How Do I Get Rid Of The Mice In My RV?
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Hello,
I am a very discouraged Dakota Hybrid owner. I purchased my trailer 2 years ago and experienced ongoing problems with leaks in the bed ends resulting in many warranty struggles and finally having two new beds installed around Christmas.
On opening my trailer this month I have discovered a mouse has gained entry and nested in and destroyed the canvas and screening of one bed end. My unit was stored indoors during the winter months and I did not anticipate this.
I have 2 questions:
a) How do I go about finding a replacement for my chewed up end? Are they still available? Are they available direct or do I have to go through a dealer?
b) Does anyone have any tips to keep the rodents out in the future? How do I figure out where they entered?
Hoping for some answers.
Thanks.
Important Update: If after you get rid of the mice in your RV, you realize that your little rodent friends have left some unwanted smells in your RV like Urine, Droppings, etc. you might also want to read the answer I gave to this question: How Do I Get Rid Of The Mouse Urine Smell In My RV?
ANSWER: Greetings thanks for submitting your question on our Ask An RV Question Page.
I suggest that you read this article that I recently wrote How To Keep Your RV Insect-Free During Storage; even though it talks about insects there is also a section on how to get rid of your rodent friends.
Of course there are all kinds of Mouse Traps
available. Some traps are known as humane traps and just capture your rodent friends so you can kindly release them back into the wild or put them near someone else’s RV. The not so humane traps just send them directly to mouse heaven.
You can also purchase Rodent Poisons; which in my opinion are really not safe to use around your pets or curious grandkids.
The best way to get rid of rodents for good and keep them away is using a Ultrasonic Rodent Repeller. Rodent Repellers plug into a 120 Volt electrical system or work off of batteries and produce ultrasonic sounds that basically makes mice and rats leave the area and never come back. The ultrasonic sounds are not audible to humans, cats or dogs. But if you have a pet Rat, Mouse, Gerbil or Hamster you should not use this solution as it will drive your little rodent pet insane.
There are all types of ultrasonic rodent repellers available in all price ranges. Some of these devices work better than others. My personal recommendation is the Commercial Ultrasonic Triple Speaker Rodent Repeller
. This highly rated Ultrasonic Rodent Repeller features; Triple Speakers For 180 Degrees of Signal Blast, sounds Like A Jack Hammer to Rats and Mice, the ultrasonic signal constantly modulates between 32 and 62 kHz so rodents cannot adapt, it uses an average of about 20 cents of electricity per month and has a powerful 110db output as measured from one meter distance from the speaker.
One of these would be ideal for a normal size RV. These also work well in your home or garage. Depending on the size of the area you may need more than one of these. The only caveat is that this particular rodent repeller only works on 120 volt electricity. If you always keep your RV plugged in then should not be a real problem.
As far as the availability of your bed ends are concerned, hopefully one our visitors can steer you in the right direction as to where to get the replacements.
I hope this information has been helpful to you. If any of our visitors have tips or suggestions for you they can add them by clicking on Click Here To Post Comments link located near the bottom of this page.
Happy RVing and "mouse hunting"
RVing Al
