how to keep mice and rodents away from car?

[fernando the frog]

we live in a rural area and unfortunately on multiple occasions we've had mice getting in our cars and causing damage. are there any actual ways to stop them?

[randlemarcus]

Rural enough for farm cats?

[trickywoo]

Owl.

[MDUBZ]

Lion

[fernando the frog]

randlemarcus said:

Rural enough for farm cats?

we're quite close to a main road

[MDUBZ]

Or.. You can buy those sonic devices. Moth balls are alledgedly a good deterrent. Poison the bds.

Close the air vents and plug up the exhaust with a rag to stop them getting in if leaving the car for a while.

[fernando the frog]

MDUBZ said:

Or.. You can buy those sonic devices. Moth balls are alledgedly a good deterrent. Poison the bds.

Close the air vents and plug up the exhaust with a rag to stop them getting in if leaving the car for a while.

do the sonic things work? i've heard mixed things about them

[Willy Nilly]

Try spraying a load of WD40 underneath it, particularly where they can climb up into the car. They don't seem to like crawling over WD' so much and it will mask their scent to a point. I tried it on the combine in the autumn and they seem to have left it alone more this time.

[Turn7]

Willy Nilly said:

Try spraying a load of WD40 underneath it, particularly where they can climb up into the car. They don't seem to like crawling over WD' so much and it will mask their scent to a point. I tried it on the combine in the autumn and they seem to have left it alone more this time.

fk me, that wouldnt have been a pocket sized can for sure......

[rxe]

Traps in the foot wells. Good talking point for passengers, and they work.

If you have rats, then rat blocks tied to the battery. They like sitting in batteries.

Owls only work on mice.

[Willy Nilly]

Turn7 said:

Willy Nilly said:

Try spraying a load of WD40 underneath it, particularly where they can climb up into the car. They don't seem to like crawling over WD' so much and it will mask their scent to a point. I tried it on the combine in the autumn and they seem to have left it alone more this time.

fk me, that wouldnt have been a pocket sized can for sure......

To be honest, it would probably take more to cover the bits they can climb up on a car than the combine, it only took a few squirts.

[Alucidnation]

Lock them.

[J4CKO]

I love in a town and the biggest got in, first sign was the smell as they were in the heater having used the cabin filter as bedding.

Bits got stuck in the fan and made a noise, pulled the entire dash out, gashed my hand, had to get it checked at casualty. Dash and all is back in, but had to change the indicator stalk as that had stopped working and broke the clock spring.

Don’t use and air con bomb, it makes the smell worse as you have rodent st and piss plus industrial biohazard strength air freshener.


Not even eaten any wiring and it’s been a pain of the highest order.

[Who me ?]

Ye Olde Tech- Ball bearing mousetrap. AKA AS tom Cat. BU if not into cat- try a Cairn terrier. Small enough to kep mice at bay. Large enough to have a dog wiling to give you lots of love.

[Riley Blue]

Don't most cars have 'cats' these days?

[Olivergt]

Willy Nilly said:

Try spraying a load of WD40 underneath it, particularly where they can climb up into the car. They don't seem to like crawling over WD' so much and it will mask their scent to a point. I tried it on the combine in the autumn and they seem to have left it alone more this time.

That's the best "I've got a combine harvester" post ever! 😂😂😂