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I’m not sure if you have ever dealt with a mouse problem in your home or RV, but those little guys can be a huge problem and we gathered up the best ideas for how to keep mice out of campers, garages, and houses. This is by far one of the cheapest (and most cruelty-free) method to keep the critters away. No need for traps!
We love to camp and this 1976 Scotty trailer was our first camper. We have made so many awesome memories in this cute little thing. Honestly, I’m not the camping type so my husband has always tried to glam it up a bit to keep me interested in going on our camping trips. One thing that is a sure way of keeping me away is critters in the camper!
Now that Fall is here, mice will find their way into RV’s, homes, and garages to keep warm so now’s the time to use one of these ideas to keep them out of your living space.
How to keep Mice out of Campers
Place a bar or two of Irish Spring soap in your trailer. Critters absolutely hate the strong smell of the soap, and will stay far away from it. You can also leave the bars of soap in your garage, basement, or anywhere else you suspect pests are hiding…
Place dryer sheets in areas that you suspect critters to enter or hide. Be sure to change the dryer sheets every few weeks to keep the scent strong enough to keep them away…
Soak cotton balls with peppermint oil and place them in suspected areas…
Moth balls are also a good idea. I personally do not prefer to use this, but others do not mind the smell…
Here are some other ways to keep the mice away…
Steel Wool – covering holes that mice can get through, they don’t like the metal.
Aluminum Foil – blocking passages.
Keeping areas clean and tidy will really help giving critters no areas to hide in. Also making sure all food is put away and sealed.
Yes we have that problem with mice when our dog don’t chase them away but thanks for the information I will try that
Hi do you know how to get rid of roches
Combat max roach killing gel it works and yu can get it from Walmart
Yes it really does work. You can get it at Ace Hardware too.
How does that work ?
A mixture of boric acid and icing sugar. I put it in bottle caps and place them in the infected areas out of each of dogs and children. Handle with care. I’ve been told to use gloves and a mask when handling. We went away for winter and sprinkled it all over our counter tops. We also lowered the thermostat and shut off the water. Having had such a cold winter they were all gone when we returned in the spring. We had to get boric acid from a pharmacist as it is no longer on store shelves anywhere.
Love the idea of bottle caps to put it in. Thank you
BELIEVE IT OR NOT. THE BEST THING TO USE IS WD40. SERIOUSLY! Just saw it on the news recently
How does WD work?
I had problem with them because of a neighbor before and went to a feed and seed store and got a powder called demitrice earth or DE I probably put wrong spelling. But it works
Diatomaceous Earth
Ive heard hot sauce. Put a few drops every foot or so around the parimeter of each room.
Advion sygenta cockroach gel, you can get on Amazon it’s amazing and they are gone almost overnight. Used this a few years ago no roaches since.
Boric Acid around all the baseboards, as well as where there is any water source. Same ingredients as in Roach Prufe. Roaches get it on their legs and take back to the nest and it kills the whole nest. This was told to me by and exterminator, and it WORKS!.
Combat gel. Works wonder.
Try mixing boric acid (powder) with a little powdered sugar. Put it in old jar lids and set in problem areas.
Try sprinkling boric acid. It will get on their bodies & legs and take it back to their nest.
Line the area with baking ‘soda’. Roaches can’t fart. So, they ingest the soda an then ‘explode’. Laugh if you want, but it works!
Keep your stuff clean
Put boric acid powder around where the roaches are found.
Boric acid powder works good and any gel roach bait works good too .Just put a
Small dab.on floor of inside of kitchen, bath cabinets near hinged side of door at floor. Hope this helps .
Boric acid, mix in some powdered sugar. Put it in the back of cabinets, behind appliances. It got rid of ours quickly where the foggersers didn’t work
I have used roach motels (Walmart generic brand) with great success.
A mixture of boric acid and sugar with a little water. Place in a small container like a cap from a milk jug. Woris for ants too.
Sprinkle some diatomaceous earth all over. It’s a white powdery substances that will get stuck in the exoskeleton and draw out the body’s moisture. It’s all natural. Look it up for more ways to use it. I bought mine on amazon. I bought human grade and eat it everyday in my protein shake.
Put 20 mule team borax with a little sugar atound your home they will eat it and than die
Very Interesting, never new these tricks.
I will try
Will try it
Thanks for heads up with the Irish spring
We have a critter in our Rv who loves
Toilet & Paper towel. We definetly put the iris spring in spots that they come on but a
We’ll put it inthe tubs to keep it fresh.
I have used moth balls before for one winter and the mice simply made their nest around the mothballs as if they liked them. The mice destroyed the canvas on our camper that year.
We had that same experience. Dryer sheets seem to work the best. Also pack up and remove all food and bedding materials. I put all of the sheets into space saver bags and sealed them up.
Moth balls worked for me, I used for years
Hahaha not laughing at your problem but your mice and mine must be kin. They bathe in the peppermint oil and make clothes with the dryer sheets. 🙂 Haha
Be very careful of the moth balls. They have a cemical that is not good to inhail. Exspcial for the young and elderly!
Also please check your state putting noth balls around outside of your home keep other things away
Yeah… They keep away snakes too.
Yes..You are right..Never put moth balls in your home..cancer-causing carcinogens.
They can also cause fire I heard
HOW!, do you get they’re little “Legs’, Apart!??
I was waiting for someone to crack that joke. LOL!
Love these ideas I’m battling mice now and can’t set the traps quick enough and I hate setting the darn things
Try the glue boards. Nothing to set, they will accept multiple occupants and are a snap to get rid of.
Glue boards are absolutely horrendous inventions. If killing them is necessary, then make it a quick and painless ordeal. Not one where the lay there and slowly starve to death while fighting to free themselves.
i totallyyyy agree Alyson !
You obviously have never had mice in your home they defecate on anything and everything i dont care how they die as long as there dead there nasty germ spreading thing that can get your hole family sick 1 dead mouse or your the health of your family i say starve the sucker
I’ve tried the glue strips and they don’t work for me. Didn’t catch any and still see droppings behind the couch and my house is clean.
The glue strips weren’t working for me either, then I stuck a “Cheeto” in the middle of it and the mice couldn’t resist it. Caught (2) of those nasty little critters that way.
I love the camper. It is SOOO cute
Joyce
I will NEVER, EVER use a glue board. They are a despicable, horrible way to die. Very inhumane
I completely agree with Alyson. Glue traps are extremely inhumane. I found a mom & 1 baby on 1 glue board someone had set. It was awful to see.
We have had a two month long battle with them in a rental house to the point I set and cried it was so bad. They hate peppermint so I got peppermint tea bags and put under the appliances,on top of cabinets,in closets,even taped them inside the air vents. So far it’s been my only relief. The pest control company could not even get rid of them. Hope this helps
WILL TRY THR PEPPERMINT TEA BAGS.
Last year we had a mice problem too and I hated setting traps. I heard about the dryer sheets and the soap. I put moth balls outside on the ground AnD the dryer sheets and soap inside. I’ll check every month for signs of mice inside . Only just getting chilly here in Ohio but so far so good
“Victor power kill” traps are the best very easy to set
The best thing I’ve found is the Victor electronic traps. No mess and a blinking light lets you know you have a kill.
I use “Just one Bite” sell it at feed store
And then any other amimal that eats that mouse be it a cat, dog, eagle etc. will also die a horrendous death as they bleed to death.
Use peppermint essential oil. Add a few drops on a sponge then water. Wrap in aluminium foil. Then poke holes in the aluminium foil. Check and when the sponge is dry just add water. Voila peppermint is back!! I use in my garage where I keep my birdseed and cat and dog food for people in my area that need help!!
I got cats I had them real bad had to throw away a lot of things when I moved to the country out of the city
Yep
Had an unwrapped bar of soap (Irish Spring) under my sink along with 5 wrapped bars. The mouse actually chewed on the bar of soap.