Mouse in car

Put moth balls in an old sock and leave it in the car for a few days.

Yes, your car will smell like moth balls but you can make the smell go away by removing the moth balls after the mouse has bailed out by driving a few miles with all of the windows open.

a sticky pad with some peanut butter

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Do mice not like moth balls?

Can't stand those little bastards. We have them around our camp, and it's an ongoing battle.

Mice can get into spaces that make you scratch your head.
No doubt it's found a path to inside her car and is coming and going.

Glue traps do work. You also may want to try Just One Bite- because it's never about dealing with "a mouse"- it's about dealing with "mice". Killing them is always the best option.

Also, I have found at my camp that they are repulsed by the smell of this spray called "Grandpa Gus'"....It's a heavy peppermint scent. They've left our tractor and ATVs/mowers alone since I started using it on them occasionally. Perhaps spraying under the hood (look for tiny tracks) will discourage them. I wouldn't recommend spraying it inside the car as it is a very strong scent in an enclosed space.....

Best of luck dealing with the little vermin.

We have chickens and if you have chickens, you have mice. I hate those bastards. They venture from the chicken coop over to the house or my shed when it gets cold. They have chewed HVAC ducts, engine wires, you name it.

I've tried trapping, I've tried shooting them with pellet guns (super fun), poison throw packs is all that works. Tough around the chickens because they would eat it too.

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There's a frequency you can play on YouTube that repels them. Just wait until early evening when they're active, open all your doors and leave the phone on the backseat for about 5 minutes and go inside. I bet that sends them packing.

Snap traps, not glue traps (it's gross dealing with a stuck, live mouse - snap kills 'em quick). Get a dozen traps, the more the better, you want to get *all* the mice in the area, as quickly as possible. Set 4 in the car, a couple under the hood, and the rest all around the car. Any place they might hide.

I like to attach the trap to a long, thin board, then you can slip it into and out of places that are hard to reach, mice like to hide out there. Put them in the path along walls.

1 find where it is getting in and close it with steel mesh grate or steel wool 2 lay traps impossible to get them out once in without unfortunately. 3 check for nest in hvac system like above cabin air filter or engine bay