Rodent poison will kill them but they are already in the vehicle.
I live in rural area with critters also. My huntress cat takes care of all of them. Also Tomcat makes a spray that works well. Ace has it.Last week my son started our Bronco - and a raccoon scampered out of the engine bay!
Looks like the raccoon was sleeping on top of the engine. Grimed it up with muddy paw prints and oily residue. Tore some foam insulation in various areas. Also must have got caught in the running serpentine belt, pulled out clumps of hair when escaping.
To add injury, while cleaning the engine yesterday, I notice mice had also invaded. On the top firewall side of the 2.3L engine, there is a plastic cover over foam insulation, with a small opening. A perfect "mouse house". Mice crawled inside and tore up the foam insulation making a nest.
Does anyone know offhand what is that insulated component (shown below with red arrow)? Assuming Ford put all that foam insulation there for a reason, I wonder what is the risk operating the Bronco for a while with some of it missing?
Yep, Siberians are fantastic hunters. Birds, opossums, rats, rabbits, skunks. Not so good at rattlesnakes. Unfortunately, I lost 3 dogs from secondary poisoning
because if it was in the yard they would kill it & eat some of it. Again, not so much for rattlesnakes, thankfully we got the boy through that before losing him to a cancer 2 years later Please don't use poison, I've lost 3 dogs from secondary poisoning see above post. Not sure what the autoloaders is but a dunk the rat trap works pretty good. Feral cats are great if you have some property.
Coyote wranglers, I assume!
I give a second here! I have had over $4k total in damage to wiring, insulation, and fuel components in a 5 year period between my F150 and Camaro. Mostly squirrels, but some mice too. For the last two years I have been putting Uncle Gus rodent packs under the hood on each fender well and on top of the fuel tank near fuel pump. I have the in Tupperware containers with holes drilled in them. Then spray them down with peppermint spray as well as the hood liner, fire wall and battery insulation. I got a gallon jug of peppermint spray off Amazon. I do this on the first of each month. Haven’t had a problem since.
I have a similar trap and don’t use it dry. In the winter months, I use windshield washer fluid or RV antifreeze. Keeps the liquid from freezing. Thing works great. But it is a little nasty to empty if you don’t do it on a regular basis.
My wife had mice chew up some stuff on her engine. The odd thing is that I had a Mustang in the same garage for months at a time and my Bronco can sit there for a few days and no issues (so far). I wonder if she got them from her job.This was the cabin air filter inside my old Escape. The filter was gone and replaced with a mouse nest. Squirrels and mice squatted in that engine compartment but never ate any parts other than the cabin air filter. But, that began my quest to eliminate the little varmits from this planet!
I heard about the moth ball trick, but I needed to kill mice/rats. And they have to leave the engine compartment at some point to feed, and they will find the Contrac.
Mix Jiffy Corn muffin mix with pure baking soda the Corn muffin mix will attract them and they cant digest the baking powder.. any rodents that eat this will die. As far as the racoon get a live trap and some cat food (wet) when you open the can don't tear it all the way off just crack it to expose food and zip tie it Hanging inside the trap. I have a friend that works at a local for dealer, he said he sees this a few times a month. I was told that the wiring is vegetable oil bases and that attracts the critters.Last week my son started our Bronco - and a raccoon scampered out of the engine bay!
Looks like the raccoon was sleeping on top of the engine. Grimed it up with muddy paw prints and oily residue. Tore some foam insulation in various areas. Also must have got caught in the running serpentine belt, pulled out clumps of hair when escaping.
To add injury, while cleaning the engine yesterday, I notice mice had also invaded. On the top firewall side of the 2.3L engine, there is a plastic cover over foam insulation, with a small opening. A perfect "mouse house". Mice crawled inside and tore up the foam insulation making a nest.
Does anyone know offhand what is that insulated component (shown below with red arrow)? Assuming Ford put all that foam insulation there for a reason, I wonder what is the risk operating the Bronco for a while with some of it missing?
I'll give a third on this! It works wonders and the aroma isn't too bad. Also keeps spiders out too. We have some vehicles that sit for a while (old convertibles, truck) and hitting the engine compartment and the interior with some peppermint oil keeps all those away. For the interior i put a few drops on a folded paper towel. Works great.
Had a temporary solution earlier this year (see photo). Unfortunately, he moved on so I'm hoping that pickins were slim. My rodent problem has been dramatically reduced with taking down a large oak tree (and all of its associated acorns) 2 years ago.Last week my son started our Bronco - and a raccoon scampered out of the engine bay!
Looks like the raccoon was sleeping on top of the engine. Grimed it up with muddy paw prints and oily residue. Tore some foam insulation in various areas. Also must have got caught in the running serpentine belt, pulled out clumps of hair when escaping.
To add injury, while cleaning the engine yesterday, I notice mice had also invaded. On the top firewall side of the 2.3L engine, there is a plastic cover over foam insulation, with a small opening. A perfect "mouse house". Mice crawled inside and tore up the foam insulation making a nest.
Does anyone know offhand what is that insulated component (shown below with red arrow)? Assuming Ford put all that foam insulation there for a reason, I wonder what is the risk operating the Bronco for a while with some of it missing?
I use water in it outside only because the squirrels and gophers can jump back out if they don't drown first and I don't want to dump antifreeze out every time. In the winter I only have to deal with the mice in the garage. Leaving it dry works fine. Mice only seem to live a day or so in it. I had a skunk in one of my hav-a-hart traps. It lived for several days before it keeled over. My neighbor has a cat that roams around but it's not nearly as good as a family of foxes. They kill to live, the cat kills just to have fun.
