Some sort of rodent eating firewall insulation - GRRRRR

[BlackRuby23]

I was adding wiper fluid today when I found this. Also, there was a pine cone parked next to the battery.

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[Vetterestorer]

That happened to my last Jeep. Maybe it will keep the critters busy and they will not eat your wiring which happened on my Ram pickup. In both my cases it was Squirrels. A game camera or a house cam like a ring cam will confirm what critters your dealing with and then you can take the appropriate action that may or may not work....

 

[Labswine]

Damned fuzzy woodland critters...damned cute but, also a damned nuisance.

I had one of those li'l fuzzy buggers chew my wiring harness...thank goodness my insurance company picked up the tab (less my $500 deductible) so it was a total of $4,250 to replace, and cost me a vacation because I couldn't tow my travel trailer because of the chewed wiring harness.

 

[RHRT]

Pack rats are notorious for chewing up engine compartment insulation and wires here in AZ! My Camry, $3600(insulation) and the family Roadtrek(Sprinter Van) $1800, chewed the fuel pump wires off. Built a nest with pieces of cholla on top of the diesel tank. Miserable little bastards!

 

[Joe D. Man]

Pack rats are notorious for chewing up engine compartment insulation and wires here in AZ! My Camry, $3600(insulation) and the family Roadtrek(Sprinter Van) $1800, chewed the fuel pump wires off. Built a nest with pieces of cholla on top of the diesel tank. Miserable little bastards!

Stop eating Cheetos in the vehicles. The dust gets everywhere and the rodents smell it. ;-)

 

[Vetterestorer]

What I have heard is that the manufactures now use soy based wiring in vehicles and the critters think that the wiring is food. Probably yet another cost cutting measure.....

 

[acyuncw]

I've been fighting the little buggers since I got mine... Peppermint oil seems to work and mothballs too but the peppermint is easier on me. I saw a video the other day and a guy recommended PineSol on cotton balls. May try that next.

 

[MCMXLI]

Honda makes electrical tape with capsaicin (make be other brands available too). It has dead mice printed on it. Crazy expensive but supposedly effective.

 

[ttn333]

Caught this little sucker who hitchhiked from one of our Joshua Tree trips. Think he might have been in the truck for about a month. Found a nest in the glove compartment. Got him with nutella. Funny thing, first round of traps, he was able to clean out all the Nutella on 3 traps without triggering any of them.

 

[MCMXLI]

Caught this little sucker who hitchhiked from one of our Joshua Tree trips. Think he might have been in the truck for about a month. Found a nest in the glove compartment. Got him with nutella. Funny thing, first round of traps, he was able to clean out all the Nutella on 3 traps without triggering any of them.

Only creature I despise more than mice are wasps!

 

[Labswine]

Caught this little sucker who hitchhiked from one of our Joshua Tree trips. Think he might have been in the truck for about a month. Found a nest in the glove compartment. Got him with nutella. Funny thing, first round of traps, he was able to clean out all the Nutella on 3 traps without triggering any of them.

Yeah, I have had a few of those skilled critters in my house. Bait the old school 'Victory' trap with peanut butter, and they clean it off without triggering the trap. I have found that if you put the bait close to the bottom of that thingy where you put the trap release, it works a little better because the li'l buggers are more apt to spring the trap than putting it near the end of that little trigger thingy. Eventually they get 'got' and their li'l carcasses get tossed outside for the local foxes to find for a little midnight snack for themselves.

 

[ttn333]

Yeah, I have had a few of those skilled critters in my house. Bait the old school 'Victory' trap with peanut butter, and they clean it off without triggering the trap. I have found that if you put the bait close to the bottom of that thingy where you put the trap release, it works a little better because the li'l buggers are more apt to spring the trap than putting it near the end of that little trigger thingy. Eventually they get 'got' and their li'l carcasses get tossed outside for the local foxes to find for a little midnight snack for themselves.

Yes, second round, I placed 3 traps closed together so he would have to cross at least 2 of traps. Or maybe I placed the bait at the right location accidentally. I also placed peppermint packs in the glove compartment to hopefully keep them at bay.

 

[van_tri]

Leave the radiator cap off while parked in hopes they're thirsty.

 

[BlackRuby23]

Not gonna lie, this has unleashed a certain level of terror in my body that I've not had before. I have no idea when this started, and have no idea where it's going. A rodent eating my new Jeep is simply a bridge too far right now.

 

[Tank43]

I've been dealing with the rodent issue for years in multiple vehicles where I live. Forget about traps and peppermint oil. That stuff never worked for me after multiple years of trying (trapped more birds than rodents). And they ignored the stench of the peppermint oil that was strong enough to repel me. Buy and install one of the electronic devices you can find on Amazon and the like that is installed in the engine compartment and emit an ultrasonic sound and flash. Totally worth it.

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