Renzo Bartolotta
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What is my safest/best way to rid my truck of nesting rodents on my new battery covers. Grandchildren and pet safe?
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What is my safest/best way to rid myself of nesting rodents on my new battery covers. Grandchildren and pet safe?
Yep, I put them in a tea ball and hang them under the hood somewhere the engine heat won't melt them. Had to do that while living in the mountains and never had a rodent problem while my neighbors had serious chewing and nesting problems until they did the same. Those metal hanging tea balls work great.Mothballs work great. The Christmas tree air fresheners also work well too. Mice/rats/squirrel,etc hate the smell!
I'd wanna know who provided them with masks... My neighbors motorhome suffered the same fate as your car before he did the mothballs. Your experience proves they are not 100% fail proof.I used to swear by mothballs until mice nested in the engine of the car and chewed wires to the tune of $1200. This was with several of the mothball sachets under the hood. I don’t have a solid recommendation for excluding them.
Sticky traps will get them out or reduce the population. Last year we tried stickies adjacent to the front tires. Theoretically they climb the front tires to access the engine bay. I’m not sure it’s a 100% solution.
Check out the guy on YouTube that does Mousetrap Monday, ISTR he recommended a bait that only kills rodents, not toxic to other animals or people.
Good luck, I’ve been fighting them forever and it’s a battle that’s never won.