So...fun problem I'm dealing with.
I apparently have a problem with mice in my car. I've never actually seen one in there, but I keep finding things like mouse shit and...something that looks like shredded-up carpet fibers, rolled up into huge balls and stuffed in corners (obviously a nest they've made). The first one I found was in the glovebox, and I just found two others (one kind of small one and one huge one) in my trunk today next to the spare tire. The spare tire has this sort of "carpet" stuff over it, and I could see where the little bastards had chewed it up.
It's not like my car is nasty. I'm actually somewhat anal about keeping it clean. I do have a lot of tools and stuff in the trunk, but it's not like I'm leaving food in there or something.
Things I have tried:
- Clean the hell out of the car (which I do pretty regularly anyway). I always vacuum out the mouse shit pretty quickly when I find it.
- Set glue traps in the glovebox/trunk. They never catch anything.
- Tried to minimize the amount of stuff they can shred/make a nest like papers (they always seem to go for that carpet stuff from the car itself).
I only found the nest in my trunk today (no idea how long it's been there) and am in the process of vacuuming that area thoroughly as well.
I did find these online but haven't bought any yet. Are they worth a shit? I don't own a cat, so turning a cat loose in there isn't really an option.
Also: it's a 2001 Ford Mustang, if that matters. I'm somewhat comfortable looking around under the hood and under the car, but I'm otherwise not much of a mechanic and have no idea how they could be getting in. I never leave the doors open, and the windows are only ever down when I'm driving. I live in a rural area where mice can occasionally be a problem, but I've only really been having problems with them in my car last couple of months or so.
Trying a few different things (thinking about just taking the car to a shop and letting them keep it for a day to check everything), but I was just wondering if anyone else here had dealt with such a problem and had any ideas. Everything runs/works fine, all the lights work fine, etc, so I don't think they've gotten into anything critical like wiring yet.