Not too techy, but maybe someone has a thought--just pulled the seat off my '12 Apex (stored in my barn) to find mice had taken up residence. Pulled all panels and checked entire machine--only area they messed with is under seat and tank. Power washer took care of the litter, but still smells like ammonia BAD. Any ideas on what to use to neutralize the smell before I put it back together, and any thoughts on how to prevent it from happening again? Thanks
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I put foam golf balls in my 12 Apex XTX exhaust pipes that is where they can cause some expensive damage. I surround my sled with decon and mothballs on enclosed trailer has worked well for me. Wash with straight simple green should cut thru the piss smell but if in seat material you will need to take inside after washing to dry out too cold to dry now.
sweeperguy
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Odoban for the smell, get it at walmart or sams club.
groomerdriver
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Run some 2S oil in the tank for a while? Smoke the smell away! 
stormrider3
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Coffee grounds works for me
not true . and moth balls are also BS. on a old computer I have picks of my are box filled with shredded bounce sheets made in to a nest and a pick of my buds camper where they used open the moth ball box to make a nest in.
also pet stain enzyme cleaner can work ok for mice piss .
I can tell you that Mice get into everything. I left a bag of corn in my garage up north for 1 week and came back to find the clutches on my Polaris and Can-Am ATV's packed tight with corn. Not just a few pieces but tight to the point when I went to start the machines it sounded like metal on metal grinding. Kind of a bad start to hunting season. Took a few hours to get the covers off and vacuum/blow all the corn out. Any way my fault for not putting the corn in the 55 gallon steel drum before I left.
I have tried Decon, mice traps, glue traps ETC. sometimes we catch a few. My buddy tried dryer sheets around and under the hood of his sled only to find the dryer sheets packed tight into his airbox one fall.
I think the best solution is to not have corn around and get a mangy Cat to eat the mice.
I have tried Decon, mice traps, glue traps ETC. sometimes we catch a few. My buddy tried dryer sheets around and under the hood of his sled only to find the dryer sheets packed tight into his airbox one fall.
I think the best solution is to not have corn around and get a mangy Cat to eat the mice.
The only good mouse is a dead mouse-------and the only way to know it's dead is to see it dead. I have made a couple dozen "buckets of death" for friends and family and use at the cabin etc. Research "bucket mouse trap" and you will get the idea. I always use RV anti-freeze for two reasons, it won't freeze and it doesn't smell. I also use creamy peanut butter, the cheap stuff. Happy hunting !!!
Boomding, I feel your pain and if I may, I'd like to vent my own experience this year...I pulled my '06 Apex out of my shed on 11/24 only to find that mice had chewed a 6" hole in the cover and used the material to take up residence in the engine compartment. Not only that buy they had chewed up many of the overlapping seams on the cover for bedding material as well. I was beside myself. I usually keep traps and bait in my shed and while they would occasionally get in they never messed with my snowmobile. I vacuumed out enough bedding to cover the bottom of the shop vac about 6" high. Luckily once I cleaned everything up there wasn't much of a smell and when I checked the air box it was clean. I covered the machine in traps and bait and came back mid December and rode a little over 200 miles before loading it up on my trailer to bring home to IL. When I uncovered my trailer I found another nest in the spare tire and droppings and debris covering the entire bed of the trailer. Ok, it happens, they can't do much damage to a trailer, load it up bring it home. In my garage at home I think to check the support bars under the trailer...sure enough there's a mouse staring back at me! I brought one home with me!! That was it, I took the trailer straight to the car wash and flushed the openings with the pressure washer, then dropped my sled at the shop with instructions for them to tear it apart. They found another nest under the seat near the gas tank, the dinning table down by the battery AND the entire bottom of the air box (below the filter) was stuffed with acorns...oh, did I mention I just bought this gem, and cover, 2006 Apex with only 1100 miles at the end of last season and only have ridden it about 500 miles? GTL, you hit it on the head, the only good mouse is a dead mouse.