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Re: Mice chewing on ignition wires [Re: learch] #8225926 09/30/24 03:53 PM 09/30/24 03:53 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,948 el vado, nm T Tom Fisher trapper
Tom Fisher trapper T Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,948 el vado, nm	I have traps set all year for mice and pack rats, catch them by the pound especially in the fall, they will destroy your vehicle.

Re: Mice chewing on ignition wires [Re: fossil2] #8226007 09/30/24 06:00 PM 09/30/24 06:00 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 5,970 West Central MN 20scout trapper
20scout trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 5,970 West Central MN	Originally Posted by fossil2 most new wiring is insulated with a soy based product, so a treat that actually attracts mice. red squirrels and mice out here and they both love that stuff. we use poison in bait stations in the garage and shops. The same soy bean base coating is used on fiber optic lines and the gophers love it. Local cell phone company is now matching some township bounty on the little darlings actually making it work going after them. Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.

Re: Mice chewing on ignition wires [Re: learch] #8227472 10/02/24 06:44 PM 10/02/24 06:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 38 MI F Fourcoil trapper
Fourcoil trapper F Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 38 MI	My brother told me they chew on um cause they are coated w/ peanut oil. But he is saturated w/ alcohol. I use moth balls seem to work.

Re: Mice chewing on ignition wires [Re: learch] #8227548 10/02/24 08:30 PM 10/02/24 08:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 8,083 Virginia 5 52Carl trapper
52Carl trapper 5 Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 8,083 Virginia	Muskrats will travel a long way away from water to chew wires in cars and trucks. The next time I find a vehicle with chewed wires, I'm gonna buy the bad harness from them and bottle it for high dollar muskrat lure. Keep your eyes peeled for "18 Gauge Muskrat Lure" at you favorite vendors. "Guaranteed or I'll return your harness." (Something like that anyway. I'm new at this get rich quick stuff.)

Re: Mice chewing on ignition wires [Re: 52Carl] #8227639 10/02/24 11:17 PM 10/02/24 11:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,659 Hudson valley , NY S slowpoke trapper
slowpoke trapper S Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,659 Hudson valley , NY	My friend started his car up one morning and smelled gas .. Drove to the local coffee shop , and when he got out he noticed gas dripping out on pavement.. He then decided to quickly drive it to the repair shop … The mechanics put the car up on the lift to look for the gas leak … As he shined his flash light up from below , there was a set of eyes looking down at him !!! There was a woodchuck still up in the engine compartment and he ate the gas lines !! They managed to knock him loose into a garbage pail and let him go ….. It was funny until he got the $ for fuel line repair job

Re: Mice chewing on ignition wires [Re: slowpoke] #8227640 10/02/24 11:20 PM 10/02/24 11:20 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 20,786 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 20,786 Green County Wisconsin	Originally Posted by slowpoke My friend started his car up one morning and smelled gas .. Drove to the local coffee shop , and when he got out he noticed gas dripping out on pavement.. He then decided to quickly drive it to the repair shop … The mechanics put the car up on the lift to look for the gas leak … As he shined his flash light up from below , there was a set of eyes looking down at him !!! There was a woodchuck still up in the engine compartment and he ate the gas lines !! They managed to knock him loose into a garbage pail and let him go ….. It was funny until he got the $ for fuel line repair job there is a section of poly fuel line for the first 18" or so off the back of all the 1999-07 GM gas trucks fuel rail down to the hard line yup no fun for me it was a squirrel America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Mice chewing on ignition wires [Re: learch] #8227652 10/03/24 12:25 AM 10/03/24 12:25 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,685 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,685 Alaska and Washington State	One of the benefits of going green; soy based wire insulation, just plain dumb. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: Mice chewing on ignition wires [Re: learch] #8227680 10/03/24 05:12 AM 10/03/24 05:12 AM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 366 Northern KY H huntcook trapper
huntcook trapper H Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 366 Northern KY	I was told that Irish Spring soap would keep them out of my RV I bought 4 bars and cut them in half and put them all over my RV didn't help did see teeth marks where they gnaw on the bars of soap. Government making sin legal does not make it right.

Re: Mice chewing on ignition wires [Re: learch] #8227714 10/03/24 06:44 AM 10/03/24 06:44 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,372 coastal ny G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,372 coastal ny	LOL, I don't know how Irish Spring soap got that reputation, people constantly recommend that stuff to keep deer out of your yard too. Dedicated deer repellant is just a food enhancer here, but a bar of smelly soap?....nope

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