How to Keep Mice Out Of My Boat This Winter

Have the boat shrink-wrapped.

Hi, Soak a few cotton balls in Peppermint oil and place the here and there. Mice don't like the smell of it. Ypu can buy the oil in any health food store. I find Japanese Mint oil very strong.

A lot of people report good luck with mothballs. There are also people who have reported no luck at all with them. I suspect those that report good luck are reporting just that, "Good Luck" and not really "effect product."

It should be noted that naphthalene and 1,4-dichlorobenzene (both are used as mothballs) are both toxic to humans. They also would need to be renewed and they might cause damage to some parts of your boat.

Looking at all these. I'd like to avoid the cost of a shrinkwrap.

Think cat.

Leave the boat in the water; announce abandon ship :-/

-- Oren

"I wouldn't even be here if my support group hadn't beaten me up."

a 3 mil condom?

Q: How many cats does it take to shrink wrap a boat? A: Ten, if you slice em thin.

Have at it then with mothballs and report back next spring.

When it sarts to get cold the critters look for warm/sheltered spots to winter over.

I would set traps (including glue traps) and poison. If your boat has hidden places you might anticipate this and place a few feet on fiberglass insulation batts. When you open your boat up again you will likely find some dead mice inside.

Place several bait stations that protect the bait from weather and non target animals around the boat and surrounding area. Bait blocks will be more attractant than the D-Con and will be able to secure better in the Bait Stations.

Lar

The boat will be covered.

For what its worth - the local radio handyman-talk-show host insists mice hate the smell of peppermint and a little peppermint oil mixed in water will keep them away.

The idea with the stations around the boat is to have the mice that are foraging near the boat feed on the bait and be eliminated before they are actually moving into the boat and finding the bait.

Lar