Mouse in my car

[Tophu530]

I bought a 72' 240z about 2 months ago. It is in great shape with no rust besides a little surface rust on the hood. The engine doesn't work yet, but when i was working on it. my friend noticed a little brown mouse jump out and under the transmission. Luckily there is like no mouse poop in the car, but that explained all the sunflower seeds in the car. I set up some traps, but i guess it's too smart to go for cheese or peanut-butter. The car had been kept in a garage for like 2 years before I bought it, and the amount of seeds in the car suggests it was there for at least a year, but there is like no mouse poop and electrical stuff has worked meaning the mouse hasn't chewed wires. Any ideas on getting the mouse out would be greatly appreciated.

-Chris

[240znz]

Cats work well

[Tophu530]

Friend suggested that already. I think the cat will do more damage to the car than the mouse

[hls30.com]

1) Vacuum up all of the seeds.

2) Visit your local Walmart, in the "storage" section they sell old fashioned Moth Balls($3 or so).

3) Move the car outside in the sun.

4) Pop the plastic on the box, place the box on the console with the windows up. In less than an hour, the mouse will have gone looking for a new home(maybe a cats stomach). If the mouse has no success in finding new digs, it will come back, so leave the moth balls in the car for several days, and if Mr. mouse comes back he will run off again, after another attempt or two, he won't come back.

Many people put cars up using Mothballs to make them less of a housing opportunity to rodents-it works.

I have more than 20 parts cars stored 90 miles from me in an open field. Every time I visit the farm, I toss a box in each car as I described, in several years, I have found no evidence of varmits in those cars I "treated" yet other cars show serious habitation and transient life going on.

Mothballs are an eviction notice for most rodents, they simply won't tolerate the odor.

Will