# Mouse or Rat in my car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-or-rat-in-my-car/52694>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** lexus\
**Created:** [July 30, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-or-rat-in-my-car/52694 "2010-07-30T15:15:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sltoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@sltoth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sltoth)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-or-rat-in-my-car/52694/1 "2010-07-30T15:15:08Z")

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Any ideas how to get rid of a mouse or rat that has found it’s way into my car. I have set glue traps with no luck. The animal has taken crackers from my arm rest and I have found cracker remains in the spare tire well. Any sugestions.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-or-rat-in-my-car/52694/2 "2010-07-30T15:55:08Z")

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Take away the food source and hope they don’t start chewing on the wiring instead.

Do anything and everything to catch or kill the rodent responsible before it starts costing you money to repair the wiring.

Do you have a cat?

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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-or-rat-in-my-car/52694/3 "2010-07-30T18:27:32Z")

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don’t leave food in the car.

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**Author:** ![mshugna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mshugna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mshugna)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-or-rat-in-my-car/52694/4 "2010-07-30T19:06:22Z")

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use peanut butter/birdseed as bait…in the center of a glue trap or snap trap…

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-or-rat-in-my-car/52694/5 "2010-07-30T19:27:28Z")

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[i[use peanut butter/birdseed as bait…in the center of a glue trap or snap trap… [/i]

It seems they have already proven they like crackers, I would suggest that would be the best bait.