Mice!

Has anyone else ever got mice in your Tundy. About two years ago found a mouse nest in the storage area under r/r seat. Recently found evidence of them in my glove box( chewed up owners manual and of course mouse poop). So far no real damage but I hate having those damn dirty critters in my truck . Can not find how they are getting in. Any thoughts? Thanks!!

 

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Pick your poison.

 

Yes, yes I have.

 

Had a red squirrel build a home in the V of my FJ Cruiser 4.0 V6 as well.

 

On patrol 24 /7, will work for Meow-mix and a warm bed.

 

Do you park fully indoors, partially outdoors (i.e. roof but at least 1 wall missing), or fully outdoors?

Most mice can get into any hole that's at least the size of a dime. If their skull fits, they'll work their way in. They jump pretty high.

I've rarely lived somewhere I don't have a fairly sealed garage. I've never had mice in my vehicles. I've seen it happen down here in the south, but it seems to happen more in icy cold northern states significantly more than down here.

 

Mice usually don't go where there is no food....

 

Never in my vehicle, only under my sink cabinet and in the walls before the HOA remodeled and got rid of their nests. For the longest time my stored food was in tupperware until they were finally gone.

 

They make a nest in these nice insulated vehicles. My dog lets me know when one is in the shop (his 3200 sq. ft doghouse) and out goes the sticky pad and a day or two later a mouse gets to drown.

 

Nothing inside but I did have to replace the fuel neck from a rodent. Sucked the hole was on top; I didn't catch it until I was filling the tank and saw all of this fuel pouring out.
And of course the engine light came on afterward...

 

Once I covered my BBQ grill for the winter. In the spring when I removed the cover, I noticed the soft inside seemed to have shredded, as if somehow deteriorating. Odd I thought. When I removed the cover and opened the lid, there on the grill was nest made from the shredded fabric, and several "pinkies" therein.

 

Another time (probably around the same time, more or less) I left my Lexus outside the garage for the winter. I covered it with a very nice (read expensive) custom car cover, made with multiple plies, soft layers on the inside, reflector-ized and waterproof on the outside. Same deal...in the spring I pulled the cover off, and noticed it was shredded. Popped open the trunk to see that the little f'ers had built a nest from the shredded car cover (good thing, it turns out...since they had plenty of material they left the carpet and upholstery largely un-molested).

 

No much mouse activity in the house as near as I can tell, but I do find a lot of shed snake skins in the basement. I suspect the resident snakes are well fed.

 

*Meant to include pic

 

Squirrel, maybe?

 

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Get some pure mint oil and a spray bottle. An ounce or two in 30oz of water is over kill but, go with it. Mix it, give it a shake and spray it in your engine bay a few times a year. If they're making it in your cab, which sounds like what's happening, spray the mixture in your cab. The smell irritates mice/rats. As a bonus, your rig will smell good.

 

Someone here mentioned that Irish Spring soap works as well for mice. May want to put a bar or so in the cab.

 

unless the wiring looms are wrapped in soy based materials…..

 

I park outside and we are surrounded by farm fields. So there have always been and always will be mice around here. The uptick is crazy every year when they plow the fields. I never keep food in the truck, so they are just trying to nest and keep warm. BUT NOT IN MY TRUCK DAMMIT.
I really just want to figure out how they get in so I can plug it up.

 

Mice and rats have somewhat collapsible rib cages. Their ribs have a greater capacity to flex than most other mammals, enabling them to flatten themselves temporarily to squeeze through narrow cracks. If a mouse can fit its head through a space, the rest of its body can squeeze through as well.Nov 1, 2017

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Young mice can squeeze through a 5 mm gap, sneaking in to spaces as small as a pencil width. Mice are able to jump up to about 24 cm high, which is quite a feat, considering their average size is between 3 and 10 cm.

 

At the risk of sounding like a girly man, when a mouse jumps by me when trying to get it without killing it, it gives me the willies. By the way, these guys will come right back if you try to trap them alive and relocate them. I caught the same one 3 times ( i dribbled red food coloring on his back for ID). Trap him, release him in the field about 300 yards away, watched bee line right back to my house immediately. So now, inside a spring type trap, outside, Chomper patrol. I've had 2 inside the house this year (RIP mouses) and never had one in any vehicle, knock on wood.

 

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