Broncos and MICE.

[CalvinT]

Someone told me that UV lights will repel rats and other rodents.

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[Bdisco]

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[Brronco23]

Tide Febreze (see photo) was highly recommended by a friend.

Every year mice would chew up the wiring on the home air conditioning condenser and build a nest. Sprayed around the wires with this and zero signs of any rodent activity this year. To me personally, it smells awful.....

 

[BillyB]

The Weasels that visit my house do a great, and long term, job...LOL...

 

[wjtinfwb]

Take an old pill bottle, drill 5 or 6 holes in it, slot the lid for a zip tie, put a cotton ball soaked in peppermint extract inside, and zip-tie near the location of infestation.

Peppermint works great to ward off Mice & Rats. Great idea with the Pill bottle!

 

[CalvinT]

How would this affect any predators that eat the rats? Don't want to harm foxes, raptors, snakes or anything else that eats rats.

The undigested poison will still be in the rat's stomach. Also the poison will be in the rat's body in general. Poison doesn't disappear after it's eaten. It's still there. It becomes more concentrated as it moves up the food chain.

 

[CalvinT]

Not enough in a mouse to kill a larger animal, e.g., fox. These are options.

It depends on how many mice the larger animal eats.

 

[BigBlueBronc]

Hey group. I’m driving a 22 Badlands with 57,000 miles on it, all done by me. I live and work in Death Valley National Park for the park services. In the nine years I’ve worked here I’ve never had this problem. My Bronco started throwing error codes and running rough the other day. Took to Ford in Vegas and they found a family of mice living under the hood, and eating my wiring harness. What a mess. I’ve always opened the hood when parked overnight and never had a problem. I’m worried that when I get the truck back it will happen again. Any ideas?

Moth balls ? I put some in my slingshot. Hang bags under the hood near wiring. Wonder why they make tasty wiring ??

 

[Pokey_Cacti]

If you buy moth balls: in CA, they come in sealed plastic bags; you'll have to buy a nylon mesh bag to put them in then put the mesh bag under the hood. If you buy them in NV, they'll come double wrapped in a bag, but remove the outer one and the inner one is perforated and you can just put that under the hood. Don't leave them there when you're running the engine; they can ruin the plastics in various ways. But the mothball chemical sublimes (evaporates to a vapor from the solid state) just like dry ice. We use this in our RV for many years. I've also heard about the peppermint oil approach, but I'd also do it where you remove it in the morning when you start the vehicle...

 

[2023bronco]

There's a certain fed agency that is having a problem with rats eating the wiring out of Teslas. Maybe the DOGE bros ought to get back together and solve that, lol.

 

[EasternSierra]

If you buy moth balls: in CA, they come in sealed plastic bags; you'll have to buy a nylon mesh bag to put them in then put the mesh bag under the hood. If you buy them in NV, they'll come double wrapped in a bag, but remove the outer one and the inner one is perforated and you can just put that under the hood. Don't leave them there when you're running the engine; they can ruin the plastics in various ways. But the mothball chemical sublimes (evaporates to a vapor from the solid state) just like dry ice. We use this in our RV for many years. I've also heard about the peppermint oil approach, but I'd also do it where you remove it in the morning when you start the vehicle...

I've definitely had problems with mothballs deforming plastics in close proximity.

 

[ecasazza]

I use this on all my Vehicles Works great.

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[CarGuy]

If you buy moth balls: in CA, they come in sealed plastic bags; you'll have to buy a nylon mesh bag to put them in then put the mesh bag under the hood. If you buy them in NV, they'll come double wrapped in a bag, but remove the outer one and the inner one is perforated and you can just put that under the hood. Don't leave them there when you're running the engine; they can ruin the plastics in various ways. But the mothball chemical sublimes (evaporates to a vapor from the solid state) just like dry ice. We use this in our RV for many years. I've also heard about the peppermint oil approach, but I'd also do it where you remove it in the morning when you start the vehicle...

Nothing like a Bronco smelling like Grandma’s closet.

 

[ThunderFlash]

Yup. My harness was munched by rodents, in two places. I think that set.me back about $800. The newer, more environmentally friendly insulation materials are apparently more tasty. I believe they are soy based. I zip tied a bar of Irish Spring under the hood, which is supposed to help. I also spray my parking area with Tomcat rodent repellent about every 6-8 weeks. Time will tell if it works.

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