How to Kill a Mouse in a Car
Whether it's your home, office or even your automobile, mice are troublesome pests that can take up unwelcome residence in any environment. A small crack of an open car window or door can provide shelter for a mouse eager to mop up any crumbs left on floor boards or under car seats. Because of the dangers associated with the distraction a live mouse can pose while driving, it is recommended that you exterminate the mouse as quickly as possible. Exterminating a mouse who has found his way into your car is a simple process that does not require any special pest control skills.
Other People Are Reading
Things You'll Need
- Baited mouse traps (such as Warfarin mouse traps, readily available at any local department or home improvement store).
- Trash bag
- Broom
- Dust pan
- Gloves (latex works well)
Instructions
-
-
1
Remove and discard any old food, candy wrappers or trash from the inside of your car. Because these items provide nutrition for the mouse, he will be less eager to consume a baited mouse trap.
-
2
Purchase a baited mouse trap (such as Warfarin) from your local department or home improvement store. An ordinary mouse trap will also work, but it will take longer to exterminate the mouse (possibly days). Baited mouse traps are specially designed to appeal to the mouse's sense of smell and are more effective in killing mice quickly.
-
-
3
Open all of the car windows approximately one-half inch to help ventilate the car while the mouse trap is inside.
-
4
Open the box containing the mouse trap. Place the trap in the car where mouse activity was last spotted.
-
5
Leave the trap in place. There is no need to add cheese or any other bait, as the trap is already baited.
-
6
Close the car doors and leave the car until the mouse trap is successful. The length of this process may depend upon the mouse's ability to find alternative food sources in your car, and may take a few minutes, an hour, several hours or a full day.
-
7
Put on your latex gloves and sweep the spent mouse trap into a plastic trash bag. Discard in an outdoor trash receptacle with a lid.
-
1
Tips & Warnings
If possible, drive a different vehicle or have a friend or relative purchase the mouse traps for you. Because there is a live mouse in your car, there is an elevated risk of an accident, as it is a natural to flee from a scurrying rodent should it brush itself against your foot while it is on the gas pedal or brake.
