With many people working from home due to Covid, we have a lot of cars in our neighborhood sitting idle. About four cars on our block had squirrel infestations with wires and fuel lines being chewed. Maybe in the city, rats are a problem, but in the suburbs it's likely to be squirrels. I think the owners settled on parking their cars over moth-balls as a solution.
I’m not a cat person, 3 dogs never had a cat or any interest. Shortly after we were “adopted” my wife and I sat looking at the cat one night and I said “I’m really not sure about this, what do you do with them?” My wife’s response “Whatever they tell you to do!”
A mouse found its way into my car when parked for over a week. Didn’t destroy any car parts (that I know of) fortunately in my case it just shredded the whole Kleenex box. And kept its shat mostly in the floor mats. Since then I looked into solutions as I have mice at my mountain cabin and rats around my yard in the city. I trapped rats a few times in my yard but it was a pain in the butt keeping my dog and 1 year old kid away. Then I tried drops of concentrated peppermint essential oils. I bought a huge container and used lots. The mouse situation has improved dramatically at my cabin. No rats have been in my (knock on wood) backyard shed, nor the car since then. I’ve applied drops every two or three weeks and it’s less work than trapping. Seems to work for me. Oh ya the drops on the car I just applied around the frunk area, and in wheel well area. I’ve been driving an average of every two days, but have not bothered to reapply.
I have had more issues with mice in my car than I have ever had on any vehicle (most likely because it is a heated place to stay for the night). Just have had to replace a wiring harness. Has anyone had mice issues and what did you do to resolve it. My car is parked in an unheated garage every night.
(moderator note: moved your post into a thread on this topic. There have been a few that I remember. If you search TMC for "rats" you will find a few different threads on this topic. Good luck.)
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