Re: Help - Rats in my pick-up truck
- From: <maxh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:07:13 GMT
Sounds like a good idea, will try it too.
"Brynk" <B@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> didn't try mothballs, huh?
>
> --
> Barry
>
>
> <maxh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > It's easy to tell, whether a rat or a mouse got into a truck/car, by the
> > size of their poop.
> > Rats obviously leave much bigger poop behind, than mice.
> > Btw, I put some "Irish Spring" soap bars in to my trucks' engine
> > compartment
> > the last few days, but the rats ignored it.
> > I seem to get the best results from placing those big back-breaking rat
> > traps into the engine compartment.
> > Of course I had to leave the hood open, so that the traps had enough
room
> > to
> > actually work.
> > A good location is right on top of the air filter housing and also under
> > the
> > truck itself.
> > I have been able to trap 2 - 3 rats every night as of lately.
> > I also had problems with rats getting into my jacuzzi. Unfortunately
there
> > is no room to put a big rat trap into the area, where the motor/pump and
> > wires are.
> > So I put the rat traps under the slightly elevated jacuzzi, which did
> > catch
> > a couple of rats.
> > However, yesterday a beautiful big bird must have picked on the peanut
> > butter of the rat trap and got its beak snapped, what an awful sight
that
> > was.
> > I felt real sorry for that innocent bird.
> > I was somehow relieved, that it was dead by the time I found it, since I
> > would not have known, what to do with the bird still being alive and
being
> > severely insured.
> > The trap under the jacuzzi also killed a chipmunk, that must have gotten
> > attracted by the smell of the peanut butter.
> > Now I got to figure out what to do next with regards to setting a rat
trap
> > under the jacuzzi.
> > I certainly don't want to have another bird or chipmunk suffer the same
> > fate.
> > I tell you, there is never a dull moment in a rural setting.
> >
> >
> > "A Veteran for Peace" <georgek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:georgek-FCD1D7.12084428122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> In article <1135187000.090790.260830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >> timbirr@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >> > It's probably mice, not rats. I have the same problem the cat keeps
it
> >> > manageable, but the rodents still manage to occassionally get into
the
> >> > rigs. It's the price of living rural.
> >> >
> >> > I tried putting the cat in the car overnight, once. Bad Idea. He did
> >> > more damage than a whole nest of mice. Anne LaBastille, who wrote
the
> >> > Woodswoman books, actually made a pet of a mouse that was tearing
apart
> >> > her pickup.
> >> >
> >> > I have occassionally used a mouse trap baited with peanut butter when
> >> > they seem to get particularly offensive....
> >>
> >> I've had "rats" chew the plastic reservoir on the Master cyclinder for
> >> the
> >> brakes. chewed until it leaked, that must have tasted good?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Impeach Bush ! a noble cause
> >> Operation Iraqi Liberation = O.I.L.
> >
> >
>
>
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