keeping mice out

[nat3d]

i live on the tree line near the woods and we have this little retaining wall next to where i park in which the family of mice that likes to invade our house their calls second home. today when i was switching out my air filter i noticed my furry little friends had gotten in to my engine bay and pooped EVERYWHERE. there is no damage but how do i keep them out so that they dont cause any damage.

 

[VNPP]

Same thing happened with my dad's truck and squirrels. I looked some stuff up and i heard that parking over a bucket or shallow pan of mothballs could help. I would put square mouse poison things under the hood. Or you could put glue traps by the wheels (which is where I would guess mice crawl up into your car from), but glue traps are pretty cruel IMO. I think that putting a few blocks of that poison would do the best and you could take them out when you drive so the poison dosent get over everything
they're pretty small so you could fit them around the wires where mice would be chewing on.

 

[nat3d]

Same thing happened with my dad's truck and squirrels. I looked some stuff up and i heard that parking over a bucket or shallow pan of mothballs could help. I would put square mouse poison things under the hood. Or you could put glue traps by the wheels (which is where I would guess mice crawl up into your car from), but glue traps are pretty cruel IMO. I think that putting a few blocks of that poison would do the best and you could take them out when you drive so the poison dosent get over everything
View attachment 29870 they're pretty small so you could fit them around the wires where mice would be chewing on.

i think ill try the moth balls and i vaugely remember my buddy saying something about dryer sheets. i hate what they do but i still hate killing mice especily with the glue traps and i cant do poison because of my dog.

 

[webby]

Mothballs are toxic to cats/dogs, so you will have to put them into some type of container with holes for ventilation or whatever. The vapor/gas that they emit is what makes mice and other animals stay away. Eating the mothball is what makes pets sick though. I guess you could get some type of sealed container.... put holes in it, and it'd still release the smell, but keep your pets from eating them.

 

[VNPP]

I used to live right on the woodline out towards country, so I know especially during winter the mice come out into the neighborhoods. Webby's idea seemed pretty good so that pets cant eat the mothballs. Just don't wait too long, or this might happen...

 

[sLowLX]

Keep dryer sheets in the car. A family member experienced this and was told Bounce sheets were the most potent, or something like that. That was almost two years ago. No problems since. They kept a few in the glove compartment.