# Mice in my car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-in-my-car/33427>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** camry, toyota\
**Created:** [July 15, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-in-my-car/33427 "2009-07-15T11:45:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![psycler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@psycler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/psycler)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-in-my-car/33427/1 "2009-07-15T11:45:21Z")

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We have a car we use as a spare so it sits for periods of time without being driven. We live in the country and have a problem with mice taking up residence in the trunk. Anyone got any ideas how to keep the pesky little mice from moving in?

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**Author:** ![twotone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@twotone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/twotone)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-in-my-car/33427/2 "2009-07-15T15:33:38Z")

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Get a cat.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-in-my-car/33427/3 "2009-07-16T02:46:04Z")

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Good old fashioned 4-way mouse traps. Moth balls usually repel rodents, if YOU can stand the smell…

Outside “farm cats” work great, but overfed house cats are usually useless.