Mice

Not much nutrition in that, I would have thought.

My guess is that is a rat not a mouse!. There must of been some attraction to the implement.Vermin do not like human odours although tolerate them,so there must be some other atractive agent on the implement . I am not an authority on this issue....just a country boy.

We have notices warning of mice and not to leave food etc in the van.  We've been lucky and have not experienced a problem.  (Hope I'm not going to regret writing that!!!)  We've always been very caeful not to leave anything edible in the van - including paper!

David 

Outside knawing is usually down to squirrels!  They seem to particularly like  rubber gas hoses and hitch lock handles and covers, but don't like plastic waste pipes.  We've seen them in action at our caravan near Harrogate.

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It's not just food that attracts mice.  A caravan makes a lovely place to spend the winter months.  They'll chew up all sorts of stuff to make their nest - sleeping bags, carrier bags and such. The biggest danger is that tney'll chew wiring which could cause electrical problems - possibly serious ones - when you come to use appliances on your first spring outing.  If you've had mice in the van all wiring should be carefully checked before use.

 

Just found a mouse has been in our glove compartment. Entered via a vent from Engine. Fortunately apart from chewing a padded envelope no further damage done. Will now cover vent with wire netting.

I have just discovered a similar problem after 10 years of being mice free. Over the winter a mouse (or two) has been happily nesting in my caravan and the mess caused was unbelievable! Having cleaned the van from top to bottom during a trip last week, within days of my return the mouse has reappeared. I can't for the life of me work out how it is gaining access to the van, but I will set a trap to try to solve the problem.

 

Ive just shook a dead one from my shower waste pipe, lucky its all push fit pipework, keep those little traps shut now..