walleyejack Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Anyone have an idea how to keep mice from chewing my boat cover up? 2yrs ago they built a nice nest up front where my trolling battery goes,last year they returned and chewed a hole in the cover and chewed the crap out of one of the seats. Mothballs any good ? I park it at a farm out back in winter. Any ideas would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Find somewhere mice-free to park it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeter Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I store my boat outside as well. I wrap it up tight and put small mesh bags with moth balls throughout the boat. I use a lot of them. I also put a lot of bounce sheets in the boat as well - mice apparently hate the smell. Done this for two years and no mice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckjack Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 +1 to Zeeter's reply, bounce sheets and/or mothballs should do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Shearer Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I used to store my boat in a barn. There were tons of mice! Lots of mothballs, and little boxes of warfarin as well. If the little beggars did go in, they'd find a tasty snack as well. Never found a dead one, so I suspect the mothballs did the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thgen Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Mothballs didn't work for me last winter when I used them with poison sticks to try to keep a car mouse-free. I'll be following this thread -- hopefully I won't be pulling the whole vent/heating system out again next spring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I stored my last boat inside a barn for 9 winters and a bowl of mothballs on the floor kept it completely critter free. I know another fella that stored his covered boat outside a couple years back and the interior was completely destroyed by racoons.....carpets, seats, upholstery and wooden floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walleyejack Posted August 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Thanks folks, just bought a new cover so don t want to destroy it this year, give me at least a couple yrs. I will try the mothballs and bounce, and a little mouse treat for them if they get hungry. Thanks Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Fox pee, douse a couple of cotton balls and lay them in an empty tin can. someone told me once a couple of dime store rubber snakes do wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Fox pee, douse a couple of cotton balls and lay them in an empty tin can. But how do you train the fox to pee on the cotton ball ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 But how do you train the fox to pee on the cotton ball ?? I was wondering the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walleyejack Posted August 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Put mouse pee around the cotton ball !! duhhh quote name='Spiel' date='08 August 2010 - 09:46 AM' timestamp='1281275168' post='492481'] I was wondering the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dondorfish Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Wow - been storing my boat outside for the last 10 years without doing anything but covering it. Guess I have just been lucky! Going to try some of these ideas just in case. Thanks guys! Tracker ( Don ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 But how do you train the fox to pee on the cotton ball ?? Oh Lew..you guys are sooo helpless at times I called up this guy from over in the woodline, give him a mouse and he just about pee'd all over himself. http://www.urbannaturestore.ca/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=771&idcategory=7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I occassionaly left a dish of kitty chow in the boat shed. Lots of cats = no mice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Fox pee, douse a couple of cotton balls and lay them in an empty tin can. someone told me once a couple of dime store rubber snakes do wonders. I used Fox Pee in my garden for years to keep coons & squirrels out of my sweet corn. I read about it in a gardening magazine once and gave it a try. Works better then anything else I tried to keep coons and squirrels out of my corn. I imagine it would have the same effect on mice. Occasionally after several "pops" I would just go and whizz it the corn patch myself, but that's a whole other topic of conversation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhenrygsr Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 make sure you get the cedar ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskieman Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 http://www.outsidepride.com/repellents/critter-repellent/fox-urine.html RFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Cliff Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Make sure tou have no ropes or anythng running to ground that they can climb, that will usually keep them from getting in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishermccann Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 I use oil of peppermint, in the boat, cottage, and tent trailer. Works great have had no mice for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishnwire Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 Find somewhere mice-free to park it? I'm not sure any such place exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsTheBassMan Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 Catch 'Em & Bait 'Em There are some old timers that used to drift mice down brown-holding waters on cedar planks and then jerk them off in fish-holding waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 Moths have Balls ??? :dunno: It seems the ones down South don't have them but I guess they could ...never really checked. A bag of charcoal with a few holes in the top will get rid of odor and humidity. The bounce sheets works here just make sure you put them inside of the boxes, under the motor cowel and in the main area so they cant find a scent free place to set up house. Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bow slayer Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 I have been using moth balls and bounce sheets with great results also,another good option is original irish spring soap cut up on a small plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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