Ugh! Mice are nasty in a westy!

We live in the sticks, and have a real rodent problem. We use a device
called "a tin cat", that is a live trap... metal as the name suggests. You
place it along a wall, and they walk in, and never walk out. We use a mason
jar lid and slap some peanut butter on it.

I know it's kinda after the fact, but these things work wonders, and allow
us to get the mouse a few miles away.

At 01:02 PM 8/4/2003, you wrote:
>Hey Y'all, been awhile...
>
>Stored the Westy at my father-in-laws pole-barn over
>winter and had a few visitors that did some
>significant damage. The pop-top canvas has several
>large holes in it and the urine smell is overwhelming.
>There were three nests. two accessed through the
>pop-top canvas on the upper sleeping area and one
>underneath the sink.
>
>Reparations:
>Will have to replace the pop-top canvas. To eliminate
>the odor from the sleeping pads I filled a baby pool
>full of water and ammonia, removed the foam from the
>fabric covers and soaked the foam in the baby pool.
>Still drying in the garage 3 days later. The covers I
>washed in cold water at the laundrymat with ammonia
>added as well. My brother-in-law also suggested
>placing a bucket of water  with ammonia inside the
>Westy to eliminate the remaining odor--preferably on a
>hot day. Also using a febreze-like agent to help
>eliminate odor.
>
>Question:
>The three nests consisted of paper toweling from a
>roll I had stored under the sink and yellow insulation
>material. My question is this, where should I look for
>the damage to the insulation?
>
>Also, since this occurred, my temp gauge has been
>having spells. After running on its normal course it
>will, intermittently, climb quickly to the top of the
>gauge with the red light blinking. It goes away fairly
>quickly but is disconcerting. Possible electric/wiring
>issue from the mouse gnawing?
>
>Finally, is there a good mouse-proofing procedure?
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>=====
>Chris Rowland
>a5ym3tr1c@yahoo.com
>'85 Westy - "Tinkerbell"
>
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