A wtf moment or two today...Doh!

[chargergirl]

Every now and again we battle the rats that try to move in. Can't have them chewing on the race car. One ate all the store bought poison like it was candy. Still kickin'! It was awful and we set out little trays of antifreeze where none of the dogs or cats in the area could get to them...worked. I have had rats chew my Jag engine and man it was horrifying! Garage kept and driven every day and they would get up in the engine at night. Nasty little critters and if you smell a gas leak type smell that means a rat is in your area. That's the pee line they lay down. The scent is like gas bottle scent to let you know your getting low on propane, not like the gas in the vehicle.

[bmoparmofo]

Thats them, thanks for the links!

[mopar73]

The other day I was looking in some boxes in my garage for some parts and I stumbled on the box that had my seatbelts in and lo and behold the little SOB ate up both rear belts and one front belt   There is no poisen that can make them suffer enough!!!

[charger490]

i use bounce fabric softner in the trunk and under the seats and in the engine compartment. i change the sheets every month and i have no mice in my cars

[Martian R/T]

We have a huge problem in Arizona with pack rats they love to chew up wiring harness, they really like O2 sensor wires and injector wiring, the little SOB'S make a mess in vehicles, and the warranty will not cover it for sure, I see lots of cars in the shop at the dealership that I work at, we had one come in with a huge nest on the top on the Engine, they cleaned it all out and fixed the wiring that was chewed, and parked it for the customer to pick up, well it set for 3 or 4 days and when the customer came to pick it up it wouldn't start, so they opened the hood and the nest was rebuilt and it had chewed up the same wires that had just been fixed, they even get in the new vehicles parked in the back lot, and chew up everything, a sure fire way to keep them away is to take cheese cloth and make a bag and fill it with moth balls and hang a couple around the car, under the hood in a couple of places and it will keep them away, I guess they don't like the smell of that either.

[bmoparmofo]

Thanks for the tip, I'll get some tomorrow and try it. I was in the garage today and walked by the car and heard that little suckers feet running down the trunk floor.

[chargergirl]

I know they hate mothballs. Didn't realize they didn't like dryer sheets so we'll have to try that. We use non scented to get love bugs off the cars here in FL. They have nasty acid type stuff in their heads and eat the paint if you don't get them off.

[b5blue]

Whats the last thing to go through a lovebugs mind as they hit your car........there butt.

[4cruzin]

Nice picture Bo . . . hope you get it figured out and rid yourself of that problem. 

[chargergirl]

Nice picture Bo . . . hope you get it figured out and rid yourself of that problem. 

SMART MOUSE...stand in the lens so he won't hit me, shoot me. b5blue...

[b5blue]

Chargergirl you read my mind....lets see 3 pumps on the Crossman Air Rifle.....couldn't risk it...shop-vac that's it! FOOMP-PLOP! GOT HIM!

[bmoparmofo]

Thats funny, I actually thought about both of those solutions. I even shook the car but the little bugger wasnt moving....lol

[chargergirl]

Thats funny, I actually thought about both of those solutions. I even shook the car but the little bugger wasnt moving....lol

The "boys" pulled a Mopar out of the muck...bad muck...popped the deck lid and found a mouse nest. Figured he hauled with all the commotion. They get back to the shop, out pops a glazed, dazed, and amazed mouse. Sees the open car hauler and runs straight for it. Our friend, big guy, is trying to discourage this tiny creature, and succeeds. It's hysterical when a guys who's almost 7 foot tall is "dancing" around to make the tiny mouse not jumped in the trailer. The mouse still lives in the that car...it's a parts car.

Chargergirl you read my mind....lets see 3 pumps on the Crossman Air Rifle.....couldn't risk it...shop-vac that's it! FOOMP-PLOP! GOT HIM!

YES! OH MAN THANKS FOR THE LAUGH! Brilliant!

[b5blue]

Well with all this talk of rodents if figured I'd better set up my "flap-trap"(rectangular cage with flaps on the end) out by the Charger and sure enough after catching the same stupid squirrel two times and letting him go, (I guess he's got a "thing" for peanut butter) I switched to a new bait, cut up some peach and banana (not much) put a little sugar on it and let it age/funk up for a day or two in a jar (kinda stinky) wow 4 hours later I got one!

[The70RT]

I have had some varmints in my shed but not in either garage. The problem is I have (as of today HAD) a cat and the bitch was jumping on my cars and scratching the paint jumping from car to car. Every time the door opened she would run in and sometimes was locked in all night when we didn't see her. I finally had enough when the cat started pissing on my car cover on the Charger I'm the back garage. I would be in there and she would sneak in and hide. Then later on or next day she would run out when I opened it back up. I gave her away to a friend today. A couple days ago she came home with a small rat.......I hope it was from somewhere else.  Any way I hope I made the right choice. I would be killing the cat if it messed up the Charger when it gets done.