Well THAT was unexpected...

[pmckechnie]

I didn't tell you this (so I won't get into trouble with anmal control) but If you take a 5 gal plastic bucket, add about 1 gal of water and put in a hand full of sunflower seeds. Put something beside the bucket that the critters can climb up and they will jump in the bucket to get the seeds but won't be able to get back out. What you do with them is your problem. They will still be alive.

 

[Aquineas]

I didn't tell you this (so I won't get into trouble with anmal control) but If you take a 5 gal plastic bucket, add about 1 gal of water and put in a hand full of sunflower seeds. Put something beside the bucket that the critters can climb up and they will jump in the bucket to get the seeds but won't be able to get back out. What you do with them is your problem. They will still be alive.

This is wickedly clever. I saw an extrapolation of this tactic in a video game back in the early 90s (I want to say "Eye of the Beholder", but my memory fails me). They showed you a big room full of glistening treasure but when you entered the room there was effectively no way to get back out. Your game at that point was toast.

 

[Mark_888]

This is wickedly clever. I saw an extrapolation of this tactic in a video game back in the early 90s (I want to say "Eye of the Beholder", but my memory fails me). They showed you a big room full of glistening treasure but when you entered the room there was effectively no way to get back out. Your game at that point was toast.

Remember the Roach motel?

Roaches check in, but they don't check out.
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Flag-Roach-Motel-Insect/dp/B00AA8X13A

 

[williakz]

I didn't tell you this (so I won't get into trouble with anmal control) but If you take a 5 gal plastic bucket, add about 1 gal of water and put in a hand full of sunflower seeds. Put something beside the bucket that the critters can climb up and they will jump in the bucket to get the seeds but won't be able to get back out. What you do with them is your problem. They will still be alive.

My dad used to use this same method (until my mom made him stop). But he always gave the vermin fair warning of their peril. He'd use a 1x4 "ramp" leading up to the bucket, writing on it: "DANGER! Go back! UNSAFE!" Then, he claimed that he was only dispatching the dumb ones; the smarties went about their business unmolested...

 

[jimbo1mcm]

I highly recommend Skippy Crunchy in an old fashioned trap. They can't resist it. I put down 4 traps near each tire in my garage that is away from the house. Works every time.

 

[warreneaux4]

My dad used to use this same method (until my mom made him stop). But he always gave the vermin fair warning of their peril. He'd use a 1x4 "ramp" leading up to the bucket, writing on it: "DANGER! Go back! UNSAFE!" Then, he claimed that he was only dispatching the dumb ones; the smarties went about their business unmolested...

Now that is funny!
And very humane.
Warreneaux

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Have a friend who's wife uses a Have-a-Heart trap for squirrels, then she drowns them.

 

[zeez]

um. I don't suppose anyone in this thread recently traded in an ultimate 2015 montecito v6? I'm looking at buying one and i've been told that it's had wiring replacements... =)

 

[NTX]

Reviving this thread once more, but my car has been brought to a local dealer for what I suspect is another rodent chewing through the wiring. If my suspicions are confirmed, this will be the third time this has happened. All this despite having Orkin come out regularly to replace rodent bait outside and parking inside a well-insulated garage; pretty crazy IMHO!

FWIW, and one reason I think this thread should be a sticky - there's actually a class action lawsuit filed this summer against Hyundai for wiring in newer model years that rodents like to chew on. In fact, there are several class action lawsuits against Toyota, and Kia for the same issue.

As more and more cars go to soy-based materials for parts, the issue is only getting worse amongst many manufacturers. Fun times.

 

[Mathi]

I guess you can add me to the list.

I bought my 2015 Genesis that was a lease turn in. I looked at the carfax report and all was ok. After having the car for a week or so I was online and entered my vin number on a site that did a car history search and I noticed it had a entry where the original owner in Indiana had taken it to the dealer for what the report stated was rodent had chewed through wires and the AC unit quit working. All I know is I have had zero issues and the AC works great so hopefully all is ok with mine. My car is garage kept, but that doesn't mean mice won't have access to it.

Where is that empty 5 gallon bucket and that 1X4?

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[rtttblackbeauty]

On my 2015 Genesis, I have had rodents (believed to be rabbits) twice now chew my wires for power steering assist. Grrrrr!

 

[glennk]

On my 2015 Genesis, I have had rodents (believed to be rabbits) twice now chew my wires for power steering assist. Grrrrr!