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Old Jun 9, 2022 | 02:06 AM
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Any body have a rat problem? Engine has to be removed account rat chewed wires. Check engine light came on. Discovered rat chewed wires. C6 ZR1 sitting next to it. It wasn't touched. It like it only likes C8 model
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Any body have a rat problem? Engine has to be removed account rat chewed wires. Check engine light came on. Discovered rat chewed wires. C6 ZR1 sitting next to it. It wasn't touched. It like it only likes C8 model
(Does) anybody have a rat problem? (The) engine has to be removed (because a) rat chewed ( the ) wires.(The) check engine light came on. (I) discovered (that a) rat chewed (the) wires. (A) C6 ZR1(is) sitting next to it. It wasn't touched.(It's) like it only likes (a) C8 model

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something something wire sheathing made in part with a soy based product. Attracts rodents. Best practice is to wrap the wires in rodent tape.
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Had them get in my C7, not once, but twice. Each winter they loved the cabin air filter compartment. How they flattened out and squeezed in is beyond me.
One thing I learned from the research to why they were coming in is actually lawncare equipment. If you store seed or anything with grass clippings in your garage, they'll go after it.
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I wonder if this would work.

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In an another thread on this forum, someone posted a photo of what was found when the engine cover was removed on the HTC. The wires were not chewed in that case, or at least there was not immediate evidence of that. But that is what they do.


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Tractor Supply or other stores, works !!

Pine based smell

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Old Jun 9, 2022 | 07:26 AM
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Glue Traps with a bit of peanut butter and problem solved.Available Amazon, Home Depot.
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Originally Posted by rwpatte
Any body have a rat problem? Engine has to be removed account rat chewed wires. Check engine light came on. Discovered rat chewed wires. C6 ZR1 sitting next to it. It wasn't touched. It like it only likes C8 model
(Does) anybody have a rat problem? (The) engine has to be removed (because a) rat chewed ( the ) wires.(The) check engine light came on. (I) discovered (that a) rat chewed (the) wires. (A) C6 ZR1(is) sitting next to it. It wasn't touched.(It's) like it only likes (a) C8 model

There, now I can understand
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Tractor Supply or other stores, works !!Pine based smell
Where would you put it? In trunk and frunk?
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According to the instructors at Spring Mountain there is something in some of the cables that tastes sweet to rats, especially in the Mag ride shock cables. They put aluminum foil on the cables to keep the rats from chewing on them.
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try small 6''x8'' tupperware box filled with ''corn bread mix and baking soda'',

it makes em blow up inside
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Same thing happened to my Jeep. Rodents made a nest under hood and chewed through some of the wiring. My C7, and later my C8 weren’t touched. I think the rodents just go for what seems like an easier target for them. After I got the Jeep fixed, I wrapped the wiring bundles with Honda Rodent Tape (around $40 on eBay or at your local Honda dealer). It’s infused with Cayenne Pepper and burns their little mouths. After wrapping the wires, the rodents never came back.

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OP - sucks that the critters feasted on the wires in your C8. I have heard about the Honda rodent tape - and from what has been reported it seems to work well.
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Same thing happened to my Jeep. Rodents made a nest under hood and chewed through some of the wiring. My C7, and later my C8 weren’t touched. I think the rodents just go for what seems like an easier target for them. After I got the Jeep fixed, I wrapped the wiring bundles with Honda Rodent Tape (around $40 on eBay or at your local Honda dealer). It’s infused with Cayenne Pepper and burns their little mouths. After wrapping the wires, the rodents never came back.

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Sounds like a good plan except that getting to the wires to wrap them may be a bit of a bother.
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I have a few packets, I open the HTC and put one there, 2 underneath the car also on the top of each tire. I also purchase the dollar store version of "Pine Sol" and sprayed some near any potential garage entrance. This past winter Mickey & Minnie took up residence elsewhere, the smell wasn't overbearing.
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Glad I don't live in an area with this problem!
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Electronic traps work good, jelly beans/peanut butter. Glue traps are just inhumane, snap traps are unreliable, poison too slow. We get the big river rats where I am, the size of sneakers, electronic traps are the best for a quick kill.

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Originally Posted by Fishfryer527
Electronic traps work good, jelly beans/peanut butter. Glue traps are just inhumane, snap traps are unreliable, poison too slow. We get the big river rats where I am, the size of sneakers, electronic traps are the best for a quick kill.
Any recommendations on the best brand to buy?
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Rodents don't like peppermint oil, you can place some on a cotton ball to repel them.
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I was in the garage the other day working on the lawn mower and a black Vole just sauntered by me just going about his business in my garage. 😡 The traps went out that evening! The mice have been bad this year my neighbor said he saw them frolicking around his yard in the fall.
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