Pack Rats

[vem]

Anyone have solutions for keeping rats out of the cab or from getting under hood and building nests?

 

[woodchuckie]

I'll be following this thread for an answer myself. They will totally cover the motors and chew the wires. A yard cat is the only thing that has ever worked for me and I don't like cats. They spray everything or have kittens all the time. The last time I drove my old dodge, I noticed a strange smell and I opened the hood when I got home and there was a rat on the exhaust manifold. It was smoking.

 

[3RRL]

I don't know about the cab because I don't have one. But I've tried mothballs and traps for under the hood and they didn't work. What worked best for me was to keep the hood up and open. I haven't found a single chewed wire or nest since doing that. I think they don't like the feeling of being exposed to the open.

 

[MrJimi]

I have heard of a can of human urine does the trick but my metal can rusted? I will try a plastic container next ! it did seem to work till the can puked though.
If it works, it's worth it !!

 

[john_bud]

I have heard of a can of human urine does the trick but my metal can rusted? I will try a plastic container next ! it did seem to work till the can puked though.
If it works, it's worth it !!

Anyone have used diapers for MrJimi?

jb

 

[3RRL]

I have heard of a can of human urine does the trick but my metal can rusted? I will try a plastic container next ! it did seem to work till the can puked though.
If it works, it's worth it !!

I don't know if that would work for critters like rats, lol ... but it sure would keep me away.

 

[machmeter62]

I don't know if that would work for critters like rats, lol ... but it sure would keep me away.

Buy a bag of those green "RAT PELLETS;" they are the size of M & M's, but are round. They will cure the rat's appetite permantely. I put them on the ridge of my JD's valve cover, and haven't had any problems for a few years?

 

[D7E]

Throw a bag of rat poison in the cab , And over winter in the shop i leave the doors open on the combines so the cats can sleep in them .

 

[Farwell]

I feed my rats John Deere green pellets. I haven't seen the M&M size but will check the next time I visit the granary. I go through around 10 packages of the pellets a year but only find a few bodies. Must be the critters go somewhere else to die.

 

[machmeter62]

I feed my rats John Deere green pellets. I haven't seen the M&M size but will check the next time I visit the granary. I go through around 10 packages of the pellets a year but only find a few bodies. Must be the critters go somewhere else to die.

The poison I was told makes the rodents thirsty, and they head for water?