How do I get rid of the squirrels that are eating the wiring and hoses in my car?
Got in my 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee to go to the lake the last weekend and it was hard to start. Got is started and immediately smelled strong gasoline. Shut it down to find the hose between the fuel rails was chewed up. While inspecting the rest of the engine compartment, I found one of the air vent hoses was chewed up and the wiring to the front drivers side turn signals was eaten through. Also, the ABS warning light came on which indicates that those wires were probably lunch for some squirrels.
I have a pump BB rifle however I don't want to be shooting it around my cars. I also don't want to put out any sort of poison that might harm other animals.
Traps or put a cup of antifreeze under the hood for them to drink while dining? [Reply]
Originally Posted by TinyEvel:
Sure it’s squirrels and not rats?
Well, here’s a story, I was picking up my Audi from the service at the dealer and just out of curiosity asked the guy “What’s the most expensive repair someone has needed?”
Dude says “$68,000. A guy had an R8 that he only drove once a month for pleasure. Rats chewed through his wire harness, the whole wire harness had to be replaced throughout the car.
FFS
This.
They’ve been ordered by the Ratbirds to start disabling as many Chief fan rigs as possible. Soon to be city wide...lol. [Reply]
Live traps and peanut butter.
I have trapped a couple dozen in the past 12 months.
I haul them off about 5 miles away to a park and let them go. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Shiver Me Timbers:
Live traps and peanut butter.
I have trapped a couple dozen in the past 12 months.
I haul them off about 5 miles away to a park and let them go.
i hope you let them go in the pond at the park..... [Reply]
I'd use gofer killer and drain o on the ground (keep dogs and cats away) this goes well with antifreeze... get feet wet walk though drain o. lick feet DED
Antifreeze and Aids are only good for CP posters. No need to try and kill animals let alone possibly innocent ones. [Reply]
Good rat poison/mouse poison. Aint much that eats dead squirrels that matters a damn and unlikely the squirrel would deliver a lethal dose to a animal that would eat it anyway [Reply]
2 choices.. Kill them or feed them away from your car.
I have had serious tree rat problems in the past.
Shooting 5 a day with a 22 cal pellet rifle didnt even put a dent in the population. [Reply]
Originally Posted by LiveSteam:
Pumpkin works great.
My wife put a pumpkin in our back yard and it caused a major squirrel territorial war. The pumpkin was a Squirrel Stalingrad with control ebbing and flowing for weeks. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cooper barrett:
Comcast tech showed me an amp picked clean of insulation, no remains to be seen. Should have been fried several times over.
