Need some advice

[jay79]

Hello all. I live on a farm and i own a Territory the problem im having is there are either mice or rats getting in the engine bay as i have noticed there droppings on the rocker cover. I have recently noticed there starting to get the tatse for some of the wiring there yet to chew through any but have chewed the black protective tape. What do you all suggest i do or put in there to stop them i have rat bait but not sure about leaving that in the bay

Thanks for any help

[Kryton]

You need to get them away from the engine bay to start with.
Leave some poison meat out away from the car.

[Brazen]

Honest question, do you have a cat? If you do, put the cats bed near the car so the cat will start sleeping near it. Mice and rats can smell cats and will probably keep away.

Growing up the best thing you could have on a farm was a cat to keep the mice and rats away, its an old fashioned solution but it works.

[jay79]

Originally Posted by davway

You need to get them away from the engine bay to start with.
Leave some poison meat out away from the car.

ill give that a try but i also have a 2yo son i got to keep away from it also thanks for your advice

[jay79]

Originally Posted by Brazen

Honest question, do you have a cat? If you do, put the cats bed near the car so the cat will start sleeping near it. Mice and rats can smell cats and will probably keep away.

Growing up the best thing you could have on a farm was a cat to keep the mice and rats away, its an old fashioned solution but it works.

Yeah i got a cat she's an indoor cat as she is def i have already ran over her once. Thanks for your help

[stue]

put some camphor in the engine bay when not in use, they cannot stand the stuff. My father inlaws magna got its wiring worked over by rats recently the repair bill was over a grand, the little buggers know how to cause lots of dammage

[jay79]

Originally Posted by stue

put some camphor in the engine bay when not in use, they cannot stand the stuff. My father inlaws magna got its wiring worked over by rats recently the repair bill was over a grand, the little buggers know how to cause lots of dammage

Cool where can you get it from? i will do that aswell as put bait out near the car

[Mr Hardware]

Seriously, bugger bait
set traps
its the only way to be sure
i set bait once
rat died in the middle of the shed floor
so it was just as bad as a trap anyway
except i couldn't control where it died

[stue]

should be able to get camphor (i think i spelled it wrong, sorry) from your local supermarket. I think the missus got the last lot from Woolworths. They come prepackaged in packs of four i think with little hooks on them so you can hang them off things like the wiring loom. I use them in cars that i have in storage to keep the pests away. Works really well for me

[jay79]

awesome thanks for all your help