Small Camping Trailers

Mouseproofing a tent or camp trailer?

My friend and I camp a lot either in tents or a small camp trailer. She is terrified of mice but would tear up a grizzly bear. Does anyone know how or what to ring around the ground perimeter of the tent or trailer to keep mice away?

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1. a big tom-cat, willing to travel. best defense, undoubtedly.
2. For a trailer try to find some hedge apples (osage orange). What you want is the big green bumpy fruit. It is about the size of a softball and heavy. Late summer till early winter is when you find them on the trees. Put one every 5 feet or so in the trailer - in cabinets, under the couch or bed, etc. Most people can't smell them but mice can. And they evidently don't like it. After about a week the odor will penetrate everywhere and no more mice. After several months the fruit will dry to about half it's original size and be brown and very lightweight. Time to replace them. As for tents, if mice want in they will get in.