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Racer
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From: diamond bar ca
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i opened my hood this morning to check the fluids and to my surprise there is a nice little cach of nuts and shells sitting in the intake runners, so I guess squirrels have invaded my prized c4, also they seem to like the paper on the radiator that describes belt and smog information... how do I stop them , or get rid of them and where can I get another info sticker , there is a part number on it..
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More likely Wood Rats.
Leave a bag of moth ***** under the hood.
I'd suggest buying them since it takes a lot of time catching all those moths.
Leave a bag of moth ***** under the hood.
I'd suggest buying them since it takes a lot of time catching all those moths.
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put some plaster of paris with peanut butter will make them thirsty to get them away from your car the water will do the rest and will not hurt other wildlife
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"ONE BITE" rat n mouse bait has worked "wonders" for me, out here among neighbors corn fields and such.
I put it around the garage, behind tool chests, etc where the dogs cannot get to it, but mice etc. seem to prefer when dining. And, they leave to find water after eating. Seldom see a dead one anywhere near the garage.
I put it around the garage, behind tool chests, etc where the dogs cannot get to it, but mice etc. seem to prefer when dining. And, they leave to find water after eating. Seldom see a dead one anywhere near the garage.
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"ONE BITE" rat n mouse bait has worked "wonders" for me, out here among neighbors corn fields and such.
I put it around the garage, behind tool chests, etc where the dogs cannot get to it, but mice etc. seem to prefer when dining. And, they leave to find water after eating. Seldom see a dead one anywhere near the garage.
I put it around the garage, behind tool chests, etc where the dogs cannot get to it, but mice etc. seem to prefer when dining. And, they leave to find water after eating. Seldom see a dead one anywhere near the garage.
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Leave the hood open.
Rodents love dark, confined places. They don't care for wide open spaces.
I always keep a mouse trap baited with flour and tied to the engine so it doesn't get dragged someplace I can't find.
Rodents love dark, confined places. They don't care for wide open spaces.
I always keep a mouse trap baited with flour and tied to the engine so it doesn't get dragged someplace I can't find.
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From: diamond bar ca
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went out and looked again this morning after cleaning out the stash,,it seems most likely squirrels, there are no droppings of mice or rats, more nuts though,, I had spread moth crystals around and all over the engine compartment so that does not seem to deter, will have just one bite in a few days,,, we will see.
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went out and looked again this morning after cleaning out the stash,,it seems most likely squirrels, there are no droppings of mice or rats, more nuts though,, I had spread moth crystals around and all over the engine compartment so that does not seem to deter, will have just one bite in a few days,,, we will see.
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I had a squirrel move into mine drop your spare tire and check the little bastard made a nest in the rim would have never known it but saw him one day when we went flying and parked in the hanger opend the hanger door he was eating pizza ran back to the car no idea how long he was the but did not seem to mind driving around
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I use sticky traps. non poisonous, put some peanut butter on the pad and they wont be able to get away, then you can do what you want for disposal.
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another time we found a mouse at work on one jokeing I told my freind to step on it and put it out of it's misery he did not think first and still does not find it as funny as I did
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I had a opossum that kept coming on our back porch to eat the cat food, he would enter through the cat door...I went out one night making sure all the neighbors were sound asleep and took a wiz all around the cat door...never saw the opossum again. Took a couple of days for the cat to come back too. LOL
