I went out to my car yesterday, found a starbucks bag from the day before that something had eaten a hole through and made a nest of the scraps on the floor. Opened the back door, and found a hole in the backseat, it took some of the stuffing out and tore a hole in the interior.
OH Hell no. I called DH and told him there was an animal in my car, a hungry animal, and he needed to come take me to work. DH thinks it's a mouse problem. He went and had the car professionally detailed, they vacuumed/cleaned every nook and cranny, no crumbs, no paper, no tissues, ect ($70 later...). They didn't find any mice.
We put some peanut butter traps overnight, it took the peanut butter but didn't catch the sucker. I told DH to inspect the glove compartment and the sucker made a nest of our vehicle registration/inspection/insurance/warranty papers.
I'm still not getting in that car. I've been googling some ways to get rid of the rodent(s) but read they can get into the doors, the dashboard, the engine, and eat through hoses and pumps.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I've never dealt with a mouse/mice problem in my house or car before.... I have no idea where they came from.
Re: Mouse Problem??
new car
/gavel
Anyway, I don't really have any advice. But we've had the same problem lately with mice getting the PB off the traps. You might want to try a different trap. We didn't used to have that problem, so MH just ordered some new traps that will hopefully work better.
What kind of trap are you using?
we had a mice problem last year and had good luck with the enclosed traps that trap the mice but don't kill them. And we always lured them in with peanut butter.
mice suck and I'm sorry you are dealing with this. Typically where there is one there is many and when dealing with a car you need to make sure they don't get under the hood, which will lead to much bigger issue. Ugh. Good luck.
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DH is being my chauffer the rest of the week I told him I'm gladly take his car but he doesn't seem to keen on driving with hungry rodents.
1st BFP 10/2010.
Twins discovered @ 6wks.
Natural Miscarriage @ 11 wks, 01/2011.
2nd BFP 05/2011.
D & E Due to PPROM, 8/2011
3rd BFP 8/2012
Preventative Cerclage @ 14 weeks
???EDD APRIL 7, 2013 ???
It's A GIRL!! TEAM PINK!!
Can't say I didn't think about it. Especially since she has a fresh detailed job. Ahh, craigslist.....
1st BFP 10/2010.
Twins discovered @ 6wks.
Natural Miscarriage @ 11 wks, 01/2011.
2nd BFP 05/2011.
D & E Due to PPROM, 8/2011
3rd BFP 8/2012
Preventative Cerclage @ 14 weeks
???EDD APRIL 7, 2013 ???
It's A GIRL!! TEAM PINK!!
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We occasionally get rodents (mice and rats) in our house in Baltimore. It's a very common problem here and absolutely disgusting. It is imperative that you kill all of them immediately. Rats can reproduce only 2 weeks after being born! So, a rat problem can become a big rat problem really fast.
We have a cat, but I wouldn't put her in the car We also use electric traps. The rodent has to go all the way in to get to the bait (peanut butter works best) and on the way they get electrocuted. It is the only way we've been able to kill them. They took the bait off any snap traps we got, plus we were getting injured setting them, the cat would run into them, and rodent usually got the bait no matter how we set it. Go electric. It smells disgusting, but it works like magic.
This, we put this kind of trap in our garage. It traps them without making a mess, or you can put PB on a block of poison in there.
Second vote for electric traps, they work the best.
We had a mouse problem in the fall and tried all kinds of traps, glue traps they escaped from, snap traps they ate the peanut butter and never set off the trap. One night I even caught one sitting in my dog's food bowl stuffing his face, dh got him and dumped him in the dumpster across the street bowl and all.
But the electric traps were amazing, within a few days we had them all, 5 total. We got it at the hardware store and it was about 25.00