Somthin' under tha hood!

A Texas sized squirrel tried to eat my truck! Any suggestions on how to keep those overgrown rats out of the wires?

 

Welcome to TW. Sorry it had to be under these circumstances. Got a little bit of a rodent problem. Some people use oils (clove, mint), I've had pretty good luck with scented dryer sheets. If you can't park it inside, try to park away from trees/brush, don't let it sit for days, and check on a regular basis.

 

Thx, live in the city so never thought it could happen. Sat for 48 hours and wham! Good smelling stuff? I think I got that one covered, thx!

 

Hopefully some of the other folks who have had this happen will chime in.

 

get a cat or a snake.


I believe oils or mothballs will work, good luck.

 

oh, and welcome it's good to have you here.

 

Welcome!

 

Iv'e seen squirrels remove firewall material from cars but what do the rodents gain from chewing on wires?

Sorry to see that.

 

mayhem. they gain the satisfaction of causing sweet, sweet mayhem.

For real though, I read somewhere in another thread that the coating around the wires Toyota uses has some ingredient or chemical in it that smells and tastes good to rodents, so they chew on it and try to eat it.

 

Soy-based wiring insulation

Fresh Cab in the glove box, D-Con under the hood. It's total war.

 

Catch it alive, squirrel are good eatin' if they're cooked right.