# How do I get rid of a rodent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** prius, toyota\ **Created:** [April 8, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193 "2019-04-08T23:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JanetDione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JanetDione](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JanetDione)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/1 "2019-04-08T23:53:42Z")
It looks like a rodent has been living in our car and chomping at food. How do we get rid of it? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/2 "2019-04-09T01:03:25Z")
First off, don’t leave food in your car. If you do leave food in your car, place it on a mousetrap. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/3 "2019-04-09T01:47:34Z")
Sticky traps work pretty well. Peanut butter on a mousetrap if all else fails. As far as keeping the mice out, remove the food source and they’ve got no reason to stay, like mentioned above. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/4 "2019-04-09T02:02:35Z")
Once you stop feeding it, home improvement stores sell something like this. > **[Rodent Stopper 32oz Trigger Bottle | animalstoppers](https://www.animalstoppers.com/product-page/rodent-stopper-32oz-trigger-bottle)** > > Messinas Rodent Stopper can be used indoors or outdoors to discourage most mice and rats from nesting, foraging and entering buildings and other areas. To prevent further home and garden harm, apply Messinas Rodent Stopper to key... Tester ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/5 "2019-04-09T13:38:49Z")
If your car has a cabin air filter, make sure to check it. Mice often nest there. You really don’t want to be breathing in the results of that. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/6 "2019-04-09T14:40:22Z")
How do you get rid of a rodent? Vote them out! ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/7 "2019-04-09T14:44:34Z")
I recommend you place a couple of these around your home and where you park your car: > **[Longray Large Mouse Bait Station (2-Pack)-LR-BS2118 - The Home Depot](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Longray-Large-Mouse-Bait-Station-2-Pack-LR-BS2118/205751754)** > > Safeguard your home by using this Large Mouse Bait Station from Longray. Features low-profile design to fit in tight spaces. You’ll need some bait to put in them: > **[JT Eaton Bait Block Peanut Butter Flavor Anticoagulant Rodenticide for Mice...](https://www.homedepot.com/p/JT-Eaton-Bait-Block-Peanut-Butter-Flavor-Anticoagulant-Rodenticide-for-Mice-and-Rats-144-Pack-709-PN/204996823)** > > End the troubles of rodents forever by trapping them with this JT Eaton Bait Block Peanut Butter Flavor Anticoagulant Rodenticide for Mice and Rats. If you have pets and/or children, you’ll want to be careful about where you place them. If you find them having been moved, it’s likely raccoons tried to get to the bait, so you might need to weigh them down with some stones or pavers. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/8 "2019-04-09T17:01:13Z")
We have a growing problem around here with hawks and owls dying from eating dead rodents that ingested rodentcides like this. It’s better to use snap traps baited with non-poisonous foods. ---
**Author:** ![Propane\_Car](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/propane_car/32/6561_2.png) [@Propane\_Car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Propane_Car)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/9 "2019-04-09T18:10:40Z")
Get it out asap. You will really not like it when it chews up the wiring in the dash and the car is immobilized. If it does eat up the wires be prepared for someone else to eat up your wallet. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/10 "2019-04-09T18:22:39Z")
I remember the first time I ‘caught’ a rat with an anticoagulant: I found it in a pool of uncoagulated blood. Rats and mice cut themselves all the time squeezing through rough holes. With their fur and quickly-coagulating blood, they don’t lose enough blood to slow them down. Give them an anticoagulant and they exsaguinate (look that up in your _Funk & Wagnalls_). I’d get a live trap and take them to the woods to feed an owl or coyote. ---
**Author:** ![eddo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/eddo/32/2594_2.png) [@eddo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eddo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/11 "2019-04-09T18:46:56Z")
whatever you do, don’t follow this lady’s example: [http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/17-07.htm](http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/17-07.htm) ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/12 "2019-04-09T23:27:41Z")
> [@JanetDione](#): > > How do we get rid of it? Have you considered getting a cat? ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/13 "2019-04-10T00:19:30Z")
Some cats don’t kill rodents though. It’s luck of the draw. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/14 "2019-04-10T03:02:08Z")
A young female cat is the best bet. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/15 "2019-04-10T13:24:36Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > We have a growing problem around here with hawks and owls dying from eating dead rodents that ingested rodentcides like this. It’s better to use snap traps baited with non-poisonous foods. Got it. If you live in a rural or suburban area where there is that kind of wildlife around, my suggestion could stand some scrutiny, but if you live in an urban area, my method will be more effective than snap traps or glue traps, and isn’t likely to harm predatory wildlife. My only issue with snap traps and glue traps is that they only catch one rodent at a time, and it is very rare to have a problem where you only have one rodent. ---
**Author:** ![Propane\_Car](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/propane_car/32/6561_2.png) [@Propane\_Car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Propane_Car)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/16 "2019-04-10T13:57:06Z")
But the cat urine will help keep the mice away. I had a big mouse/packrat problem. They shewed up tons of wires on my trucks that are not driven often. I have 2 cats that will kill anything that moves but they are barely keeping up. ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/17 "2019-04-10T15:18:49Z")
Mix molasses with peanut butter and put on a snap trap and the mice will run to trap almost as soon as it is set. I have used this, set a trap in a kitchen cabinet and heard it snap before I left the kitchen. Best bait of all. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/18 "2019-04-10T16:08:06Z")
And the leftovers go great on toast! ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/19 "2019-04-10T16:10:24Z")
> [@Whitey](#): > > My only issue with snap traps and glue traps is that they only catch one rodent at a time, and it is very rare to have a problem where you only have one rodent. Level of effectiveness is debatable. They both seem to do the job. There’s no snap trap limit. The problems around here seem to ebb and flow with the seasonal changes. Fall and spring are the big activity times. I set out half dozen snap traps during those times. They are cheap. They only catch the intended target. After I have culled the burgeoning population and they aren’t catching any more, I remove most of the traps and only leave one or two active. I might get an occasional transient offender in the “off season”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193/20 "2019-04-10T17:19:21Z")
Rodents are hard to get rid of. Orlando has a huge, powerful rodent, still there after fifty years. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-rodent/138193.md?page=2)