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Rats In The Engine Bay by nurey(op): 11:12am On May 09, 2021
So I decided to wash my abandoned car today and offcourse check the fluid conditions, lo and behold, rats have made a 2 bedroom flat ensuite in the engine bay.

Agama Lizard too curled up in one corner. grin okay I checked everywhere and saw that no wire had been tampered with, to forestall electrical issues in future, I decided to use the old folktale of rats afraid of where granules of bottles are placed.

I took a drug bottle and hammered it to pieces and sprinkled it in engine bay where the rat had made it's mark. For the lizard a good smashing of broom in the evening on its head when i come calling would reset his brain from using my car for his personal abode grin if he survives the carnage.

Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by nurey(op): 11:15am On May 09, 2021
Any other rat solution would be appreciated

Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by Shellsploit: 12:16pm On May 09, 2021
Dismantle your cars engine after washing for the next couple of weeks.

Continue this process until traces persist.
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by Angrygoat: 12:31pm On May 09, 2021
EOD
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by DMechy: 1:33pm On May 09, 2021
nurey:
Any other rat solution would be appreciated
Rats like other rodents, mark territories by urinating in the engine bay and their droplets. To get them off, you need to wash the engine, as often as possible.

Other things you can do

1. Drive the car often

2. Always change your parking spots

3. Dont park near your kitchen or have food remnants in your car

4. Keep you parking spot clean

5. Keep a cat

6. grin Start eating them before they eat your harness.

1 & 2 does the trick most of the time. If this does not work, you need to move to a new area. The war against rats na like fighting terrorism. If you want peace, you muuv

I have tried out all this electronic antirodent you connect to the cars battery. It seems na oyinbo rats e dey pursue.
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by iamyemiakins(m): 1:57pm On May 09, 2021
Rodents and stationary cars

Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by Victoraguwa: 4:06pm On May 09, 2021
Since you aren't making use of the car you can sell it instead parking it without use so rats won't damage it just a suggestion
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by Aaaaarghmed(m): 8:47am On May 10, 2021
There is something I used ,its 100 naira for 1 sachet, I bought fried fish and put the stuff on the fish,I kept the fish where I usually see rat deposits and till today I never saw rodents deposits on my car battery and floor mats again,almost a year now.i will check out the name from my boot when rain stops falling.
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by Aaaaarghmed(m): 8:48am On May 10, 2021
There is something I used ,its 100 naira for 1 sachet, I bought fried fish and put the stuff on the fish,I kept the fish where I usually see rat deposits and in the morning the fish was gone frlm where I kept them and till today I never saw rodents deposits on my car battery and floor mats again,almost a year now.i will check out the name from my boot when rain stops falling.
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by BamBamK: 9:33am On May 10, 2021
DMechy:
Rats like other rodents, mark territories by urinating in the engine bay and their droplets. To get them off, you need to wash the engine, as often as possible.

Other things you can do

1. Drive the car often

2. Always change your parking spots

3. Dont park near your kitchen or have food remnants in your car

4. Keep you parking spot clean

5. Keep a cat

6. grin Start eating them before they eat your harness.

1 & 2 does the trick most of the time. If this does not work, you need to move to a new area. The war against rats na like fighting terrorism. If you want peace, you muuv

I have tried out all this electronic antirodent you connect to the cars battery. It seems na oyinbo rats e dey pursue.
grin grin grin grin grin grin cheesy
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by zabimaru: 2:09pm On May 10, 2021
hmmmmmm, this is a strong one. Have you tried dialogue? Sometimes they listen to reason.
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by Dantedasz(m): 5:41pm On May 10, 2021
Don't park your car in one spot in your compound.
Keep changing your parking space!!!
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by radautoworks: 7:01pm On May 10, 2021
zabimaru:
hmmmmmm, this is a strong one.
Have you tried dialogue?
Sometimes they listen to reason.
grin
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by nurey(op): 9:25am On May 13, 2021
Broken bottle fragments didn't work saw rat in the same area yesterday jollying and full of spirit though lizard taken to correction.

Next is to use sniper and rodenticide as a deterrent and see whether it would work
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by Rubbiish(m): 12:19pm On Sep 21, 2021
Aaaaarghmed:
There is something I used ,its 100 naira for 1 sachet, I bought fried fish and put the stuff on the fish,I kept the fish where I usually see rat deposits and in the morning the fish was gone frlm where I kept them and till today I never saw rodents deposits on my car battery and floor mats again,almost a year now.i will check out the name from my boot when rain stops falling.
Please can u still remember the name of what u used? Rats have turned my parked corolla to meeting zone. Thanks
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by nurey(op): 12:46pm On Sep 21, 2021
Rubbiish:
Please can u still remember the name of what u used? Rats have turned my parked corolla to meeting zone. Thanks
I used snipper and pour some in empty bottle cork left in the sleeping spots. The rats vanished
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by Rubbiish(m): 12:51pm On Sep 21, 2021
nurey:
I used snipper and pour some in empty bottle cork left in the sleeping spots. The rats vanished
Thanks for d reply.
Do u mean u poured sniper inside the bonnet or in an empty bottle under the bonnet? & how frequently do u do this? I don't intend riding the car anytime soon.
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by okoroemeka(m): 1:16pm On Sep 21, 2021
nurey:
Broken bottle fragments didn't work saw rat in the same area yesterday jollying and full of spirit though lizard taken to correction.

Next is to use sniper and rodenticide as a deterrent and see whether it would work
use rodenticide like commando or green leaf mix with fry or smoked fish head it will kill off all the rats
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by weyreypey: 3:27pm On Sep 21, 2021
nurey:
I used snipper and pour some in empty bottle cork left in the sleeping spot.s. The rats vanished
Ika
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by nurey(op): 3:47pm On Sep 21, 2021
Rubbiish:
Thanks for d reply.
Do u mean u poured sniper inside the bonnet or in an empty bottle under the bonnet? & how frequently do u do this? I don't intend riding the car anytime soon.
I poured sniper and sprayed where the rat sleeps then poured inside bottle cork so if the spraying vanishes the cork quantity go still dey.

No rat in my bonnet for 4months now
Re: Rats In The Engine Bay by Rubbiish(m): 4:26pm On Sep 21, 2021
nurey:
I poured sniper and sprayed where the rat sleeps then poured inside bottle cork so if the spraying vanishes the cork quantity go still dey.

No rat in my bonnet for 4months now
Thank u very much sir!
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