Thread: RATS ARE EATING MY D3

Rats eating electrical insulation is sometimes a problem for jet aircraft parked overnight. It's one of those things that gets checked in the initial walk-around. What is it with rodents and wiring? In the US, a fortune is spent by telecoms on research to find out how to keep squirrels from eating phone cabling. One of the big blackouts (from Canada to near Washington DC by memory) was caused by a squirrel eating insulation in a transformer, causing a short circuit and down went the lights for 40 million people. It's going to be a bigger problem as there are more sensors around vehicles. Even if our new D5's run on fibre optics power telemetry systems is still needed.

At least this is one advantage for Perth having been in a drought....

Old thread resurrected.

I have evidence of a rodent(?) in my D4.
Poop and puddles on the front passenger floor mat.
Attempts at nesting - sound proofing material brought in to the glove box.

Not really any rat / mouse smell.
We do have dunnarts in the garden.

How do they get in to a shut and locked vehicle?

Ron

Inspect the pollen filter for damage. Also remove the engine acoustic cover.

Originally Posted by RHS58

Old thread resurrected.

I have evidence of a rodent(?) in my D4.
Poop and puddles on the front passenger floor mat.
Attempts at nesting - sound proofing material brought in to the glove box.

Not really any rat / mouse smell.
We do have dunnarts in the garden.

How do they get in to a shut and locked vehicle?

Ron

Do you have a nice bushy beard????
Could have escaped from there
Andrew

Originally Posted by Graeme

Inspect the pollen filter for damage. Also remove the engine acoustic cover.

yep - check the pollen filter - they ate through mine and got into the car.. I posted a pic a while back.

as we are on a farm... i gave them a 'special brew' ...

cycle your poisons around your shed/house - they get use to one type. Warfarin (ratsac)/counmatetralyl (racumin). make sure your cats down eat the dead ones.

ow - and set a trap in your car... then you know you got the bastard thats in your car....

After spending $600.00 in the past 6 months on rat damage to the disco. i forgot to check the caravan
Little
They had made it home trashed everything plastic , matting fly screens , etc
Insurance said bad luck Left the other cars alone just the disco , now all cars have camphor balls and smelly things in them under them and plenty of bait packs around the sheds , house etc
Never had a problem in the past 16 years living here, now war is declared ((((

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Do you have a nice bushy beard????
Could have escaped from there
Andrew

Yep.
A very bushy beard.

Originally Posted by gotaflat

yep - check the pollen filter - they ate through mine and got into the car.. I posted a pic a while back.

as we are on a farm... i gave them a 'special brew' ...

cycle your poisons around your shed/house - they get use to one type. Warfarin (ratsac)/counmatetralyl (racumin). make sure your cats down eat the dead ones.

ow - and set a trap in your car... then you know you got the 8astard thats in your car....

My father did not like poisons so his 'special brew' was icing sugar mixed with cement...

He also referred to the warfarin he took for his heart complaint as 'ratsac'