Mouse in the cabin!

[K2K2]

So we have a mouse in the Jeep...

Mrs K2 is on a 3-day trip and sent pics of some things chewed on...fresh cookie in a bag from yesterday's travel, emergency toilet paper raggedy etc.

Figure there's a nest being built under the dash?

We have ultrasonics in the garage which seem to have worked great, but think this might be a "road mouse".

So what is the consensus on how to get 'em out?

Thinking poison would make them crawl up to the nest and die in the dash. Parking back in the ultrasonic garage later today with doors open might work...

There always seems to be great info from board members, so - what experiences and solutions y'all got?


K2

 

[Nukeman7]

Place an old fashion Victor mouse trap nailed to a 2" x 4" board on the front passenger floorboard. The wooden board will be heavy enough to prevent the mouse from dragging the trap away if it is not killed instantly. Peanut butter is the best bait to use.

 

[ripcord]

Get a Jeep snake?

 

[Sequoiasoon]

Place an old fashion Victor mouse trap nailed to a 2" x 4" board on the front passenger floorboard. The wooden board will be heavy enough to prevent the mouse from dragging the trap away if it is not killed instantly. Peanut butter is the best bait to use.

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Might want to put a couple in case there are friends.

 

[Fitter30]

Glue boards and traps. Hope he doesn't die behind a panel.

 

[Variant_S]

I picked up a hitchhiking mouse on a cross-country trip when I stopped to camp. The next day I got a Victor trap like the ones above. I tied a string to it, slid it under the passenger seat, and secured the string to (I think, this was 1984) the floor shifter. Problem solved overnight.

If this hadn't worked, my friends offered the services of one of their cats.

 

[ripcord]

I've had good luck with Victor M070 Safe Set mouse traps. They are way less hassle to deal with than traditional mouse traps and I've never found one that's gone off without a dead mouse caught in it.

www.amazon.com/Victor-M070-Safe-Set-Pack-Mouse/dp/B0815GYYZ8?th=1

 

[RDMgr]

The bait for a trap should be something that the mouse has to pull on and tug at for a guaranteed trigger. Tootsie Rolls work well. Chew a little to soften then conform it around the trigger. It works great after it dries. I've seen a mouse sit and eat peanut butter without setting off the trap.

 

[Mainia]

Scoped pellet pistol with 2 pumps vs 10, practice and scope in at 12 feet.

 

[Elkins45]

These are what I’ve been using in my vehicles. I like them better than any other models I’ve tried. The bait goes in a compartment with a partial lid and is visible through a cutout. When the mouse sticks his nose in the window it pushes the cover up and that’s the trigger. You can buy them at Walmart.

https://www.victorpest.com/victor-quick-kill-mouse-trap-cm140b

 

[K2K2]

Get a Jeep snake?

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LOL I think that would be a solution for the mouse but considering women and snakes, might cost a new vehicle.

Appreciate all the contributions; multiple Victor traps going in tonight!

 

[Lubener]

Must be something about Jeeps. My brother's Jeep Grand Cherokee was just totalled by his insurance company for mouse damage. He had it parked idle in his driveway for about a month. The mice got under the carpet , in the headliner, his dash and even chewed halfway through his seat belts.

 

[Donald]

Mouse Blocker Pro. Puts out high freq sounds but stops when car is started. We used them in NY vehicles.

We had the insurance company pay for mouse damage.

 

[Marcozi]

Get a cat.

 

[CheezWhiz]

i had a shop that was overrun with mice. traps helped some but i could not keep up. one day a female cat showed up and took up residence in the shop via a small entrance that she found.

within a month the mouse problem was solved. it was gruesome and a bit like watching a miniature version of a graphic war movie with lots of entrails strewn about the battlefield, but the job got done.

 

[Vil_Riker]

I had a mouse once in the car. Put my cat in the cabin and he promptly ran to the furthest point away from the mouse. After a while the mouse had gotten hungry, so I tied some string around a cube of sharp cheddar, and placed it near where it was hiding. The mouse came out, grabbed the cheese and I pulled the cheese, with the mouse hanging on it, out of the car.

The mouse was released back into the nature, and the cat was given a lecture about being a wuss.

 

[CheezWhiz]

I had a mouse once in the car. Put my cat in the cabin and he promptly ran to the furthest point away from the mouse. After a while the mouse had gotten hungry, so I tied some string around a cube of sharp cheddar, and placed it near where it was hiding. The mouse came out, grabbed the cheese and I pulled the cheese, with the mouse hanging on it, out of the car.

The mouse was released back into the nature, and the cat was given a lecture about being a wuss.

was the cat male? i had a mouse inside our bathroom. grabbed the first cat i saw, a male, and put him in the bathroom and closed the door. waited a few minutes, opened the door and he was just sitting there looking at me, no idea the mouse was even there.

like earl weaver walking to the mound to give jim palmer the hook, i dragged his useless butt out of the bathroom and grabbed the next available cat, a female calico. put her in the bathroom, shut the door, immediately heard a ruckus. opened the door and she had the mouse inside our bathroom her mouth still squeaking. shut the door again and checked a few minutes later, the deed was done.

you always need the right tool for the job and apparently a male cat is never the right tool!!!

 

[Elkins45]

This seems like a good place to repost this photo of the throttle body wiring harness on my first xB that was completely disconnected by a mouse. I was fortunate that the damage was someplace so obvious and so easy to repair.

Mice are a scourge.