bucket. Me and the mouse go way into the woods or for a drive in my truck if I have errands to do. I release the mouse in a wooded area. It skurries off. I return home. So far it's not apparent that a mouse has returned. Maybe the trauma is enough. Technically, I think you should release them several miles away from your home to keep them from returning. Whatever that home is. I think if I lived in a van I would catch the mice overnight in your bucket method but with hardly any water. The next day, I and the bucket of mice would go for a long bicycle ride to release the mice. I need the exercise anyway.
Have you ever tried using a box which hooks to your car battery and it emits a sound and light? I got very good results from using one inside the house plugged into the wall socket but they have them for cars also
Ya, Maddie Taylor has a channel and a van. She just got one put in. Looks simple. Hooks to battery. It will be Interesting to see how it works.
Another idea i use here is i wire each mouse and rat traps i set outside or indoors so the dang critters don't run off with your traps,(if they are still alive after being caught that is),so they don't go off and stink somewhere where you can't get to,I've had them in my heat runs before and they stink,so i wire the traps so they don't get away, the hard plastic traps i find are more sensitive and just work better then the old fashion wooden ones,and the hard plastic ones are easier to set without taking your fingers off lol👍😉...
I've had rabbits use my engine block as home. Peter coppertail I named one. Ultimately shot it with bird shot and a shotgun. I didn't replace the harness, but a local mechanic has done numerous electrical work on my vehicle. Mom uses the glue traps. It catches snakes trying to sneak in by the water heater. And lizards, plus others. I've used the snap traps. You know when those go off and can dispose of immediately. They call them pests for a reason.
Drowning or quick death by snap trap is better than using poison. After you fish the mouse out of the water you can put it under a bush for nighttime feeding of the predators.
Hello Bob, I just watched you mouse trap video, brilliant by the way 👏👍 but I noticed that there was a silver blanket/ cover hanging on the side of your AMBULANCE, is this to help keep it cool inside? Can you get them on Amazon? You have such brilliant ideas, thanks Bob for all that you do to help everybody ,👏👏👏you are a treasure 💎
I know this is a little late and although I can't help with the name of that silver blanket, I know that the answer is YES, it's to keep the rig cool. He has spoken about it in other videos, it's to prevent the heat from getting inside at all and yes, I believe he bought it on Amazon. Hope that's helpful!
Going to use this in my house. We tried glue traps but had no luck. They seem to know better. Must be the ones who survived that hated the glue smell. Will have to see if they're smart enough to stay off water.
you can release critters from glue trap with cooking oil, take them away from the area amd pour oil on them, they will work free and run off, go back for your trap and dispose of
The smell from trash attracts them also. I keep open packaged food in ziplock bag and the reuse the bags to put my trash in.
Don't leave food scraps on the ground cuz that will bring in mice. Too many campers toss leftover food at the edge of their campsites.
6:45 👍👍 This parallel is freaking me out man but true to form I hate taking a life but this is how life may be at times... Imagine a storage unit of hundreds of customers...just saying.
I had kept a manual for solar mppt charger in my camper cabinet....one day i wanted to read it...I searched n found only half was left n other half rat ate it....🤣
You can reconnect and solder the wire s back together there color coded
Good to know before automatically assuming u have to pay for a tow and for someone else fix it.
What if there was a bittering agent or something that can be sprayed on electrical wires before being put into the vehicle so that any type of animal trying to chew them would not want to anymore?
I was told that the wiring in new cars are made of a soy base coating that mice like
Peppermint oil. Refresh as needed. Maybe monthly? Not sure how long it lasts.
Leave it to Bob Wells to come up with a better mouse trap!
What about spraying Peppermint oil on your engine wires?