Wierdest thing found in air filter box...
01-22-2010, 12:30 PM
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Wierdest thing found in air filter box...
So today I was changing out my air filter. I noticed three pieces of dog food in the bottom of the filter box. There wasn't a dead mouse in there, but if it was in there, what a ride it must have had! The wierd thing is it wasn't the same type of dog food that I feed my dogs, so I have no idea when it got in there.
01-22-2010, 01:09 PM
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Haha...gotta love the ingeniousness and ambition of them little rodents huh?
They will pack in a lifetime (or winter's whichever comes first
) of goodies and cloth fibers, leaves...anything they can cozy up their "home" with. Pays to check often on these nooks and crannies. I have heard a dryer sheet (like Bounce) will deter them from using these spaces...
They will pack in a lifetime (or winter's whichever comes first
) of goodies and cloth fibers, leaves...anything they can cozy up their "home" with. Pays to check often on these nooks and crannies. I have heard a dryer sheet (like Bounce) will deter them from using these spaces...
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So today I was changing out my air filter. I noticed three pieces of dog food in the bottom of the filter box. There wasn't a dead mouse in there, but if it was in there, what a ride it must have had! The wierd thing is it wasn't the same type of dog food that I feed my dogs, so I have no idea when it got in there.
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01-23-2010, 05:29 PM
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I sure would not take finding that kind of thing lightly. I have personally experienced lots of damage from pack rats. They are notorous for chewing up all your wireing, eating firewall insulation to make a nest. Did over 1K in damage to my Excursion.
Have a friend that got a new Camarro and rats have done 1500 in damage to his car. chewed up all the wires and ate the firewall all up.
Id set some traps, set out some rat poisin etc... don't just laugh it off. A little mouse is not putting dog food in your jeep. Its a bigger problem than that. Leave your hood up if its parked outside as they are looking for a warm place to nest. Don't park near any type of food source.
Good luck...
Have a friend that got a new Camarro and rats have done 1500 in damage to his car. chewed up all the wires and ate the firewall all up.
Id set some traps, set out some rat poisin etc... don't just laugh it off. A little mouse is not putting dog food in your jeep. Its a bigger problem than that. Leave your hood up if its parked outside as they are looking for a warm place to nest. Don't park near any type of food source.
Good luck...