I'm wondering if anyone has a secret to removeing That Rodent smell. I Pulled my headliner to evict the mice in my 65 F100 but between that and the gas smell I have to wear a christmas tree around my neck. Any ideas for a temporary fix on the mice.? I think the gas smell is a whole different story. I know it (the gas tank)should go outside but that's another project.

 

wanna get ride of the mice thro in a box of mothballs i know they stink to but smell better than rodents.i have used freash goffee grounds to remove smell also.if ya have rattle snakes the mothballs will keep them out to

 

Aye fresh coffee grounds will lessen the rodent stench.

Also as a temp fix you can try fabreeze...although personally I hate the smell.

If you'd rather have a more pleasant scent, get some ground cinnimon and some brown sugar. Mix about 75/25 cinnimon/brown sugar (or for a simpler equation 2 tsps to 1 tsp) and place in a coffee filter. Add 2 cups of water and brew like you would coffee. Allow "grounds" to cool and place inside cab over night.

This worked great after my ex gf left the sliding rear window open on my ranger 8 years ago and a skunk got in.

Did that for 5 days and couldn't smell no more skunk

 

I stripped my interior out and layed in in the bed. took the hose and a bucket of hot water and Tide and scrubed it all down. the only problem I had was the old headliner wanted to warp as it dried, but a few 2X4s and some bricks kept it flat. Smell's gone now, and the 40 year old headliner looks 20 years younger.

 

If you had mice living above the head liner and you want to keep them gone
you do need to make sure there nowhere else in the cab, pull the plates that
cover your cab corners and take a look there,a lot of times if you move them out of one place they
will find a new one, in the past I have found there homes in the cab corners
We live in the woods and you always have to put up with this, on junk and
daily drivers,this goes without saying, never leave them food in the cab.
Also check your heater box and vents,and seat springs!




P.S never run cats out of your yard,unless you have a high dollar paint job!

 

Hi Kongslibakken:

The last time I got into my truck cab and smelled a bad oder I went back into the house and took a shower. Just kidding

I've never had mice in my truck cab but I have had them building nests on my intake manifold, right next to the carb, when my truck sits idle for several weeks. The same spot every time. One generation after another. Kind of like salmon going up stream I guess.

I think ZombieSlayer has a very good method. I remember a movie actress telling me over thirty years ago that she and her husband had trouble with mice in their basement and she used heated-up spices to kill the stink.

Ironically, mice infested my garage about fifteen years ago and chewed up and peed all over most of her letters including the one in which she described the method of dealing with the smell. Now I have rats in my garage and man they do stink! I'm going to try, after I get rid of the rats and scrub everything down, heating up some spices and see how it works. I don't remember what spices she used but nutmeg keeps popping into my head. Nutmeg and cinnimon are used in pumkin pie so I guess that would be a good place to start.

To kill mice and rats I use that green pellet bait. Unfortunately the little buggers have a nasty habit of dropping dead in areas where you can't reach them and then their little carcasses just rot, and rot, and rot, and stink, and rot. Blasting the little devils out with a garden hose may work. At least it will create some rust.

Whatever method you use, let us know how it goes.

-1bigsteve (o:

 

Believe it or not, there are "pro's" at odor removal. They use Ozone generators which they leave running in a contamintaed area for 24 or more hours. Look in yellow pages and you can rent one from most major rental companies. . . .

It removes odor of cadavers or animal waste too. It will not remove odor if the cause is soaked into fabric, stuffing & other open fibered materials, they require independent washing & drying to be cleared of the odors . . . .

Don't ask how I know this. . . . .!

FBp

 

Thank's for the info, Fordboypete. I never heard of Ozone Generators but I have often wondered how they get strong odors out of a building where, say, some old fog died and he'd been laying there so long they had to scrape his body off the floor. Now I know.

I don't think my garage is that far gone yet but I know some of my customers could sure use one for their living room. PEEEEE YOUUUU!

I'll try the spices first and see how it goes. I'll let the rest of you know how it goes. Thank's again.

-1bigsteve (o:

 

Thanks Guys I'm working on this I'll try anything but the Cats a Guy has to draw the line somewhere.

 

Speaking of cats-

I had a female who would kill a gopher, rat, mouse, whatever, but she would not eat it. Instead she would drag it into the garage, drop it and then come over to me mewoing her head off. She would motion for me to follow her and she would lead me back to the kill. I would look at it, pat her on the head and tell her what a good girl she was and THEN she would drag it off and eat it. This happened every time. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. If I only had her now.

She was moving a little slowly one day so I went out to buy her a new bed and when I got back she was dead. She died of old age. Every time I see these rats in my garage I think of her. She would have a feast !

-1bigsteve (o: