A rodent is destroying my new truck...

[Anonymous]

Stripping all the firewall insulation from under the hood.  Discovered this today.  Tried to build a nest in the air box with said insulation.  I stopped that.  Now he's trying to build a nest somewhere else under my vehicle with the insulation.



He won't leave.  Drive the truck, park it elsewhere, doesn't matter.  It is hell-bent on destroying my truck.



Ran into a pest control guy at my local store tonight, and he said that when rodents decide to nest, there is only one way to deal with them:  They have to be killed.  There is no other effective means other than to kill them.



So tomorrow I will buy some large rat snap-traps, and place them all around.  Will also buy some .22 rat-shot, and maybe some .22 subsonics, and fucking destroy every rodent that I can find.



Death is the only fix for them.  



ICBC will cover any rodent damage through comprehensive vehicle insurance coverage.



If you see any rodents, understand that they have no positive purpose for anything.  They have ZERO net benefit, and they must be killed swiftly, and with extreme prejudice using any means necessary.

[Anonymous]

And don't bother trying to poison them.  Effective poisons have been banned ages ago apparently...



Instant death (either snap-trap or bullet) is the only effective way.

[Anonymous]

I had a chance for a kill if I had an air rifle (which I don't), but the firepower I currently own I cannot shoot the fucker without collateral damage...



I take care of my shit.  My equipment.  My vehicles.  As a single guy, these things are what is important to me.



To see your shit get damaged, is not cool, and it really bothers me...

[Anonymous]

It must suck to be Mel.

[Anonymous]

It must suck to be Mel.

It might, but not as much as sucks to be you, you fucking clown!  

[Anonymous]

Once I kill the rodent(s) responsible dead, I'll have Ford do an inspection, and will then push forth a claim through ICBC to replace the affected areas.

[Anonymous]

It must suck to be Mel.

Multiple threads about himself and they're all depressing.

[Renee]

Stripping all the firewall insulation from under the hood.  Discovered this today.  Tried to build a nest in the air box with said insulation.  I stopped that.  Now he's trying to build a nest somewhere else under my vehicle with the insulation.



He won't leave.  Drive the truck, park it elsewhere, doesn't matter.  It is hell-bent on destroying my truck.



Ran into a pest control guy at my local store tonight, and he said that when rodents decide to nest, there is only one way to deal with them:  They have to be killed.  There is no other effective means other than to kill them.



So tomorrow I will buy some large rat snap-traps, and place them all around.  Will also buy some .22 rat-shot, and maybe some .22 subsonics, and fucking destroy every rodent that I can find.



Death is the only fix for them.  



ICBC will cover any rodent damage through comprehensive vehicle insurance coverage.



If you see any rodents, understand that they have no positive purpose for anything.  They have ZERO net benefit, and they must be killed swiftly, and with extreme prejudice using any means necessary.

You live in a rual area, it is to be expected. I had the same problem until I cleaned out the garage and started parking indoors.... Get a female cat or two. But knowing your track record with cats, that might not be a good idea..  So get a terrier.  A Jack Russel or a good Irish terrier or even an American Eskimo miniature (white German Spitz) will take care of the rodent problem.



In the meantime, when the truck is parked outside put a cup or open container full of moth balls or moth flakes under the hood. It works to keep mice and chipmunks out of the AC condensing unit and barbecue grill during the winter months so it should work for your truck.



Whatever you do, don't get all liquored up and then just start blasting away at movement around your truck. The last thing you need is after waking up in your wet sheets, is finding flat tires and .22 cal holes in the body of your new ford.

[cc]

put a cup or open container full of moth balls

Good strategy!!  That will keep him busy trying to catch male moths

[Renee]

put a cup or open container full of moth balls

Good strategy!!  That will keep him busy trying to catch male moths

 

[Frood]

I get dozens of snails nesting around my motor compartment if I don't drive the vehicle for weeks...



Escargot Express!

[Anonymous]

I've never noticed any creatures living under the hood of my car.

[Anonymous]

If you see any rodents, understand that they have no positive purpose for anything.  They have ZERO net benefit, and they must be killed swiftly, and with extreme prejudice using any means necessary.

You know, I'd happily take your word for it except for that Wikileaks release a few years ago wherein the inter-departmental emails of various world leaders most secret conversations were revealed to the world. One in particular from the then-prime mincer of Australia and one-time foreign affairs minister *snerk* described the Chinese as (and I quote) "a bunch of rat fuckers", which amused me no end since the guy himself could have donned a fur coat costume and passed himself off as a gerbil, no problems.



So yes, rats apparently do have a worthwhile reason for existing if we are to believe senor Kevin Rudd, and that is as a rudimentary form of birth control in a country where the population has to sleep standing up. The more you know.

[Anonymous]

I chewed the parts myself, but I had my local pest control guy come over anyway

[Odinson]

I've never noticed any creatures living under the hood of my car.

What do you think makes the car move..



There are a couple of dozen hamsters living under the hood.