Landseer

Headed out on a 10 hour ride in our 86 USA car on friday. Running great, up to temperature, cruising until fort Wayne, stopped at a light. A mouse shot up out of the back edge of the hood, onto the windshield. Guess it got too hot for him. Ran up a-pillar. Onto roof. Light turned, I hit gas, think I saw him tumble off onto road. Winter coming fast, time to check your engine compartments for freeloaders I guess. Fumbled the camera phone. Would have been a great photo

The Deputy

Uber for mice?

Yes, noticed some markers in the light dust of my 84 yesterday, got out my glasses to do some CSI work, and it turned out being mouse tracks on top of the quarter glass and spoiler. At first I thought he must have slid down off the roof or something, since getting onto the front of the car is much easier (lower).

However, my findings detremine that that darn mouse had jumped from floor level to the spoiler and his next jump landed on the roof...where he decided to relief himself of all bodily fluids and solids. So, with this utterly obnoxious show of disrespect for the 928...comes warfare. His days are numbered!

Brian.

Adk46

We are blessed with four cats - two each for our house and studio garage spaces. Unlike most cats, they do not walk over the cars with dirty paws.

For our more remote storage garage, I'm planning to spread mothballs around on the floor, and put dryer sheets inside the cars. I've never seen mouse droppings there, but there were fresh moose droppings nearby this week.

Donald Smith

I have heard those moose droppings can be huge.Good luck cleaning that up.

Eplebnista

Once a moose moves into your air cleaner box, you'll never get him out.

19psi

This year I got toads in my Olds Bravada. Last month I went to Menard's and then stopped off at Little Caesars on the way home...starter decided to die in the parking lot.
I pop the hood and there's a big toad near the radiator shroud. Picked him up and let him go. Eventually found two more hopping around the engine compartment. An hour later, it's getting pulled onto a flatbed and the tow truck driver is laughing at the toad hopping across the hood.
Found yet another while changing out the starter the next day.

Pretty sure it was a bad omen. A week later I sold it and bought a sweet Cayenne S.

dr bob

K objected a little to the mothballs placed strategically around the car last winter. I put a few in plastic ziplock bags, picked little holes in the bags, and placed them strategically in the engine bay and the corners of the undertrays. No mice in the car, but there was evidence of them in other places. Plus the fragrance was a little stiff, particularyly fromm the small bag I forgot in front of the radiator when the car came out of hibernation.

There was other telltale evidence, in tool cabinets, where paper documentation was shredded by the varmints. Traps got a few, but the kitties have been carefully patrolling and monitoring the garage. Unfortunately the cats are too well fed, and treat the critters as playtoys.

This year's war strategy has bait blocks in stations under the floor-mounted cabinets. The new workbay cabinets are all solid/closed bottoms, and sit 5" off the floor suspended from the walls. There are 1" PVC pipe sections under there with bait blocks shredded inside, so no chance of the kitties getting into the critter food. Bait blocks also live in a few of the floor-mount cabinet drawers in case there's a repeat of last winter's invasion.

So far I've harvested half a dozen carcasses from the basement, using similar techniques. Since placing the stations, tere's no evidence of new infestations. But the weather is getting colder, and the comfy climate in the garage/workbay will surely appeal to them again. I can't keep them out, but I can make their stays short.

STRIKEMASTER

DON'T USE MOTHBALLS IF YOU HAVE CATS!! The fumes from mothballs is deadly to cats. Take the cats to the remote garage for the day and give them a cardboard box with litter in it. The cats roam around and spread their scent all over as they 'mark' the new turf. We can't smell it but mice can and they stay away. When cats rub you, they are 'scent marking', telling other cats that you belong to them.

MainePorsche

Mice don't like peppermint (oil) as well. I've used it I'm my garage with results. Smells good too.

dr bob

Good to know!


Plus it's damn hard harvesting moth *****.

MainePorsche

Is an old trick I've seen the Northern Mainers do. I googled it, and there's some validity to it. I bought a big thing of peppermint oil and would place it at the floor/wall junctions. No mice.

mazing3

Where the heck do you guys live with all this tiny wildlife staking claim to your cars??

Funny as hell stories though.

MainePorsche

In many locales we have to hibernate our cars for the winter season, and small critters are a concern when the car is asleep for the long period. You must not live in one of those places.

JBGold07

Bounce sheets work for me. Just done my annual distribution around the garage and attic