| Mighty Mouse [message #99221] |
Fri, 10 September 2010 08:40  |
stick miller
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Registered: March 2010
Location: Americus, Georgia
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When I got my coach in July, Ken Henderson and I decided that it would be pretty boring to chronicle the day-to-day adventures that are new and exciting to me, but probably pretty mundane to a seasoned pro. However, a recent event has prompted me to write: Since day 1 I have smelled something that I thought was propane. Bubble tests and the fact that John Sharpe slept several nights enroute led me to believe I was smelling something else - especially when Rob Mueller discovered mouse droppings on the kitchen counter top.
Ken and Rob have now come to the conclusion that, not only do I have a live rodent, but I might just be the proud owner of a DRT (Dead Right There) mouse. Last night I went over and cleaned out all the cabinets. Mostly manuals, books, papers, etc. with no evidence of rodentia. I know from experience that some mice will eat some soap, but I have a full bar in the bathroom with no evidence of chewing....however, when you open the cabinet doors under the sink in the dry side bath there are gnaw marks around each door. In the bathroom I discovered a little poop, although Hey! you have to give the little feller credit for being close to the right place. BTY - I have found no evidence of wire chewing but did find some pvc that looks like it went through the macerator.
Question - Other that setting multiple traps of varying type or getting a hungry cat, do you have other suggestions for ridding/preventing an infestation in the future. Are there sprays (other than chlorophorm) they don't like? Looks like John plugged all the obvious holes, but I think it would probably take a very small hole for a mouse. The sticky traps work, by the way. I caught me last night. Thought I'd picked them all up before I got to work, but there it is...I just re-soled my shoe.
Febreeze inside cabinets and on carpeted surfaces under cabinets might help us forget the dearly departed...or we could just smear some Vicks Vapo-rub on our upper lip like they do in a crime scene. 
Stick Miller
'78 Royale - "White Trash" - she left me for another man
'76 Eleganza - "Cousin Eddie" Sold
'84 Bluebird Wanderlodge - "Past Tents"
Americus, GA
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