Can't find the trap...

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by evomind

Oh, mice dont like moth balls. They also dont like those things they put in urinals.
Is your car parked outside? If so it will always be an attraction.
If its in the garage line it with those urinal things and mothballs and try to keep them out the garage. Make sure all cracks are sealed.
If its outside not much you can do. The car provides shelter.
Where Im at we have to keep our hoods open because in AZ they go under the hood to escape the sun so by opening the hood they dont have much cover so they move on.
The goal is stopping them from getting inside the cab at least. Their access hole is probably where you found him. Try to seal the hole with silicone or something.
Lifting the trunk/frunk probably wont help much on these cars....
Good luck

No. They got in through the front engine cover. The cover was reinstalled... after the fact.

There was no way I could get the mouse. I now suspect the second mouse is trailing the first mouse... and both have traps stuck to them. I only see the one mouse... but suspect two. They're dead. Deceased. Gonzo.

Called a pest control outfit in my area. "If he can se the mouse, he'll get him out". Well... he didn't get the mouse out after trying for a half-hour. I did tip thge young man $15 for the effort.

Picked up a back of clay cat litter... sliced it open... put it on the passenger side floor... windows cracked. Going to be in the 80s today. It's starting to stink.

Today I'll hit Home Depot and see if they don't have a solid-product odor eliminator. It's a ****************ed up situation.

[paulofto]

If I asked my wife to help get a dead mouse out of my Boxster she would take a flame thrower to the car and then file for divorce. Spiders, worms, mice, any creepy crawly thingies are reasons strong enough to terminate our relationship in her estimation. Our vows included ‘till death or creepy crawlies do us part’.

So far I have steered such pestilence away from her so well that we celebrated 41 years of marriage earlier this week.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by Starter986

No. They got in through the front engine cover. The cover was reinstalled... after the fact.

There was no way I could get the mouse. I now suspect the second mouse is trailing the first mouse... and both have traps stuck to them. I only see the one mouse... but suspect two. They're dead. Deceased. Gonzo.

Called a pest control outfit in my area. "If he can se the mouse, he'll get him out". Well... he didn't get the mouse out after trying for a half-hour. I did tip thge young man $15 for the effort.

Picked up a back of clay cat litter... sliced it open... put it on the passenger side floor... windows cracked. Going to be in the 80s today. It's starting to stink.

Today I'll hit Home Depot and see if they don't have a solid-product odor eliminator. It's a ****************ed up situation.

Active Charcoal is a great odor eliminator, but you need to get rid of the source. No amount of odor elimination will hide that stink until the source is gone.

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by piper6909

Active Charcoal is a great odor eliminator, but you need to get rid of the source. No amount of odor elimination will hide that stink until the source is gone.

Picked up the small charcoal bags.

Wife had an idea this morning... I hadn't thought of it.

Based upon the positioning... I'm going in behind them... I'm headed out to do some center/dash console removal... stereo... ac control... see if I can go in behind and yank them out. We'll see...

20 pound bag of clay kitty litter on the floor... hoping that will at least keep the odor down. Hit HD this morning for the odor eliminator type stuff.

Oh yeah... again... these are deceased mice. Dead. Gonzo. Expired.

I'll update.

[tommy583]

I would take out the passenger side airbag. I think it is just a few screws from under the dash and it should come right out. You should be able to get to anything on that side of the dash with the airbag out of the way.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by Starter986

Picked up the small charcoal bags.

Wife had an idea this morning... I hadn't thought of it.

Based upon the positioning... I'm going in behind them... I'm headed out to do some center/dash console removal... stereo... ac control... see if I can go in behind and yank them out. We'll see...

20 pound bag of clay kitty litter on the floor... hoping that will at least keep the odor down. Hit HD this morning for the odor eliminator type stuff.

Oh yeah... again... these are deceased mice. Dead. Gonzo. Expired.

I'll update.

I was just going to suggest pulling the radio. I think you're on the right track. Good luck.

[MrBen]

Have you tried just driving really fast on bumpy roads I suppose with that glue whatever it’s stuck to its game over. Not a pleasant situation

[A-NewName]

Simple: Sell the car now before the smell arises.

[Starter986]

Thank you for the suggestion. Later today I may try to pull the airbag.

Yesterday I pulled the center console. Zero luck there. Went ba ck under the pass dash and removed the plastic tube that moves air (I've only had one cup of coffee and I forget the scientific name)... the one with the accordian in the middle. That really didn't matter at all.

I then resolved to get the mouse I could see. I had purchased a new grabby tool and further bent the four tines that emerge fron the head... so that when I clamped it down on the mouse I would have better leverage. I will say that when I removed the plastic air tube... then putting my hand up there to feel around... the missing glue trap fell down.

On it was some fur and about an inch and a half of tail which, it appears to me, the mouse bit of itself. It reconciled with the tail still atached to the mouse.

I positioned the telescoping mirror on the carpet... and the flashlight... and went in. Navigated the devise... got up on thge mouses face... clamped and slowly pulled it out. Success! Immediately I noticed the smell of death leaving the cab.

I poked and prodded with my hand... and used the flashlight and mirror to try to find the other trap and, if it exists, the other mouse. Nothing. My shoulders killed during the "procedure" and I know I'll be chewing the ibu today.

Put in some oder eliminators... and will go out later this morning to see if the smell remains. That means I've more work to do.

If the smell is absent I'm thinking it was one mouse who managed to get hisself tangled up in both traps. We'll see.

To be continued...