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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 07:38 AM
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Found a dead baby mouse in my car the other day. Any suggestions on where i should look for nests.. Air ducts, under carpet? It was under passenger seat.. didnt smell at all
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 08:16 AM
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I found a nest of mice in my other 93 Vette located under the drivers side dash carpeted kick panel, that's the piece directly under the steering wheel with the OBD1or2 connection. They chewed themselves a nice comfy nest in the foam, so they could certainly do the same thing on the other passenger side as well. So remove the under dash kick panels and look.

Don't tell your wife/girlfriend about the little critters cause they get quite sensitive about riding around and worrying when the next mouse is gonna drop out at their feet!
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:21 AM
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Y not tell your wife. Just don't tell girlfriend.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 11:33 AM
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I know one thing over the winter last year they made a nest in my riding mower and ate most of the wires in half.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 11:37 AM
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Look behind the seats in the jack storage area and the other compartment. My other car had a lovely nest in there. Smelled BAD!!
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 12:04 PM
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Look on the bright side, at least the mouse got a final ride in style before they passed away
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 12:15 PM
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Rip all the interior out, and make it a track rat
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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my brother's 88 had a nest up in the pull out luggage curtain thing in the back
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Originally Posted by pologreen1
Rip all the interior out, and make it a track mouse
Fixed
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Originally Posted by Sweet 90
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Hungry?
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Originally Posted by nutz4c4
Hungry?
With your screen name, you're lucky I'm not a squirrel
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Originally Posted by Sweet 90
With your screen name, you're lucky I'm not a squirrel

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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by nutz4c4

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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by nutz4c4


reminds me of a girl I use to know. Always shaking that thing and running away when you got close!
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They like the HVAC blower motor cages, too. Check it out as well.
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Ugh..don't even get me started on @#$% mice. Have the same problem and the damn nest was right behind the stereo, but the car stunk so I decided to yank out most of the interior so that I could clean everything and shampooing the carpets. At least I'll have a nice clean interior now.
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i used to find mouse turds in rear cargo area and inside console! havent found any critters ,no stank yet and the turds stopped.(hope thay moved),
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There has been frequent mention on these pages about using a few cotton ***** with oil of peppermint during winter storage. As far as I can tell it works, and I have taken it a step farther. Even in summer I keep 1 or 2 cotton ***** in use, I vary the location but maybe 1 under the seat and 1 in the back. About once a month I just add 1 drop of oil to each.

Better smelling than a dangly air freshener from the mirror, and it keeps the meeces away too!
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Originally Posted by nutz4c4
Does this mean you're really a b**** in heat??
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