Reminds me of reading about a Romanian armored division in WWII that was put out of action because mice ate the wiring in their tanks.
I had a problem with chipmunks colonizing my wife’s car. All I can say is, whatever you do, do not, I repeat NOT, place rat poison cube baits in crevices in the engine compartment, because wild rodents find them and eat them.
I had a problem with chipmunks colonizing my wife’s car. All I can say is, whatever you do, do not, I repeat NOT, place rat poison cube baits in crevices in the engine compartment, because wild rodents find them and eat them.
We had the same problem at GTMO with Banana Rats.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutia
We wired chicken wired under the motor to keep them out.
I used to get reports that the environmentalist was conducting Banana Rat population control in such and such a location. I asked someone, “What exactly does that mean”?
They said, he goes out at night (hutia are nocturnal) and shoots as many as he can with a .22.
Some people just draw the good assignments.
In the last decade or so, most car manufacturers have jumped on the “green” wagon and started using wire that is insulated with soy-based plastics. Rodents love the stuff.
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/rodents-eat-soy-car-materials
That is cheaper than having to repair what a bear can do to an interior.
Ok, I just now did a Google search on rats/Bounce and there are many links indicating that it works as said in my previous post. It is suggested that rubbing surfaces with the sheets is very effective.
They run this story every year.
Rabbits chew on wire because when the wires have been warmed up by current, the plastic coatings outgass and give off a smell that the rabbits find attractive. They think they are nibbling on a vine or plant.
THIS IS NOT A PING
Somebody should put a recipe for Savory Rabbit Stew in the local newspaper and watch the Greenie and PETA heads explode. Of course you won’t be able to shoot them because guns aren’t allowed in Colorado but maybe you can do them in with a good dose of marijuana and that would be legal.
The only bunny I want to see near my car is a Playboy bunny.
Damn Wabbits...
Throw a few bait packs of Ramack under the car,rodents can’t resist the stuff.
Had a commercial fire alarm that kept going in trouble about the same time each day but only during the hot months.
Finally traced the problem to a multi foot section of wire that was stripped clean of insulation by a huge rat. (judging from the turds nearby)
The wires would get hot, droop and touch ground and then cool and release ground.
Great fun finding an intermittant ground-fault somewhere in 10’s of thousands of feet of wire.
I am sure he could pass the TSA test.