# Problem with squirrels

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-with-squirrels/12675>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [April 8, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-with-squirrels/12675 "2008-04-08T01:15:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![onlymiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@onlymiller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/onlymiller)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-with-squirrels/12675/1 "2008-04-08T01:15:30Z")

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Squirrels have gotten under the hood of my daughter’s car and eaten the wires. What can we do to keep them out? She needs to leave her car outside.

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**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 8, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-with-squirrels/12675/2 "2008-04-08T01:19:59Z")

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[http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/NTESearch?storeId=6970&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=owl&Nty=1&D=owl&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial](http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/NTESearch?storeId=6970&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=owl&Nty=1&D=owl&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial)

The people I know that set one of these up usually get rid of their rodent problem.

Tester

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**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-with-squirrels/12675/3 "2008-04-08T01:21:02Z")

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simple solution, open the hood to make it cold in there.

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**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jsutter)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-with-squirrels/12675/4 "2008-04-08T01:21:46Z")

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My dog marks my tires every now and then, it has been squirrel free. In fact he marks all over the yard and it is a very rare instance when you see a squirrel anywhere in the yard that is not high up in a tree. He keeps the rabbits away too!

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**Author:** ![Scudder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scudder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scudder)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-with-squirrels/12675/5 "2008-04-08T01:23:05Z")

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hahaaa…the squirrels would be too busy rolling around the driveway in fits of laughter to bother chewing wires.

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**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-with-squirrels/12675/6 "2008-04-08T01:33:27Z")

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since jsutter made that comment it reminded me of an accidental solution we found to our raccoon problem.

got cats?

put a can of cat poo with a perforated lid near, under where you put the car. the aroma may help deter the squirrels. i found squirrels and squirrels don’t like the smell of cats. cheap fix. (maybe)

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**Author:** ![wharmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@wharmon](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wharmon)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-with-squirrels/12675/7 "2008-09-20T01:15:32Z")

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I’m trying a mixture of coyote urine and the hottest hot sauce I can find sprayed on wireds something rodenty is chewing.