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Subject:Re: Rodents
From:Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Date:Sun, 24 May 2020 11:49:46 -0400

Don't fall for one recommended deterrent, Irish Spring soap. I tried it, slices in perforated Ziploc bags stashed around the interior. A few days later I found one bag gnawed into and the soap chunk severely nibbled upon. Some deterrent. 

Stephen

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> On May 24, 2020, at 10:27 AM, Mark McCulley <markmcculley@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> If you camp like I do and leave the sliding door open for long periods of
> time, mice can jump right in the open door.
> 
> -Mark
> 
>> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 12:37 PM David Boan <dboan@outlook.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I am preparing to go camping next month as campgrounds open up, and part
>> of my prep is to seal up the camper so rodents cannot get in. At the end of
>> the summer last year I had two mice get in during the night.  They got into
>> the insulation, among many other things, and made such a mess that I had to
>> replace all the insulation.  I am determined to avoid that this summer.  I
>> sealed up three places where they may have gotten in: I replaced the gasket
>> around the sink drain where it exists under the floor, and I used plumbers
>> putty around a hole where the ground cable from the house battery passes
>> through the floor, and sealed around the lines from the AC in the closet.
>> 
>> Can anyone think of any places I am missing where mice can get in?
>> 
>> Dave B.
>> '85 Westy
>> Boise
>>

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