Damn Rodents eating my Ford

[Tight Lines]

Guess I didn't have enough issues with cars lately. Had my wife bring in my Ford Escape as I noticed the Windshield Bottle was leaking and I had a light out. Figured everything would be under warranty in and out. Just got a call and they said the wires were eaten through and so was the Windshield washer fluid bottle. They also found all the inside wheel well sound deadner was all destroyed. Need a new WW bottle and wiring harness, lovely. Time for some laced Peanut butter.

The car gets driven every day but does sit outside. Any ideas to prevent this besides tying a cat to the truck?

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[Yaj Yak]

insurance should cover that.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Insurance does cover animal destruction.

 

[Yaj Yak]

yeah i think it would fall under comp

 

[Tight Lines]

I will be turning it in for sure.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

$0 comp is great.

 

[Flyn]

Insurance company recommendations on keeping mice out of cars.

https://www.ameriprise.com/auto-hom...car-maintenance/how-to-keep-mice-out-of-cars/

Fox urine pellets.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005VZYCQM/?tag=tcg21-20

 

[CMNTMXR57]

A couple of these, placed around the vehicle, will fix things up right;

 

[DEEZUZ]

Honda makes a pepper laced tape. Wrap that around effected areas

 

[DEEZUZ]

And where the hell do you live?

I live on 10 acres in the sticks and leave vehicles parked for a week with no issues

 

[boostedguy05]

A couple of these, placed around the vehicle, will fix things up right;

but if the vehicle is outside, the bait will only attract more to the area.

they have sour apple spray for dogs to stop them from chewing on stuff, that might work for mice. or they may have a mouse specific spray. should be odorless just have a nasty taste.

could get a wall trap. no bait needed. is a cage with a hole on each side that you put up to the wall, they run in, but cant get out.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Maybe, maybe not. Sounds like there already is a problem. So, start some extermination, see how many you get on a daily basis and if it tapers off, then you know you're not getting more.

I had this issue in our house. I caught six in 2 days. Then 4, then 3, then 2... Now maybe once a month I will get a random stray one.

 

[JeffsLightning]

Lol

 

[Tight Lines]

Honda makes a pepper laced tape. Wrap that around effected areas

May look into this for the future.

And where the hell do you live?

I live on 10 acres in the sticks and leave vehicles parked for a week with no issues

SW suburbs, not real close to any farms. It's kind of funny as every neighbor has a car in the driveway, guess mine was the tasty one. I also drive it everyday.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I got one in the house this morning.