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Message: Re: Did a little more research....
Changed By: MarcW
Change Date: January 31, 2015 02:20PM
Re: Did a little more research....
Change Date: January 31, 2015 02:20PM
Re: Did a little more research....
[quote="Tony in Whittier"]
Found these ideas: Mothballs in a container placed under the engine; spray the engine compartment, wiring and hoses with either peppermint oil or Pine Sol; keep hood open; place lights over the compartment; set traps nearby. Hard to find mothballs. Where do I get peppermint oil?[/quote]
Depending upon where a google search takes you, peppermint oil is not effective, as are other less than lethal chemicals. I would not use poisons though no matter how effective they are.
Even if peppermint oil or mothballs or whatever keeps the rats out of the car you have to then worry about them getting into, gnawing their way into where your house, or other out buildings on your property (or next door to your property) and making a nice home in which they'll produce more rats.
An aggressive campaign of trapping -- dead rats can't breed -- and eliminating the things that attract them in the first place like leaving pet food out, improperly storing pet or animal feed, improperly stacking firewood, or improperly stacking/storing other wood like cut lumber, having piles/mounds of plant litter, brush about, or leaving fallen trees around, etc.
Found these ideas: Mothballs in a container placed under the engine; spray the engine compartment, wiring and hoses with either peppermint oil or Pine Sol; keep hood open; place lights over the compartment; set traps nearby. Hard to find mothballs. Where do I get peppermint oil?[/quote]
Depending upon where a google search takes you, peppermint oil is not effective, as are other less than lethal chemicals. I would not use poisons though no matter how effective they are.
Even if peppermint oil or mothballs or whatever keeps the rats out of the car you have to then worry about them getting into, gnawing their way into where your house, or other out buildings on your property (or next door to your property) and making a nice home in which they'll produce more rats.
An aggressive campaign of trapping -- dead rats can't breed -- and eliminating the things that attract them in the first place like leaving pet food out, improperly storing pet or animal feed, improperly stacking firewood, or improperly stacking/storing other wood like cut lumber, having piles/mounds of plant litter, brush about, or leaving fallen trees around, etc.
Original Message
Author: MarcWDate: January 31, 2015 02:19PM
Re: Did a little more research....
[quote="Tony in Whittier"]
Found these ideas: Mothballs in a container placed under the engine; spray the engine compartment, wiring and hoses with either peppermint oil or Pine Sol; keep hood open; place lights over the compartment; set traps nearby. Hard to find mothballs. Where do I get peppermint oil?[/quote]
Depending upon where a google search takes you, peppermint oil is not effective, as are other less than lethal chemicals. I would not use poisons though no matter how effective they are.
Even if peppermint oil or mothballs or whatever keeps the rats out of the car you have to then worry about them getting into, gnawing their way into where your house, or other out buildings on your property (or next door to your property) and making a nice home in which they'll produce more rats.
An aggressive campaign of trapping -- dead rats can't breed -- and eliminating the things that attract them in the first place like leaving pet food out, improperly storing pet or animal feed, improperly stacking firewood, or improperly stacking/storing other wood like cut lumber, having piles/mounds of plant litter, brush about, or leaving fallen trees around, etc.
Found these ideas: Mothballs in a container placed under the engine; spray the engine compartment, wiring and hoses with either peppermint oil or Pine Sol; keep hood open; place lights over the compartment; set traps nearby. Hard to find mothballs. Where do I get peppermint oil?[/quote]
Depending upon where a google search takes you, peppermint oil is not effective, as are other less than lethal chemicals. I would not use poisons though no matter how effective they are.
Even if peppermint oil or mothballs or whatever keeps the rats out of the car you have to then worry about them getting into, gnawing their way into where your house, or other out buildings on your property (or next door to your property) and making a nice home in which they'll produce more rats.
An aggressive campaign of trapping -- dead rats can't breed -- and eliminating the things that attract them in the first place like leaving pet food out, improperly storing pet or animal feed, improperly stacking firewood, or improperly stacking/storing other wood like cut lumber, having piles/mounds of plant litter, brush about, or leaving fallen trees around, etc.