We had the same problem and the mice chewed wires in both our cars. This is a very common problem in NM. We discovered that mice hate shiny materials. My wife bought some shiny, silvery paper which we put around the cars held done by stones. It works. I also bought some aluminium duct tape and stuck it in some spots under in the engine compartment particularly around vulnerable wires. Coyote urine and moth balls also are supposed to repeal rodents.
Good luck, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Roberts <[email protected]> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jan 7, 2011 1:48 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Mice at the Wheel! The remaining problem being, of course, one very pissed-off bobcat. --Doug On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Robert J. Cordingley <[email protected]> wrote: Had the problem. Bobcat urine drops on the ground around the vehicle parking space and is available over the internet seems to be keeping it at bay so far. Thanks, Robert On 1/7/11 1:16 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: OK, I got mice and I got 'em bad! But not inside the house, but outside .. and get this, *in the car engine compartment*! We don't see them. but they chew through wires and cause expensive-to-repair damage. We're told this is quite common, especially here in Santa Fe, but also in other rural settings. We park outside, which is part of the problem, but the auto folks say they get at cars inside garages too .. they seek the warm engine. Have any of you had this problem and found a solution? We're told moth-balls work but I thought I'd ask you all too. -- Owen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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