I've used dryer sheets in the engine bay, clothespins holding them in place, as well as mouse traps on the ground underneath.
Keeping rodents out of engine bay?
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Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
The rodents like the insulation on the wiring. On most newer cars it is soy based.
I'm sure that seems to make sense to some people (soy-based insulation being seen as food) but the truth is much simpler, and is easily proven by talking to your grandparents, whom will reply back that rodents eat the insulation on wiring in cars, regardless of what it's made of, and always have, going back to the first wires installed in the first cars.
The short answer is rodents need to chew, and chew they will, and a wire is the perfect size to fit in their jaws, and is readily available at eye and mouth level.
Maybe get some peanut-butter insulated wire and put 120V in it?
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
The rodents like the insulation on the wiring. On most newer cars it is soy based.
I'm sure that seems to make sense to some people (soy-based insulation being seen as food) but the truth is much simpler, and is easily proven by talking to your grandparents, whom will reply back that rodents eat the insulation on wiring in cars, regardless of what it's made of, and always have, going back to the first wires installed in the first cars.
The short answer is rodents need to chew, and chew they will, and a wire is the perfect size to fit in their jaws, and is readily available at eye and mouth level.
Maybe get some peanut-butter insulated wire and put 120V in it?
I've had a mouse problem on and off for years as do my neighbors. Irish Spring is food, dryer sheets are nesting material, mothballs will bother you more than them. Peppermint oil (the good stuff) can work short term but the mouse scent trails are hard to find for us mere mortals. The only thing that has worked continuously for us is surrounding the vehicles with LED rope lights on a dawn to dusk timer. My cats keep the population down but they can't get them all. poison works but is bad for the cats and again doesn't kill all of them before they do damage. Check the valley pan under the intake manifold as well as the filter housing.
Fabric dryer sheets like "Bounce" work great at keeping them out. Tape several sheets around the engine covers, strut towers, & the move will stay away
There's is a neighborhood cat that routinely makes a home of the rear axle of my Ram. I have done nothing to discourage him from this practice just for the potential rodent problem.
If a coon ever turns up under there, I'll have a problem though.
If a coon ever turns up under there, I'll have a problem though.
Outdoor cats, take to a car wash and spray underside and if you have means and material cover electronic equipment and spray engine bay. That and grab some Tim Hortons coffee and sit outside with shotgun. Mothballs might help idk,but its a cheap try. Give it a whirl.
After the wife's vehicle sustained nearly $6700 worth of rodent damage....listen up.
6 things you'll need:
1.) http://www.homedepot.com/p/Just-Scentsat...-RS-8/204497425
2.) http://www.bernardiparts.com/Honda-TAPE-RODENT-19MM-20M__4019-2317.aspx
3.) http://www.victorpest.com/advice/all-about/victor-traps
4.) http://store.tomcatbrand.com
5.)Patience
6.)Comprehensive auto insurance
Good Luck!
6 things you'll need:
1.) http://www.homedepot.com/p/Just-Scentsat...-RS-8/204497425
2.) http://www.bernardiparts.com/Honda-TAPE-RODENT-19MM-20M__4019-2317.aspx
3.) http://www.victorpest.com/advice/all-about/victor-traps
4.) http://store.tomcatbrand.com
5.)Patience
6.)Comprehensive auto insurance
Good Luck!
Wondering if the rodent had obamacare?
Nice pic,beware he has relatives. Never knew critters could cause such a mess.
Cat urine sprayed liberally around the car.. or on the underside of the engine.. perhaps?
Spray diesel fuel and/or used diesel oil on the underside of the engine...very efficient it seems! My diesel is regularly leaking diesel and/or oil and I never had a rodent issue, even after it was parked in a rural field for 6 months, almost disappeared in grass at the end of the "storage".
I had rodent issues with older cars (gasoline), the typical nest in the air filter housing, and I used (I think) a repulsive spray.
I had rodent issues with older cars (gasoline), the typical nest in the air filter housing, and I used (I think) a repulsive spray.
I have bait traps throughout my yard in the outbuildings. I have 5 barn cats as well. The cats do a good job of mousing and never seem to eat the mice regardless, so using poison does not bother me. Even with this I still have lots of mice in the area. I am thinking of using those sticky pads as well. Luckily in many years I have had only one issue with a daily driver. My truck had the battery wrap eaten a bit and that was it. My old 87 F150 had the whole family of mice move in. It got junked quite fast.
Where does one get cat urine? (Pee You)
Mothballs. Take a few 12oz soda cans cut off can just below the middle of can and cut/bend sides in to make tabs. fill with 1 layer of mothballs. Stick around engine bay. 2-3 is usually good.
Rodents have constantly growing teeth. if they dont chew/gnaw the teeth will eventually get so big they will die.
Rodents have constantly growing teeth. if they dont chew/gnaw the teeth will eventually get so big they will die.
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Where does one get cat urine? (Pee You)
you get a moose pet (moose/mouse? get it)
then you get the moose next to the car
then you get the cat next to the car
the cat see the strange looking/sounding big animal and before scurrying in fear pee itself
see? done
now with the pet moose, if you get closer to the car than he is.... that's a different story
Where does one get cat urine? (Pee You)
you get a moose pet (moose/mouse? get it)
then you get the moose next to the car
then you get the cat next to the car
the cat see the strange looking/sounding big animal and before scurrying in fear pee itself
see? done
now with the pet moose, if you get closer to the car than he is.... that's a different story
Originally Posted By: SirTanon
Cat urine sprayed liberally around the car.. or on the underside of the engine.. perhaps?
I have a neighborhood cats who do that, without me even asking! It might explain my lack of rodent damage.
Cat urine sprayed liberally around the car.. or on the underside of the engine.. perhaps?
I have a neighborhood cats who do that, without me even asking! It might explain my lack of rodent damage.
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