Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:41:30 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Mouse attacks
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Ah, yes, those Alaska voles, shrews, and mice. Pesky little critters.
As the old Chesapeake Bay fishermen used to say "There's a loose moose
in the hoose!" They could never get that "u"in there just right.
Hmmm. Mouse skin parkas. Now there's a concept!
John Rodgers
88 GL Criver
Chelsea, AL
Mark Tuovinen wrote:
>RE: "legally, my van and not theirs, and that I ought to have some say over their admittance."
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>The case of; Don Williams V. Mice, Let us know how that law suit turns out. :-)
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>Really, I do sympathize with you and look forward to hearing what those that have dealt with this problem have to say. We have not faced this issue as in the summer Alaskan mice or more likely shrews and voles like the outdoors more then our van and in the winter our Westy Syncro sits in the garage. Unfortunately we do get mice into the house, it seems that they would rather live in our nice warm house then outside during the winter months. The up side to this is that we save on cat food. :-)
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>Mark in AK - winning the mouse in the house battle in Anchorage
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Don Williams <williams@FIRE.BIOL.WWU.EDU>
>Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:08 am
>Subject: Mouse attacks
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>>I am hoping that others will contribute to this thread and provide
>>somehope that it is possible to keep mice from getting into a van.
>> The
>>archives will tell you that there is a screen under the grill that is
>>incompletely attached over the fresh air intake. I took care of
>>that and
>>I still get mice in the van (85 Westy). The true test is a
>>trailhead. If
>>you can stay at a trailhead and not get mice during the night you have
>>solved the problem, and so far, I haven't. At home in the city, with
>>relativley naive mice, who don't have directions burned into their
>>brainsfrom previous successes, it isn't a problem. Maybe it is
>>simply impossible
>>to exclude mice from the van's interior---my mechanic, who rents
>>vans to
>>customers, assures me that this is true and that i should just
>>learn to
>>live with them. But the fact is that they piss in the van and
>>make it
>>smell horrible, and it is always unpleasant to have one run across
>>you in
>>the night. And the final issue is that it is, legally, my van and not
>>theirs, and that I ought to have some say over their admittance.
>>Theremust be some solution.
>>Don
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>>Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:24:14 -0700
>>From: Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
>>Subject: Mouse Attack!
>>In addition having my van die completely, the camping itself was a
>>never-ending battle between us and the mice. Apparently, there are
>>ways for small mice to get inside a van even with the doors & windows
>>closed.
>>I found one possible entry hole -- a breather tube? that goes into
>>the main battery box under the passenger seat. From there they can
>>run to the driver's side battery box, and from there they have free
>>run of the cabinets and closet.
>>However, even after I blocked that off they kept finding a way in.
>>Any ideas for where to look for mouse-size entry points (85 westy).
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