Mouse in my car
Discussion
Hello all,
I think I have a mouse in my car,
I know there has definatly been a mouse in there, as I can see mouse droppings on the carpets.
I don't have any damage that I can see,
The mouse has chewed some sweets that were in the glove box.
I have took any food out of the car.
I am going to take it to be valeted inside later this morning.
How am I best going to eradicate it, if it is still in there?
Is it essential that if he is poisened, that I find the body and remove it?
Thanks
I think I have a mouse in my car,
I know there has definatly been a mouse in there, as I can see mouse droppings on the carpets.
I don't have any damage that I can see,
The mouse has chewed some sweets that were in the glove box.
I have took any food out of the car.
I am going to take it to be valeted inside later this morning.
How am I best going to eradicate it, if it is still in there?
Is it essential that if he is poisened, that I find the body and remove it?
Thanks
google diy box/bucket trap. I used this method to catch a mouse in our house.
have a path leading up to the top of the box and attach a weak strip of paper/cardboard to it, with bait on the end of the strip. it should be strong enough that it can say horizontal with the bait on it. but weak enough so that the mouse will fall into the bucket/box. if the box is tall enough, the mouse wont be ableto climb/jump out. Another method is to stretch out a coat hanger, and skewer a fizzy drinks can in the middle with bait on it(better if its slightly to one side, or under it), so that when the mouse goes on it, it rolls and they fall into the box.
and easy thing to use is peanut butter. mice love it. I set up my trap and sat perfectly still watching it from 2metres away, and the mouse was after it in minutes.
have a path leading up to the top of the box and attach a weak strip of paper/cardboard to it, with bait on the end of the strip. it should be strong enough that it can say horizontal with the bait on it. but weak enough so that the mouse will fall into the bucket/box. if the box is tall enough, the mouse wont be ableto climb/jump out. Another method is to stretch out a coat hanger, and skewer a fizzy drinks can in the middle with bait on it(better if its slightly to one side, or under it), so that when the mouse goes on it, it rolls and they fall into the box.
and easy thing to use is peanut butter. mice love it. I set up my trap and sat perfectly still watching it from 2metres away, and the mouse was after it in minutes.
Could be worse. Could have been a bear in your car - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10753021
The Crack Fox said:
OP - This is/will be a nightmare.
I had the same with my MX-5, concrete garage, steel doors, nothing edible inside, the little b
ds got into the boot somehow and ate some plastic and a rug, shredded everything, crapped everywhere, and then vanished. Big clean up job. I have no idea how they got in, or why they eventually left.
Good luck, you'll need it.
I had the same with my MX-5, concrete garage, steel doors, nothing edible inside, the little b
ds got into the boot somehow and ate some plastic and a rug, shredded everything, crapped everywhere, and then vanished. Big clean up job. I have no idea how they got in, or why they eventually left. Good luck, you'll need it.
Thanks every one for all the answers, even the funny ones 
I took the car for a full 'top to toe' valet today, #It looks beter than new.
A quick trip to the local petshop, and I got 2 wooden old fashioned mouse traps.
The peanut butter is a great idea, I have some of that also.
So I will set the 2 traps, with a little peanut butter now, and I hope by in the morning, I can find a dead mouse.
'vette
I took the car for a full 'top to toe' valet today, #It looks beter than new.
A quick trip to the local petshop, and I got 2 wooden old fashioned mouse traps.
The peanut butter is a great idea, I have some of that also.
So I will set the 2 traps, with a little peanut butter now, and I hope by in the morning, I can find a dead mouse.
'vette
uk_vette said:
A quick trip to the local petshop, and I got 2 wooden old fashioned mouse traps.
The peanut butter is a great idea, I have some of that also.
So I will set the 2 traps, with a little peanut butter now, and I hope by in the morning, I can find a dead mouse.
'vette
Or two empty traps with no peanut butter.....The peanut butter is a great idea, I have some of that also.
So I will set the 2 traps, with a little peanut butter now, and I hope by in the morning, I can find a dead mouse.
'vette
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