How to get a mouse out of a car ?

[AndrewW]

I need some serious help.

A couple of weeks ago, we noticed that there was chewed foam sitting on the back seat of my wife's car, next to the kids car seats.

Then we realised that were mice droppings on the floor of the car.

Obviously a mouse has taken up residence, and I need some suggestions on how to get rid of it.

So far, I have:


Cleaned out every piece of crap from the garage, except for the chest freezer
Cleaned out the car completely, and looked in every nook and cranny for signs of the mouse (under seats / spare wheel well / engine bay)
Put down posion baits behind the freezer
Put a trap at each side of the freezer
Placed traps inside the car
Placed traps at the base of all four wheels of the car overnight
Place the ultrasonic mouse deterer that normally lives in our house in the garage and pointing straight at the car


The only thing I haven't tried yet is putting baits in the car, as I don't want to risk my kids accidently getting hold of them.

So, any suggestions ?

The car has been traded in, we are just waiting for the new one to come (the mouse arrived after we got the trade in valuation ...)

So I've only got a couple of weeks to get rid of the little bugger.

Apparently you can get deoderiser that smells nice to humans but awful to rodents, but I can only find it in US online stores. Has anyone seen anything like this in Australia ?

Cheers,

Andrew.

[SSBarney]

Put the cat in the car overnight.

[VooDoo]

Unplug it from the USB port and follow the lead :stick:

[Jargle]

worst case the new owner gets a bonus:lol: sorry I can't help you.

[swingtan]

Mouse trap in the car over night.

If the car is really clean now, there will be nothing for the mouse to eat, so it will start chewing on the car :eek:

Put a couple of traps in the car with some peanut butter or cheese as bait, on in the boot, one on the floor. Then just toss him in the bin once he's caught.

[clixanup]

Put a couple of traps in the car with some peanut butter or cheese as bait, on in the boot, one on the floor. Then just toss him in the bin once he's caught.
I'll second that. You could even melt some chocolate onto the trigger. That worked for me with a mouse in the kitchen.

[ROGUE]

i found that a big juicy bit of choclate worked a treat for mousetraps.

or superglue an M&M onto it :)

[AndrewW]

Mouse trap in the car over night.

Put a couple of traps in the car with some peanut butter or cheese as bait, on in the boot, one on the floor. Then just toss him in the bin once he's caught.

We've tried that.

Unfortunatley he seems more interested in eating the seats and the floor carpet underlay than the bait in the traps :(

[Ryzz]

i found that a big juicy bit of choclate worked a treat for mousetraps.

or superglue an M&M onto it :)

Watch out, you might wake up to find VooDoo in there trying to steal the M&M to put on one of his Hangover Pizzas!!! :rofl: :rofl:

[swingtan]

OK, seal the car up and toss in a "roach bomb". It's a spray can of concentrated insecticide that you normally use to fumigate your house. Once it starts it keeps spraying until the can is empty. Should get strong enough in a car to kill anything......

BTW, I'm joking.....

I take it you've tried removing the rear seat to see if he's under there ? I wouldn't have thought there was too many spots a mouse could hide.

[Shmacky]

I'm assuming you dont know if he's in the car or getting into the car somehow overnight?

You want to make sure he's not now living in your car. I'd park the car somewhere in direct sunlight to get the car up to a nice temperature. See if he comes out looking for a way out. Make sure you dont 'cook' him in the car though - ie, keep a watch whilst the car heats up (heater even) Chances are he's living under one of the seats or in the dash.....

Then you can start looking at the problem of catching him.

If you are in a garage thats nice and flat, put some water with a bit of salt around three of the wheels and surround the other with more than a few traps for him - with different baits - maybe some seat foam if you want? He wont like the water so hopefully go for the other wheel.....

Also make sure he's not 'jumping' from a ledge onto your car from somewhere if there is shelving near the car.

Hope this gives you some ideas????

Shmacky.

(A couple of carpet pythons wouldn't hurt either I guess....)

[muzza]

You want him out and then dead, but you dont want him dead in your car.

My first thought was to get a CO2 fire extinguisher, and fill the car with it (CO2) and leave it to suffocate - but he may be dead up under your dash - but then at least you could locate via smell!

Other plan, leave car with doors open, bait traps with BURNT cheese outside car and hopefully he will hop out for a feed and be dead-ed!

[SS Enforcer]

I'd go with the cat option, lock a cat in the car for an 1/2 hour. The smell from the cat should be enough to get rid of the mouse.

cheers

[AndrewW]

cheers for the suggestions.

I'm assuming that he is living up in the dash somewhere ... which scares me if he decides to start munching on the wiring ...

I've lifted the rears seats, and as much of the carpet as I can, and I can't seem to locate him.

I'm guessing that he is actually living in the car, as I've got baits and traps outside the car which have been empty since I caught the last mouse about 2 weeks ago.

I know he is still active because he chewed my wifes mobile phone headset last night :flipoff:

He better not go near the SS :bawl:

Andrew.

[VX2VESS]

probably nesting material required.

are outside air vent, put on recirculate may be the entry point.

cat who needs them, my dog love catching mice. caught about 6, catches them get them breaks there neck then leaves them when they don't move anymore (nothing to chase, doesn't eat them)

[Shmacky]

http://www.pesticide.org/mouse.jpg

Just remember that using a chemical to kill them can result in them dieing where they are hiding - not cool.
They can squeeze through a hole roughly a quarter their size and they breed about 13 times a year.

But since you are getting rid of the car, maybe leave him in there and when the car goes, so does 'your' problem....

Shmacky

[Sir-D]

Put the cat in the car overnight.

LOL i pity any fool that does that... "Honey whats that smell? Oh its the CAT BACK new air smell conditioner..."! LOL

On a serious note, put a trap, not a typical "slam" mouse trap but the one where the mouse gets caught in and therefore can be easily taken out.

[macca33]

Set the trap with peanut butter, works for me everytime.

Good luck with it,

Macca

[FFH]

Apparently the little scratchies don't like cheese, so if you tried that best to use something else.

I use a small piece of bread with Honey, the little buggers just can't help themselves! Mind you honey can get quite sticky so put some paper down before the trap if you go this way.

At the very worse, I am sure a mouse will add "Character" to the car for the new owners. :)

[Rate]

I always found the best bait to be a sunflower seed. You skewer the seed onto the bait part of the trap. Anything softer and the cheeky blighters would be able to eat it without setting off the mouse trap.

[Lokky]

While working at a supermarket a while ago, they used glue traps to catch their vermin without poisons. The little mousey would walk on and then get stuck - it wouldn't kill it, but would ensure that it couldn't get too far.

I'm not sure where you can get them (maybe google them) but they would probably be a good option in your situation.

[Speedy Gonzales]

http://www.pesticide.org/mouse.jpg

Just remember that using a chemical to kill them can result in them dieing where they are hiding - not cool.
They can squeeze through a hole roughly a quarter their size and they breed about 13 times a year.

But since you are getting rid of the car, maybe leave him in there and when the car goes, so does 'your' problem....

Shmacky

Aint that the truth, at a previous workplace, one of the boys laid out poison pellets for the rats to digest (yes rats), little did he consider that it resulted in the rat dying in a location which was difficult to access yet everyone frequented often, a very bad rotting smell, like rotten garbage, and when he pulled the rat out, she was a fatty alright, around 30cm in length nose to tail.

Had created quite a nest for herself and her little ones, glad I wasnt given the job of cleaning up the nest, but the smell, it stayed for at least a couple of weeks.

[spanks]

Just make sure you get plenty of pussies in there to catch the mouse:bravo:

[vh-holden]

Unplug it from the USB port and follow the lead :stick:

if it's a modern mouse, there is no lead to follow. in which case, the battery should be flat within a day or two.

[kayman]

if it's a modern mouse, there is no lead to follow. in which case, the battery should be flat within a day or two.

i found it... red light was showing low charge!