MICE

[Wayne Ek]

Went out into the garage a couple hours ago and noticed that one of the tires on my Ranger trailer was really low. So I started to pump it up with the compressor. As I was standing there waiting for it to fill I saw not one but two white-footed deer mice in the boat. I wasn't able to kill either of the little pests and I could not find any readily noticable damage. I added more decon mouse poison to the boat. My guess and hope is the extremely cold weather of late had driven even more of the little vermon into the garage or house and what I saw is all there is.

[sparcebag]

WOW just read your boat ad! Boy them little critters seem to love gnawin on wire insulation!! Had a boat inside last winter they did a job on its wires,its outside this winter again! Hope ya get rid of em!!!

[IFallsRon]

I haven't seen any this year but I don't have bird feed in the garage either. I'd put out traps, that way you know the mice haven't taken the poison and died under your floor only to stink in the spring.

[channelfats]

Anywhere you dont want mice, put scented fabric softner sheets there. Boat storage, lockers, wires, and most important under motor hood around block and wires. This happened to my father once, and he did these things and has not seen any issues since. I have no clue how those sneaky suckers get under the motor hood, but they do, and they eat WILL eat all wires.

Joe

[Keith_MN]

I'll second the fabric softener sheets. I stick a half dozen sheets in the rod lockers, life vest lockers, etc every fall and have not had any issues with mice.

[Pat K]

Agape,

I used to store alot of boats when I had a several pole sheds. In your post it sounds like you have decon IN the boat. The decon is a BAIT along with being a poison. The mice are attracted to the decon so it is actualy drawing them into the boat. Put the poison in pet safe containers by the wheels of the trailer and near the wall by entry points to the garage.

Making sure you have vacumed the carpet to get rid of food crumbs and making sure there is no food or food packaging in any compartments is the most important thing. That includes pet food, worm bedding or poison bait.

[bassphish2005]

Funny as it may seem,those dryer sheets have worked for me also......mice seem too really hate them.

[jtroop]

Dryer sheets worked for me for about 8 years. Last year - not so much. I'm back to moth balls.

[PerchJerker]

I get 8-10 old socks, 1 or 2 boxes of moth balls, put the moth balls in the socks, and toss a sock in each storage compartment or areas where there's wiring, etc. And like Pat K said, no poison IN the boat. It only takes a few minutes each fall and spring, and the boat airs out in a day when you leave the compartments open after removing the moth balls.

[scaup]

About three years ago I read a post about using, "oil of pepermint" I have used it in my portable fish houses and in my boats and so far so good. Alot of people have luck with dryer sheets as well. However, I talked to one guy that found his dryer sheets turned into a nest that is when I went away from using them.

[Dan Brelje]

Moth balls and fabric softner sheets. Pretty easy and affortable.

[heat checker]

If you want to have a little fun at their expense, set out a plastic 5gal pail, throw a handful of grain or crumbs in the bottom. They can get in, but not back out. Wackem & Smackem.