I have a car problem that I’ve had for sometime. I park my car out front of my house. My garage is beyond full, 99% of which is full of the lady friend’s stuff. Literally, one can’t move in the garage. I’ve had three times over the last several years that rodents have gotten under the hood. I …

We use this product to keep rodents out of a pole barn where seasonal vehicles are stored. https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/insect-pest-control/animal-traps-repellents/messinas-reg-rodent-stopper-reg-ready-to-use-repellent-spray-32-oz/rs-u-016/p-1444439512206.htm In the many years of using th…

I went through this last year: [image] Hold it rat there! Maintenance/Repairs It’s been a couple weeks since I opened the hood, but then, I’m only driving once a week, less than 10 miles. I find this: [P1000049] Luckily it looks like nothing was chewed. It’s been ab…

Hold it rat there! I sprinkled cayenne pepper around what if they are Mexican rats and like their wires hot and spicy. LOL

A friend of mine has had some luck with the Rid A Rat pulsing LED lights, small battery operated. She put one on the ground under the car and another in the engine compartment. She was dealing with pack rats. This isn’t a slam dunk in terms of other people’s experience, but it seems to have worke…

I’ve used Tester’s stuff now around the garage doors and perimeter for a while now. Once a month after it looked like something was chewing at the bottom of my side door seals. I forget sometimes but I haven’t had a problem anyway. Worth a try and long lasting. Keeps the elephants away too as th…

I’ve heard that mothballs work also.

Fortunately we have feral cats and various snakes where I am.

[image] Andy03: I wonder if anyone might know of any product (spray, etc?) to keep them out? Last July this topic was posted and I responded with my attempts to rid myself of this problem and my final solution (as ominous as “final solution” sounds, no rodents were hurt by my efferts…). The …

I know people often don’t read all the responses but go back up to Tester’s response. It has been the go to product for a number of years here.

In case OP didn’t look at the whole thread I posted before: [image] Hold it rat there! Maintenance/Repairs An update: Been a month or so since the engine compartment of my car served as a rat lounge. As of my last post I was using cayenne pepper, which thankfully stoppe…

Rodents under the hood

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In case OP didn’t look at the whole thread I posted before:

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Rodents under the hood

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