I'm new here and this is my first post.
May 2015, saw a mouse above the windshield wiper and didn't think much of it. The next day I found a turd in my cup holder and noticed the issue from there on. Droppings were everywhere; from floor mats, back seat to the trunk. I work at night and I guess I just never noticed it. I hardly ate in my car and wasn't that messy.
The following day I saw that mouse under the hood. I tried to chase it out, but it hid well. I later caught it with a Victor snap trap and cleaned out the car the best I could. I found and moved torn tissue under my subwoofer and just trashed my trunk liner because I was disgusted and did want to deal with it. I honestly thought that was the last of it...
Since May, I've done the best to keep my car vacuumed and clean but kept finding droppings. It became frustrating and some what depressing, because all I could think of was dying of hantavirus.
Finally I decided to remove the carpet and find out where it might be coming in from. I found droppings everywhere under the carpet. They chewed through the foam and were able to go from the front to the back easily. So after removing the carpet, I washed the carpet with detergent and cleaned the bare floor. After, I used expanding pest foam and sealed all possible entries within the cabin and there were so many holes.
I found what might have been to possible entry; manual shifter cable grommet through the firewall. I foamed the **** out of it. So after that I left the car bare; no carpet, seats, stereo and console for a few days with traps, poison and bait set inside. No sign of activity for a few days with all the bait and poison untouched.
So I figure I resolved my issue. Today, I have a bare metal trunk, no passenger and back seats. I check almost every chance I get and just a couple of days ago I found a dead mouse caught in a Tom Cat trap which I duct-taped inside the trunk. Removed it completely and set another trap. 2 days later I caught another. The traps have a little bit of peanut butter on them.
The thing is... the trap was in my car for over a month with no signs of mice and just recently I caught the two. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I can find a 3D model of the chassis or something that can help me find entry points? I left the trunk vents untouched because it looks like a straight drop off and I can't image a mouse using suction cups and climbing up the steep walls.
HVAC is good, because my cabin air filter isn't damaged. I'm just wanting to stick a 2x4 on the throttle, and say good bye and watch it drive off a cliff. The really sad part is I still owe thousands on it. It isn't worth trading it in either, also I would hate to pass on this issue to the next owner.
May 2015, saw a mouse above the windshield wiper and didn't think much of it. The next day I found a turd in my cup holder and noticed the issue from there on. Droppings were everywhere; from floor mats, back seat to the trunk. I work at night and I guess I just never noticed it. I hardly ate in my car and wasn't that messy.
The following day I saw that mouse under the hood. I tried to chase it out, but it hid well. I later caught it with a Victor snap trap and cleaned out the car the best I could. I found and moved torn tissue under my subwoofer and just trashed my trunk liner because I was disgusted and did want to deal with it. I honestly thought that was the last of it...
Since May, I've done the best to keep my car vacuumed and clean but kept finding droppings. It became frustrating and some what depressing, because all I could think of was dying of hantavirus.
Finally I decided to remove the carpet and find out where it might be coming in from. I found droppings everywhere under the carpet. They chewed through the foam and were able to go from the front to the back easily. So after removing the carpet, I washed the carpet with detergent and cleaned the bare floor. After, I used expanding pest foam and sealed all possible entries within the cabin and there were so many holes.
I found what might have been to possible entry; manual shifter cable grommet through the firewall. I foamed the **** out of it. So after that I left the car bare; no carpet, seats, stereo and console for a few days with traps, poison and bait set inside. No sign of activity for a few days with all the bait and poison untouched.
So I figure I resolved my issue. Today, I have a bare metal trunk, no passenger and back seats. I check almost every chance I get and just a couple of days ago I found a dead mouse caught in a Tom Cat trap which I duct-taped inside the trunk. Removed it completely and set another trap. 2 days later I caught another. The traps have a little bit of peanut butter on them.
The thing is... the trap was in my car for over a month with no signs of mice and just recently I caught the two. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I can find a 3D model of the chassis or something that can help me find entry points? I left the trunk vents untouched because it looks like a straight drop off and I can't image a mouse using suction cups and climbing up the steep walls.
HVAC is good, because my cabin air filter isn't damaged. I'm just wanting to stick a 2x4 on the throttle, and say good bye and watch it drive off a cliff. The really sad part is I still owe thousands on it. It isn't worth trading it in either, also I would hate to pass on this issue to the next owner.
