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Old January-4th-2006 | 02:36 PM
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mouse eating my engine again

I thought I took care of the problem by fixing what rubber he chewed through, but he's chewing again. When through the washer tube and looks like hes working on the AC hoses. I'd like to get him before he gets something serious. Any ideas on how to kill it? Or where he could be hiding. I am assuming he's living the the engine bay somewhere. Thanks all.
Old January-4th-2006 | 02:42 PM
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go get some dcon or a cat and put it near the car.
Old January-4th-2006 | 04:18 PM
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That's great ... you have a mouse living in your engine bay
Old January-4th-2006 | 04:28 PM
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just change your sig to "mouse powered" and replace the engine with a hamster wheel, then he cant hurt anything...

or...

set a trap for him cat, cheese, poison... whatever.
Old January-4th-2006 | 05:24 PM
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Mice LOVE peanut butter. Put some in a trap and leave it under your hood.
Old January-4th-2006 | 05:26 PM
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heck.. who doesnt love peanut butter... i like it in grits

but. yah, anything to get the mouse...
Old January-5th-2006 | 01:17 AM
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Man I remember when I had a similar problem to this. It was mainly caused by the dog food in that my dog always had food left over in his bowl and the rat/mouse used to take the dog's leftover food and store it in the engine bay! I remember seeing rice in my engine a time and I was like WTF! How'd that get there. Solution, rat poison! Oh and he was also doin' some chewin' too. Glad I got rid of him!
Old January-5th-2006 | 09:16 AM
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rice in your engine compartment... was the mouse trying to tell you something?
Old January-5th-2006 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Jackelope
rice in your engine compartment... was the mouse trying to tell you something?
LOL.
Old January-8th-2006 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Jackelope
rice in your engine compartment... was the mouse trying to tell you something?

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I doubt it man! The car's been bone stock when that happened. Still is pretty much bone stock!
Old January-31st-2006 | 11:03 PM
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put mothballs somewhere in or around engine compartment they dont like the smell
Old February-1st-2006 | 08:37 PM
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umm just a question where in the engine bay would the mousy be livin??? it gets mighty hot in there... wouldn;t he become a roast mousy soon?
Old February-2nd-2006 | 12:12 PM
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I can't figure out where he lives. Especially since it had been a month or so since his last apperance. But I got some peanut butter and poision. I haven't checked it lately, so I don't know what has happened to it.
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