Mice Mice and More Mice. Its a Micemobile - Page 2

berkshire · Mar 24th, 2010, 13:18

The solution is as Chris E suggests - if you can, leave all the doors and the boot open for a couple of days and your visitor will undoubtedly find somewhere quieter to live - how would you like it if your house moved off with out warning....you would move out. If that fails, and I don't think it will, get yourself a cat (or a tame terrier) and leave it alone in the car for a hour or two and it will locate the nest. This cannot be down to Volvo - they don't make cars from cheese. My last car - a Saab - failed five miles out of the dealership and was put down to a mouse eating through the turbo pipe! Most likely it came from the transporting ship and not a factory in Sweden. Good luck and do let us know how you get on.

Dorset Brian · Nov 13th, 2019, 09:32

My V40 is only a year old. Found nest in spare wheel last week. Volvo Poole very helpful and removed panels to check everything, but no visible rodents.

Decided to set a trap.

Sat morning, 1 mouse
Sun morning, 1 mouse
Mon morning, 1 mouse
Wed morning, 1 mouse

Can anyone help?

john.wigley · Nov 13th, 2019, 10:35

Linda's Saab is parked outside on the drive and, especially at this time of year, we have a problem with mice getting into the engine bay, presumably attracted by the warmth. Fortunately, we have never found one in the car, though.

Regards, John.

Bob Meadows · Nov 13th, 2019, 11:00

Try this:~

gmonag · Nov 13th, 2019, 14:29

Quote:

Decided to set a trap.

Sat morning, 1 mouse
Sun morning, 1 mouse
Mon morning, 1 mouse
Wed morning, 1 mouse

Can anyone help?

Keep setting traps!

mr tickle · Nov 13th, 2019, 16:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dorset Brian

My V40 is only a year old. Found nest in spare wheel last week. Volvo Poole very helpful and removed panels to check everything, but no visible rodents.

Decided to set a trap.

Sat morning, 1 mouse
Sun morning, 1 mouse
Mon morning, 1 mouse
Wed morning, 1 mouse

Can anyone help?

Thu Morning, 1 mouse
Fri Morning, 1 Mouse
?

SwissXC90 · Nov 13th, 2019, 17:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr tickle

Thu Morning, 1 mouse
Fri Morning, 1 Mouse
?

Remember to remove the mouse from the trap

Or set up 5 traps

GenericVolvoDriver · Nov 17th, 2019, 19:42

I've found this spray works great:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/TOMCAT-Rode...ent/1000763452

I bet you can find something that uses the same active ingredients in the UK.
It's just cedar oil if i remember correctly.
I spray my whole engine bay, hood liner, wiring looms, etc.

ithomso1 · Feb 22nd, 2022, 20:55

Hate to bring a post up from the dead - but did anyone get to the bottom of the mice ingress?

I've seen a few YouTube videos that suggest there's some air intakes in various places (2 in the boot behind the rear wheel arches?) to cover with WireMesh that could be the culprit.

The reason i've found it, there's definate evidence of a mouse house beneath the carpet in the front footwell. Possibly dormant for many years - but its plentiful enougb that if they've got in once. They'll get in again.

Harley Dave · Feb 22nd, 2022, 22:06

I once had mice living in the airbox of my Ducati (in the winter)- they didn't last too long after a couple of trips at 120 though...

Traps, traps and more traps...

Cheers

Dave

Nov 13th, 2019, 09:32	#12
Dorset Brian New Member Last Online: Nov 13th, 2019 09:32 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wareham	Mice andV40 My V40 is only a year old. Found nest in spare wheel last week. Volvo Poole very helpful and removed panels to check everything, but no visible rodents. Decided to set a trap. Sat morning, 1 mouse Sun morning, 1 mouse Mon morning, 1 mouse Wed morning, 1 mouse Can anyone help?

Nov 13th, 2019, 10:35	#13
john.wigley VOC Member since 1986 Last Online: Today 16:31 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Leicestershire	Linda's Saab is parked outside on the drive and, especially at this time of year, we have a problem with mice getting into the engine bay, presumably attracted by the warmth. Fortunately, we have never found one in the car, though. Regards, John. __________________ Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana .....

Nov 17th, 2019, 19:42	#18
GenericVolvoDriver Junior Member Last Online: Sep 21st, 2021 08:51 Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: British Columbia	I've found this spray works great: https://www.lowes.com/pd/TOMCAT-Rode...ent/1000763452 I bet you can find something that uses the same active ingredients in the UK. It's just cedar oil if i remember correctly. I spray my whole engine bay, hood liner, wiring looms, etc. __________________ '15 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD Platinum 96k km - Family Member '13 Volvo XC90 AWD Platinum 140k km - Me '12 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD Platinum 26k km - Better 3/4 '88 Nissan 300ZX Turbo - Me

Mar 24th, 2010, 13:18	#11
berkshire Junior Member Last Online: Mar 24th, 2014 22:26 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oxford	The solution is as Chris E suggests - if you can, leave all the doors and the boot open for a couple of days and your visitor will undoubtedly find somewhere quieter to live - how would you like it if your house moved off with out warning....you would move out. If that fails, and I don't think it will, get yourself a cat (or a tame terrier) and leave it alone in the car for a hour or two and it will locate the nest. This cannot be down to Volvo - they don't make cars from cheese. My last car - a Saab - failed five miles out of the dealership and was put down to a mouse eating through the turbo pipe! Most likely it came from the transporting ship and not a factory in Sweden. Good luck and do let us know how you get on.

Feb 22nd, 2022, 20:55	#19
ithomso1 New Member Last Online: Oct 13th, 2023 10:45 Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Leeds	Hate to bring a post up from the dead - but did anyone get to the bottom of the mice ingress? I've seen a few YouTube videos that suggest there's some air intakes in various places (2 in the boot behind the rear wheel arches?) to cover with WireMesh that could be the culprit. The reason i've found it, there's definate evidence of a mouse house beneath the carpet in the front footwell. Possibly dormant for many years - but its plentiful enougb that if they've got in once. They'll get in again.

Feb 22nd, 2022, 22:06	#20
Harley Dave Volvo Driver Last Online: Yesterday 10:12 Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Basingstoke	I once had mice living in the airbox of my Ducati (in the winter)- they didn't last too long after a couple of trips at 120 though... Traps, traps and more traps... Cheers Dave

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