Ok this morning I drove from my house to a friends about 3 miles away to give his car a jump start? I arrived at his house and poped my hood. Much to my suprise I saw medium sized rat staring back at me. I guess he just wanted to hitch a ride in the Vette. I checked around and didnt see any wires chewed are anything. The car is a daily driver and I keep it extremely clean. Is there anything I should be worried about? Do I really need to start putting rat poision under my hood? Maybe I should'nt have scared off the cat that I'd cought sleeping on it once or twice. Has anyone had a similar experience?

 

Close the garage and start the car. Let it idle for 30 minutes. Any rats that live in the garage will not be a problem after that

 

Wait till the next time he's in the car under your seat and decides to make lunch out of your leg.

I think I would do pretty good on "Fear Factor" as there is very little that shakes me up. But the site of a rat/mouse even in a pet store sends the heebie jeebies up my spine.

Once launched a guy out of one of our college parties for bringing his pet rat (looked like a small dog on his shoulder) into our place.

They make high pitch sound devices that they say animals can hear and it drives them away. I don't know if they really work all that well through. Might be something worth checking out.

 

Buy some cat food and put it in a bowl next to your Corvette.
The cat will come back.

 

There was a similar experience here recently. My partners T/A is stored here, the next time she drove it she opened up the center console and there was a mouse. Plus a nest with babies. What we did was put a piece of Bounce in the center console plus under the hood. Also we put a piece of Bounce under the car along with some rat poison. I tried to find where the mouse got into the center console with no luck. The auto shift cable grommet was aok. We do have barn cats here but they don't catch every last mouse. Here are some addional tips!


http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/bassboar...ors/T76118.htm

"got this off the internet.......buy a bunch of moth ***** for around
the car
and buy a box of drier sheets and place them all over inside the car."

a.. To stop moisture from getting under the car (a dirt floor is a
BAD
place to store a car, even if the floor stays pretty dry), put a couple

layers of plastic sheeting under the entire car and several feet either

side/ends. This plastic is cheap and a good vapor barrier.
b.. Moth ***** in an aluminum pie tin under the car in a couple of
spots
might help keep rodents away and won't stink up the interior. I would

hesitate to put the dryer cloth in as that smell might be hard to get
out
too, and it will be concentrated over the winter.
c.. Close all the windows and put the system on max a/c to close the

outside vent. Might help keep varmits out!
d.. Take up your floor mats and store them inside your house.
e.. You can buy a huge bag of desiccant gel from several auto
outlets,
this is a bigger version of what they put inside cameras when they
ship.
This absorbs excess moisture in the air. Put them in a pie tin on the
floor
of the car. Take them out about once a month and dry them out in a
warm
oven (follow the instructions).
f.. Wash and wax your car right before storing it, be sure to remove
the
wax, it's not good to leave it on as has been suggested in times past.
g.. Treat all rubber with a good rubber cleaner/conditioner Meguires

makes a good one. Clean your interior and vacuum it out, use leather
cleaner/conditioner and vinyl cleaner/conditioner (two different
products,
no matter what any single purpose product might say). Do NOT use water
on
the carpets/seats right before storage, mold and mildew will surely
follow!
MAKE SURE all food and food wrappers are gone, check under the seats.
Remove any important papers from the car as mice can use them for
bedding!
h.. Put in fresh oil/filter and change the anti-freeze. it's also a
good
idea to bleed the brakes so there is fresh brake fluid in the system.
i.. Take out the battery and store it inside, and trickle charge it
once a
month.
j.. Fill the gas with fresh fuel from a top quality station...NO
discount
gas for this fill and no alcohol if you can help it. Top it off, but
not to
the top of the neck, leave room for it to expand and contract with the

temps.
k.. Depending on gas formulation in your area, you can probably get
thru a
winter without a gas preservative. If your area has poor formulation
gasoline, get a quality gas preservative. Stabil has been recommended
by at
least one list member as being a quality product.
l.. Put plenty of air in the tires. If you store the car with 35 psi
on a
50 degree day, the tires will go down to below 30 when it drops below
zero.
m.. If you put the car on jack stands, use them under the suspension
so
all the bushings and springs are the way they are supposed to be, and
not
drooping down. This is hard on the suspension, and exposes parts to
rust
that normally are hidden. OTOH, leaving tires in one spot for a long
time
could cause them to develop "flat spots" - might be a good idea to
roll the
car a few inches forward or back once a month or so, or if weather
permits,
take it for a drive (see "IMPORTANT" note below).
n.. If you use a cover, make sure no air can get to the car. If a
wind
blows through your storage barn, it will rustle the best of covers and
wear
the paint thin. Better to leave it uncovered. If no wind can get to
the
car, you can use old bed sheets which are lots easier to wash and
store, and
usually free. It takes three to cover most cars.
o.. If you use a cover, take it off monthly and make sure mice and
other
things aren't building nests under it. clean up any messes and put the

covers back on.
p.. IMPORTANT!!!!! It is far better to let your car sit for four or
five
months without starting it, than to start it once a week, or once a
month
and let it sit for 10 minutes. NEVER start your car unless you plan on

driving it on the highway for at least 1/2 hour and get it to full
operating
temp. doing otherwise will just load the engine and exhaust with
moisture
to start rust etc. Plus the colder the day, the more mice/cats etc
like a
nice warm engine to make home! However, keep in mind that the rubber O

rings in the AC system are lubricated with freon as the system runs.
Might
be a good idea to take the car out during a nice spell and run the ac
or
defroster for a half hour or longer once or twice per season.

 

When I was 17, I went to my buddies place in the sticks. His dad has about 30 old cars that are rotting in a field. I went over to a Crosley because I thought it looked like a small skool bus. I opened the door and a rat ran out and under the other cars!!!

It scared me so bad I thought I soiled myself!!! It isn't something you'd expect to see when you open a car. I'd take the precautions listed above to ensure no more return. Those things can eat through damn near anything...

 

That rat is lucky he froze with fear! I have a Toyota Tacoma that a tree fell on that I just put a new bed on and am fixing up. While I was searching for the bed it stayed outside under a tarp. I would go and start it every couple of weeks and warm it up. On one of those warm ups I started it an heard a "WHUMP!!" and was like WTF?!? So I kill it and pop the hood and see rat turds on the intake and then some movement catches my eye underneath and there's this big fat nasty rat flopping around missing his back feet and part of his tail with a big split down his side! I got a shovel and put it out of it's misery and promptly buried it with the same. Apparently he freaked and dove into the fan or belts.

I layed another tarp out and parked on it as well as covering it and didn't have any more problems. So either he was "king rat" or there arent any more, or they dont like the noise of walking on the tarp.

 

These things do work. Several years ago, in the middle of winter I went to install new guages in my old race car. Pulled the cover and opened the door to find tons of insullation on the floor and in the seats. A mouse (mice) had gotten up under the dash, etc. and it up. After a good cleaning, I put one of those devices in my garage and have (crossing fingers) never had a problem. I was nervous the first few times to the strip that spring that something wouldn't work or would catch fire from being nibbled on.

 

At least he has good taste. He loves to ride in Vettes. Buy him one of those leather jackets and give him a name.JMO (LOL)

 

6 ft. rattlesnake should keep them away.

 

that ain;t enough cats , snake;s etc. do it to

 

Sounds like the cat was getting revenge.