# Packrat? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 5, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packrat/54687 "2010-09-05T13:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![conniemaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@conniemaze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/conniemaze)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packrat/54687/1 "2010-09-05T13:48:20Z")
I have a packrat (?) nesting under the hood of my car. How to get rid of it for good? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packrat/54687/2 "2010-09-05T14:15:36Z")
Home Depot, Lowe’s, and some other stores sell Tomcat brand rat poison. It comes in small green cubes, and is apparently very appealing to rodents. Put a cube of this stuff underneath the hood (in an area where vibration will not dislodge it readily) and the critter should be dead in 4 or 5 days. I used some a few weeks ago, and I did find several dead field mice in my garden after 4 or 5 days. Just be vigilant for its body, as it will begin to stink shortly after it dies. Use gloves to dispose of the body. ---
**Author:** ![twotone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@twotone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/twotone)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packrat/54687/3 "2010-09-05T14:48:45Z")
Get a cat. Twotone ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packrat/54687/4 "2010-09-05T14:59:28Z")
That doesn’t necessarily work. Cats and rats have been seen feeding on the same garbage pile in Baltimore.