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On a short trip the other day, my SO discovered mouse bits in the glove box. Damn.
I suspected that they came in through the cabin air filter, so I pulled that out. It is dirty (and needs to be changed), but the mice did not come in that way.
Where the heck can they get into the cabin? Are there known holes in the firewall or elsewhere where they can get through?
Separately, my SO gave me one of these packets that is supposed to repel the critters. It (at least) imparts a pleasant aroma, but I'm curious if whether it actually works or not.
Personally I would be baiting mouse traps close by with peanut butter. Heck with mr nice guy, they start chewing on internal wires in the cab, chaching... Keep us posted, good luck.
There were chewed bits of Kleenex in the glovebox, and along right side of the front passenger seat. That was all. Did not find anything anywhere else.
A couple years ago, one got up underneath and chewed the wires off one of the O2 sensors. Because they chewed it all the way down to the nubbin, they had to replace the O2 sensor. It ended up being a $500 repair. That was the last we saw of them until this most recent experience.
Mice will eat the insulation off of wiring. Mice ruined a wiring harness of a Honda Civic that cost me over $1,000 to replace. Cinnamon oil and clove oil are effective mouse repellants. They are very sensitive to essential oils. You could make a little asafitidy bag using cedar shavings sprinkled with clove oil and cinnamon oil drops. You could experiment with the mixture to come up with a mix that you like.
Check behind the rear seat where the cab vents are, that's about the only other place I can think off.
Is there a diagram or other thing that shows where these vents are and/or how to access them? It seems a simple metal screen over them would be sufficient to black their entrance?
If you lower your seat backs, then pull the carpet off the back wall of the cab, you will see them. There is one on each side of the rear wall of the cab. You will know quickly if that's how they got in.
If you lower you seat backs, then pull the carpet off the back wall of the cab, you will see them. There is one on each side of the rear wall of the cab. You will know quickly if that's how they got in.
Do what SpencerPJ says, set a trap with peanut butter. I had a mouse destroy some wiring to the tune of $1500...TWICE. All the home remedies failed, set a trap in the engine compartment and got a big fat mouse, never had an issue after that.
If you lower your seat backs, then pull the carpet off the back wall of the cab, you will see them. There is one on each side of the rear wall of the cab. You will know quickly if that's how they got in.
Guess what? The carpet does not go all the way back to the back wall. It stops about 4" from the back wall. There is some sound insulation material; kind of a semi-soft kind of material with insulation on the back, and some harder blackish material on the front.. I was able to peel that up a few inches and peak in there, but there are no vents, and certainly no evidence of any mouse intrusion (either side). Is it possible there are vents somewhere else?
I have black snakes on my farm and don't have a rodent problem -- I noticed a few small "droppings" once on the concrete floor in one of my barns --- that problem wasn't there the following week.
The black snakes are bit annoying if you're lying on your back (working on a tractor) and one drops in your lap, but I'll put up with this mild annoyance to avoid the rodents. The other thing I've noticed is the cottonmouth, canebrake rattlesnakes, and copperhead snake populations seem to have disappeared --- not sure what's going on there (maybe "over crowding") ?
