Unwanted visitor
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By the seaside...
PerryGunn said:
Yeah, that was the dealer's thoughts as well. They quoted me a shade over £200 to replace the bonnet and engine insulation, which is less than my insurance excess so I'll settle it out of pocket.
Now if you'll excuse me I have to go out and get some mousetraps.............
My parents have glis glis (edible dormice) in their tack room and they're bloody hard to remove, not least of all because the law prohibits unlicensed people from catching or killing them. Fortunately, their cat is savage and has a voracious appetite for rodents!
I think I'll email my father now and ask him to make sure the cat spends some time sleeping with my Zed in their garage :evil:
I think I'll email my father now and ask him to make sure the cat spends some time sleeping with my Zed in their garage :evil:
I live in the sticks and mice visit the outbuildings. I've tried all the usual tricks to deter them. Cats are the best but no longer have one. For the past 3 years, I've had a radio in my garage which comes on with a timer from dusk to dawn. I have it on Radio 4 because it's constant talking and this has considerably reduced the evidence of visits to almost nil.
beezernorton
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When the scuttle plate came off for a windscreen replacement I found a nest built mainly of leaves plus various foam and rubber parts selected from my engine bay. Think it was an old one from previous owner but lucky I found it as it had blocked the big drain hole so was filling up and submersing the wiper motor regularly. Looking round the engine I could see lots of nibbling going on, hope it hasn't got anywhere near the wiring as I have a mate who had to sell his Porsche due to the little blighter attacking the wiring.
dr_john said:
Right, spoke to my mate who had a serious rodent issue being out in the sticks.
He used mouse traps, not humane I'm afraid, in the garage where they'd chewed thru his jump leads. Sorted over a period of 2 weeks.
For the car parked outside, he was told to use peppermint oil. Soaked a rag in it, popped it into a plastic bag and put a few holes in it. He then popped 2 of these bags under the bonnet, away from pulleys, heat or where they could cause an issue and he never had a problem after that.
It was also parked next to an edge, virtually touching it, he then parked as far from the edge as possible so that they could not get a leg up from the edge onto the car.
He doesn't know if it was more luck than judgement but he's not had a problem since, hope some of the above helps.
I have a cat who lives to go in the garage and is great at catching nice - problem is she also love to sit on top of the car and has managed to scratch the clear lacquer coat which I have had to polish out 
BMWZ4MC said:
We used to live near Aylesbury - interesting story around the Glis Glis, they were introduced by the Rothschilds; officially as a "collection" item as they're not native, but rumour was they were seen as cheap food for the workers on the Rothschild estates (I used to be based at RAF Halton, with the Officers' Mess being an old Rothschild mansion left to the crown). Whilst related to the dormouse, they are not small like the native UK dormouse, being the size of a squirrel with a bushier tail, and are surprisingly non-timid. We had one convert the contents of an airing cupboard into a nest over a weekend, and when we opened the door it just sat there and tried a staring contest. Also had one sat on top of a bedroom wardrobe, heard the scratching late at night and when I switched the light on it picked out the eyes perfectly - scared the crap out of the wife....
But enough of the thread hijack - we also live in the country and have the occasional rodent issue. We tried humane traps (released over a mile away), and they worked (tried with chocolate and other bait, but peanut butter was the best - remember to change every few days). However, don't leave young kids around with a captured mouse - they think its like a kinder egg and "help" the mouse to escape. We have poison down in the lofts, and a sonic deterrent in the garage - rumour has it that it keeps cats and teenagers away as well
Dogs are useless feckers with mice - one of our dogs actually chased a mouse into the kitchen one summer - although one did show an unhealthy interest in a friend's daughter's hamster. Probably just needs training
Finally - do check your house for ingress points - any gaps around pipework into the building, gaps under doors etc. as they do like to come indoors.
Luckily I havent had a problem with my cars but a few years ago I did have a problem in my kitchen and as someone else suggested it was because they were able to get in through a gap by pipe for washing machine overflow , fixing the gap seemed to sort it which was good because a friend also lent me a couple of non humane traps so it meant I didnt have to deal with consequences
Tommy Jagerwall
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Simpel fix. Buy a 220V TWIN REPELLENT device and keep them out.
Tommy
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