It seems that everyone has you covered but to answer your steel wool question, it does seem to work very well on New York City loft mice. 


--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Julie Blood <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Julie Blood <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Problems with mice in automobiles
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> Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 12:21 PM
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> The museum where
> I work is in a rural setting and I was
> recently informed by our previous Collections Manager that
> in past winters
> there has been an issue with mice in some of the exhibit
> buildings.  I'm not
> sure if there was an Integrated Pest Management program in
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> but I have since implemented one.  One of the problem
> spots was the interior of
> a 1932 Franklin 
> car.  It is my understanding that the mice have come
> up from the floorboards
> near the gas/brake pedals and have made a nest in the
> upholstery of the car.  I
> am hoping that our IPM will prevent this from happening and
> will be having
> additional traps placed in and around the car.  I was
> even thinking about
> taking steel wool or some other material to plug up those
> holes.  Any thoughts
> or suggestions? 
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> Julie
> Blood 
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> Collections
> and Exhibit Manager 
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> San
> Joaquin
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> Historical Society & Museum 
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> P.O. Box 30, Lodi ,
>  CA 95241 
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> 953-3460 
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