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    • #51162
      Morgan Sheppard
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      I know that mice can be a real problem with travel trailers and RV’s. I am wondering if they are as big a problem with truck campers. I am yet to be an owner (happening in the next year) but it seems to me that truck campers are sealed much better and therefore I would think that they would not be as much of a problem. Am I being overly optimistic?

    • #51165
      Mike
      Participant

      Campers might be more sealed than the underside of a class A or C or B van, but they are still liable get in. It’s best to light up the underside with battery powered lights or something. They hate the light. I know folks that do this in the desert.

    • #51169

      We use Tomcat Rodent Repellent, comes in a 1-gallon jug at Home Depot. Non-poisonous. Spray it around the camper sitting in the bed of the truck maybe once a month, twice a month around the engine compartment. (It will evaporate over time.) We used to see rodent activity in the engine area, don’t see it anymore. Never had an issue in the camper.

    • #51176
      Alex Blasingame
      Moderator

      We’ve been truck camping since 2002 and had only one time that a pack rat got in, had a devil of a time getting rid of it!

      One big rat

    • #51182
      2Z Bundok
      Participant

      Great picture! Did you bribe him with a FF?
      We use one scented dryer sheet in each drawer and cabinet compartment. Vapor phase has helped with mice, ants and other freeloaders.

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