Vermin in campervan; Ttreatment?

ratsack simple and works I picked up a hicher in the frank hhan NP

and no amount of clean green stuff worked

but an open packet of the chepest ratsack i could find did the trick

peanut butter on a mouse trap found the mouse in my Troopy after a trip to the High Country.

We usually wedge a pumpkin seed onto the holder on the mouse trap, its quite hard for them to yank off, hence its sets off the trap.





cheers Unc

What NOT to do.........................

My uncle had mice in his car. Connected a hose from the exhaust................
Killed the mice ............. but then he was left with the smell.

Cost a packet for the mechanic to dismantle the aircon ducting!

If is a cockroach head to Queensland, you know what the cane toads do to the cockroaches, Ha Ha. If not trap best bet, if you get it you will know where it lies in peace. Not by waiting for the smell to lead you!!!
Regards
Len

Mortein spider control outdoor surface spray! it doesn't work on spiders too good but never seen anything as good with dead cockys all over the place in the next few days.

Just spray it on the outside underneath part of the caravan and any cocky will be upside down out in the open area for you to remove the next day.

Cheers.

If the poison & traps are all too much, get some of those sticky pads..we find they
work really well..mouse or whatever get bogged on em...can reuse after
extracting deceased meece, find at supermarkets.......oldbaz.

If you want to have a bait station that pets can`t access use a biscuit tin or lolly tin that has a removable lid, ( the ones about 10 inches diameter and 3 - 4 inches high are ideal ) with the lid off, cut down from the top to about 20mm from the bottom, make a second cut the same depth about 50mm from the first, fold the section inwards but not all the way, just leave it parallel with the bottom of the tin.

Place the poison bait in the tin and put the lid on, some duct tape around the lid will stop it from coming off, any crumbs or bits of bait are prevented from falling out buy the lip at the bottom of the hole.

Its a good idea to still hide the bait station somewhere the pet cant get it, double security. I have these set in my shed and find that any mice in the house find the bait in the shed, they must travel about looking for food.
While the bait continues to disappear keep replacing it until some remains uneaten.

Hi,

There are grey plastic ones that look like this,



I use them in the shed. Bit of peanut butter & they rarely fail. The way the mechanism works they are just super sensitive to movement near the bait plate.

They don't always kill outright and I've had them dragged a few feet under benches but they are almost always dead when you find them. Had one that wasn't but you only have to step on them and that fixes it.

Much better success rates than with traditional traps though.

Dave

Also , seen on ebay some electric rat/mouse traps - zaps those little buggers ( guessing via a capacitor ) runs on batteries and rodent stays inside after trap after being electrocuted - maybe another option ?

This method seems to work with the more cunning rodents
Get a piece of plastic water pipe just long enough and big enough for the varmit to get his head in.
With a hacksaw cut a slot about halfway through the pipe about 20mm from one end and fix a blank cap to the other.
Place a piece of cheese, food scrap, pumpkin seed or whatever inside the pipe and set on the floor or where ever the little pest can get at it.
The first morning after the food will probably be gone.
Repeat the next night and so forth until it gets accustomed to dining in the pipe.
Next get a very sharp razor blade and put it in the slot with the sharp edge facing up and no tasty morsel.
The offending culprip sticks his/her head in the pipe, hey no food, looks left, looks right and cuts their own throat.





Hey it is Friday


Pop

Hi
Best bit of kit I have found was purchased at Bunnings, called a Nooski. It consists of an all plastic tube and a pack of extremely strong rubber bands. The rubber band is under tension where the mouse has to put it's head through to get to the peanut butter etc. The end result is the rubber band ends up around the neck of said rodent. The process is so quick and thorough that the mouse is usually dead inside the trap and all you have to do is pick up trap and tip dead mouse out. A very effective and efficient trap and you do net even have to touch said rodent when you dispose of it.
Regards
Brian

Grateful thanks to all you folk for comments and follow-ups.
This B..... little pest has really caused a stir and attracted your collective attention for quite some time!
Good news!! He is no longer.
After we acquired two old-style wooden traps, two sticky mat types, a jazzy new auto-trap by Mortein and lastly acting on advice in this forum a jar of peanut paste and using all,usually simultaneously the pesky rodent was not caught by any.
What happened? He scared Felicity out of her wits by scampering across her feet not once but twice as we drove along in Townsville on Saturday a.m.
Then the cheeky little fart got to my feet but I was quick enough to stamp on him, picked him up (almost dead I think) and chucked him in Stuart creek to take his chances!
The relief is amazing after a frustrating 7 days trying to round him up.
So after all your advice and tips, brute force did the trick.
Thanks again everyone... if you need any mouse catching gear, just send a PM
we should be able to oblige!!