With an actual house I leaned to use coarse steel wool in the cracks / hole   … mice nor rats would chew through that 

ed

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> On May 24, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Reading online, it seems that mice, other rodents, leave and follow
> trails of their own urine and fecal matter. They may also follow same
> from other mice.
> 
> Were application of this type of product even a real deterrent, you'd
> think some enterprising person would've come up with a spray
> containing a scent like peppermint and non scented equivalent to a
> Fluid Film type product that would not harm or degrade tire compounds.
> It would likely only be of use when a vehicle is in storage or camped
> in a spot for more than a couple days though.
> 
> But then I'm sure mice/rodents use other senses to guide themselves to
> a point of entry.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> On 5/24/20, Theodore Hoekman <thoekman@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Several years ago camping in my 82 Westfalia, spotted a mouse who had
>> entered scurrying in the front passenger footwell.  Thinking of being humane
>> opened the door and invited it back outside.   As I watched it scurried back
>> to the front tire up over the top and in a minute appeared again on the
>> inside.  This time the little bugger was terminated with prejudice.
>> 
>> Ted
>> 
>> Theodore Hoekman
>> thoekman@gmail.com
>> 19 York St.
>> Newbury, ON  N0L 1Z0
>> (519)719-0342
>> Blog:http://Tedspassivesolarhouse.wordpress.com
>> 
> 
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