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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / October 2007Rabbit chewing wires
Any suggestions on how to stop the critter from entering the engine compartment and chewing through my wires.  SignatureCharles The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. Albert Einstein > Any suggestions on how to stop the critter from entering the engine > compartment and chewing through my wires. I had a problem on our old TT with squirrels chewing on the rubber propane lines. Wet a tee shirt or something with ammonia and wipe the wires down and they won't touch it again. Never seemed to hurt the rubber coating but kept the little rats away. Maybe it'll work for rabbits too. SignatureSteve > Any suggestions on how to stop the critter from entering the engine > compartment and chewing through my wires. Have it for dinner. Hugh > Any suggestions on how to stop the critter from entering the engine > compartment and chewing through my wires. That's a new wrinkle to me. I had no idea the critters would climb into one. I yours a gas or diesel? Ours is parked on concrete but we have lots of woods and lots of critters. >> Any suggestions on how to stop the critter from entering the engine >> compartment and chewing through my wires. >> > That's a new wrinkle to me. I had no idea the critters would climb into > one. I yours a gas or diesel? Ours is parked on concrete but we have > lots of woods and lots of critters. It is a gas unit - 1976 Toyota Chinook. Have tried some glue rat traps, they are all gone. Went down the other day and popped the hood and there he was sitting. Have a snap trap there now. Vehicle is parked at work. Spraying Ropel has had not effect. Heard human urine is good too. Will try the ammonia suggestion. Someone said to leave a small pan of anti- freeze. SignatureCharles The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. Albert Einstein >>> Any suggestions on how to stop the critter from entering the engine >>> compartment and chewing through my wires. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >try the ammonia suggestion. Someone said to leave a small pan of anti- >freeze. Don't do that. It will also kill cats and dogs, and you can be fined for poisoning pet animals in most jurisdiction. SignatureFrank Tabor >>Someone said to leave a small pan of anti-freeze. >Don't do that. It will also kill cats and dogs, and you can be fined >for poisoning pet animals in most jurisdiction. Thanks, Frank. May I please add that the sweet taste of anti-freeze is irrestible to dogs and cats. It's not just that they might happen to come across it -- they will seek it out. Even a tablespoon or so will cause irreversible kidney failure and death. And cats are four times more sensitive to it than dogs. GB in NC >>>Someone said to leave a small pan of anti-freeze. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > GB in NC Put the antifreeze on the rabbit so a dog or cat will eat it. >>>> Any suggestions on how to stop the critter from entering the engine >>>> compartment and chewing through my wires. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Don't do that. It will also kill cats and dogs, and you can be fined > for poisoning pet animals in most jurisdiction. I already explained a procedure that would work. You may not have believed it but I swear it fixed the same problem when I had it with squirrels. SignatureSteve : Any suggestions on how to stop the critter from entering the engine : compartment and chewing through my wires. Whack dat wascal wabbit! > Any suggestions on how to stop the critter from entering the engine > compartment and chewing through my wires. Get a cat. |
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