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Rats in rv ceiling.
If you re one of the campers who find evidence of little pests inside your rv you need to follow a good attack plan to get rid of them.
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Rats in the ceiling and in the wall will most likely have some kind of activity level in the attic or ceiling space.
Nearly all rv owners will get mice in their camper especially if it s stored and unused for long periods of time.
Rats cause massive damage carry fleas ticks and other parasites and can spread disease to you and your pets through urine feces and aerial discharge.
This will be one of the best if not most accessible places to trap the rodent.
As lovable as our four footed whiskered friends can be unwanted mice and rats can be hard to beat pests in the world of rv camping.
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Vent panels are the next best option if you unscrew them.
Rvs tend to sit in one place for extended periods of.
If you can gain access through the attic great.
As an rv owner myself i can tell you that i have tried a lot of remedies to keep mice and rats out of my rv.
In fact depending on the architecture of your house the rats are probably in the attic which of course is the open space above your ceiling.
Of all motor vehicles rv s could be most at risk of a rodent intrusion.
If you suspect you have a colony of rats living in your ceiling take action quickly to eradicate them.
The only visible sign of any activity occurred under a bathroom sink in the basement where bags of bar soap were decimated.
My results are below.
Nothing can be more frustrating than finally squaring away some time to take the rv out and then discovering that rats have been partying in it the entire time.
There is no obvious entry from outside except for a dryer vent which i covered with hardware cloth.
A little story and video of the roof rats black rats we found in our fifth wheel and a little tour of what the ceiling of our fifth wheel looks like.
If you hear rats high up in the ceiling it is probably the roof rat black rat as opposed to the norway rat brown rat.
Since your rv unlike your car has an onboard kitchen and is at least sometimes stashed with a food supply these houses on wheels can be a really attractive place for mice to camp out.
The reason for this is three fold.