Fukin Rabbits eating the wiring on my cars.........

[Skyskier]

this month I'm up to almost $2k in getting wiring replaced on two of the cars we park outside here at the ranch, apparently the little bastards like the "soy coating" on the wires. I'm afraid to check out the hotrods an the dune buggy in the tractor barn. I'm shooting the fukers when I can, .22 cal birdshot & 20 ga. shotgun, but, I have neighbors sometimes in the line of fire and I don't want to put out any poison. Anybody have any OTHER ideas ?

 

[rivrrts429]

Go to the shelter and pick up the one cat nobody wants, the mangier the better.

I had a squirrel problem. Found a cat that is Satan's spawn and no more squirrels.

Every ranch has a good hunting cat or two.

One more thing. Don't domesticate it treating it like a family pet. It's a ranch cat and will source it's food by eating the rabbits and their babies. Absolutely no cat food.

 

[HocusPocus]

Cats are a must here in the Desert, we have 3 fixed cats and we never have rodent problems. Give them plenty of water and a little food and they are good to go.

 

[Wheeler]

Get some roosters, Roosters hate rabbits. :skull

 

[termiteguy]

Hire Elmer fudd

 

[Skyskier]

we have two feral cats that hang out in the one barn, we park the daily drivers closer to the house, we're down to one OLD dog that can't catch her own shadow,...........thinking about getting a couple terrier's....

 

[Mandelon]

Mean little terrier or a mean ass cat...

My grandfather had bunnies eating his marigolds. He lived in a nice mobile home park with a view of the little lake. He loved those marigolds and hated those bunnies.

While in the living room, he saw one out in the back yard nibbling away one morning. He got out his old .22 and carefully took aim and fired on that little bunny.....right through the 10x8 plate glass window.

$1200 later the windows were fixed and they took away grandpa's guns.

:yikes

 

[fishing fool]

We had the same problem with my wife's Audi. Get some of this.

Rodent Defense Small Animal All Nat...p/B01D0WXA8I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_hLy4xbZZD45X4

 

[Wheeler]

Any pix Denny?


[video=youtube;cCI18qAoKq4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCI18qAoKq4[/video]

 

[RiverDave]

this month I'm up to almost $2k in getting wiring replaced on two of the cars we park outside here at the ranch, apparently the little bastards like the "soy coating" on the wires. I'm afraid to check out the hotrods an the dune buggy in the tractor barn. I'm shooting the fukers when I can, .22 cal birdshot & 20 ga. shotgun, but, I have neighbors sometimes in the line of fire and I don't want to put out any poison. Anybody have any OTHER ideas ?

Traps maybe?

RD

 

[River Lynchmob]

Drag a 240v cord out there and see if they chew on it.

 

[Yellowboat]

a fixed semi wild cat would works, but can also take out other things.


personally a pellet rifle is in order. on the plus side rabbit is good eating.

 

[Wheeler]

Place a hemp rope around the vehicles. Rabbits won't cross a hemp rope.

 

[SBMech]

You sure it's rabbits? Much more likely for it to be rats. Rabbits are much larger than rats and generally cannot contort to get to the wiring on most vehicles.

In any case, like everyone mostly said, hard to beat a mean barn cat for rodent control, if it is rabbits you should be able to eliminate them with a pellet gun and a plate of carrots in your driveway

This is what I tell my customers to do, install regular Bounce dryer sheets in the engine compartment, tie them around all over, making sure they do not get entangled with the belts.

CHANGE EVERY 2 WEEKS. This is the part where 75% of my clients fail, they never change them after the first installation, the ones who do are rat free.

Good luck

 

[Wheeler]

I'll bring a bottle of coyote urine from the ranch. A few drops around the area and the rabbits will be history.

 

[76 Hondo]

I agree it's probably RATS, I found an electronic thing call YardGuard, have one at home and at the river, keeps rabbits from eating the grass, and seems to keep other vermin away.

 

[Wheeler]

They feel your pain.

[video=youtube;zZzpVaRpeWo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzpVaRpeWo[/video]

 

[mudpuppy]

Go to the shelter and pick up the one cat nobody wants, the mangier the better.

I had a squirrel problem. Found a cat that is Satan's spawn and no more squirrels.

Every ranch has a good hunting cat or two.

One more thing. Don't domesticate it treating it like a family pet. It's a ranch cat and will source it's food by eating the rabbits and their babies. Absolutely no cat food.

X2

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

I had rats eat the wiring in my gigalade. Mechanic told me to put irish spring in the engine compartment. Never had an issue after that and the engine smelled purty.

 

[Cray Paper]

Barn cat is the sure fire way to get rid of rabbits, mice and rats. I've seen a barn cat that was proficient at killing moles. He was cool as hell, tame and even went in the farm house every once in a while. He loved being outside though and didn't like cat food, he wanted what he caught.

 

[Cray Paper]

They feel your pain.

[video=youtube;zZzpVaRpeWo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzpVaRpeWo[/video]

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Have to ask, how the hell do you go about finding a video like that? On purpose or just stumbled across while searching for something else? Second question would be why would some one make a video like that?

 

[Wheeler]

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Have to ask, how the hell do you go about finding a video like that? On purpose or just stumbled across while searching for something else? Second question would be why would some one make a video like that?

I ran across it while doing a Google search for "Young Republicans".

 

[Mandelon]

My spa guy told me the same thing about putting bars of Irish Spring soap around it. Keeps rodents away cuz they hate the smell.

 

[Luvnlife]

People around here that have had probs with rats leave their hoods up, have a blue flashing light, or just start up the vehicle every couple days

 

[RitcheyRch]

Peppermint oil works as well. After one of the Bounce dryer sheets wears out you can spray peppermint oil on it and continue to use for a few weeks. A bottle of peppermint oil will be cheaper than buying the Bounce sheets.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Had a problem like that when we first moved to Cave Creek, AZ. 1,200. worth of wiring damage. All sorts of suggestions like irish Spring soap all around the property, leave the hood open, cats, etc but the one that worked was a simple blinking light. We now have them on all our vehicles and haven't had any repeat problems. They connect to your battery under the hood and wires are long enough to mount underneath somewhere. The unit has a pretty strong magnet and I haven't lost any driving back-forth on the 10 to S CA. A local guy in Cave Creek makes them and sells them at the local Ace Hardware in Carefree, AZ on Tom Darlington. Our damage was by rats but I am sure the lights also work on rabbits as we have those in the tonnage also and zero problems. The blinking lights drive them crazy and they stay away.

Call them and have them ship you out the ones you want. Battery operated or alligator clips right off the car battery. They work!!!!

http://www.karstensace.com/about-karstens/

 

[RitcheyRch]

I will email them about these. Most likely would do the battery operated as to not put a drain on the vehicle electrical system.

A quick google search found this: http://www.rid-a-rat.com/

Had a problem like that when we first moved to Cave Creek, AZ. 1,200. worth of wiring damage. All sorts of suggestions like irish Spring soap all around the property, leave the hood open, cats, etc but the one that worked was a simple blinking light. We now have them on all our vehicles and haven't had any repeat problems. They connect to your battery under the hood and wires are long enough to mount underneath somewhere. The unit has a pretty strong magnet and I haven't lost any driving back-forth on the 10 to S CA. A local guy in Cave Creek makes them and sells them at the local Ace Hardware in Carefree, AZ on Tom Darlington. Our damage was by rats but I am sure the lights also work on rabbits as we have those in the tonnage also and zero problems. The blinking lights drive them crazy and they stay away.

Call them and have them ship you out the ones you want. Battery operated or alligator clips right off the car battery. They work!!!!

http://www.karstensace.com/about-karstens/

 

[DILLIGAF]

I will email them about these. Most likely would do the battery operated as to not put a drain on the vehicle electrical system.

A quick google search found this: http://www.rid-a-rat.com/

iT WILL NOT DRAIN YOUR BATTERY. VERY LITTLE POWER DRAIN. gET THE ONE FOR OFF YOUR BATTERY.

 

[RitcheyRch]

Might be a better option since never have to worry about dead AA batteries

iT WILL NOT DRAIN YOUR BATTERY. VERY LITTLE POWER DRAIN. gET THE ONE FOR OFF YOUR BATTERY.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Might be a better option since never have to worry about dead AA batteries

On a few locations I added them with the batteries but only because I did not have a battery to connect to. They last a long time but suggest changing the batteries every six months or so.

I have one in my electrical compartment in my RV connected to power. I drop it down and out the hole where my cord is run to keep them away from my electrical system. I also added one up front under the carriage which is battery powered. I got the coach covered on both ends. The battery ones have twice the magnets on them and are very durable.

On all our cars, trailers and off road vehicle we have these on them. Its like a friggin airport at night.....lol

 

[RitcheyRch]

I was just going to put one in the engine compartment of my truck. The truck is only driven on weekends. Really was liking the AA battery powered option. I had planned on attaching to the inside of the hood and removing every time I drive the truck which is why I am kind of still leaning towards the battery powered one.

I noticed they have two AA battery powered options. The RC-2B requires 6 AA batteries were the RC-4 only requires 2 AA batteries. Not sure why one requires more batteries than the other.

On a few locations I added them with the batteries but only because I did not have a battery to connect to. They last a long time but suggest changing the batteries every six months or so.

I have one in my electrical compartment in my RV connected to power. I drop it down and out the hole where my cord is run to keep them away from my electrical system. I also added one up front under the carriage which is battery powered. I got the coach covered on both ends. The battery ones have twice the magnets on them and are very durable.

On all our cars, trailers and off road vehicle we have these on them. Its like a friggin airport at night.....lol

 

[DILLIGAF]

I was just going to put one in the engine compartment of my truck. The truck is only driven on weekends. Really was liking the AA battery powered option. I had planned on attaching to the inside of the hood and removing every time I drive the truck which is why I am kind of still leaning towards the battery powered one.

I noticed they have two AA battery powered options. The RC-2B requires 6 AA batteries were the RC-4 only requires 2 AA batteries. Not sure why one requires more batteries than the other.

The only ones I have bought use 2 AA....

You want it to be as close to the ground as possible. That will be where the rats, mice or rabbits are coming from. You want as much coverage underneath as possible. The wires are long enough to drop it down to the bottom and have alligator clips to the battery. The AA model you just put it where you want but again get as low to the ground as you can.

 

[DILLIGAF]

I will email them about these. Most likely would do the battery operated as to not put a drain on the vehicle electrical system.

A quick google search found this: http://www.rid-a-rat.com/

Yep....that's them.

 

[500bbc]

I'll bring a bottle of coyote urine from the ranch. A few drops around the area and the rabbits will be history.

:hmmHow do you get coyotes to piss in a bottle?

 

[Wheeler]

:hmmHow do you get coyotes to piss in a bottle?

Ask Ritchey, he might know.

 

[RitcheyRch]

:finger :lmao

Ask Ritchey, he might know.

 

[rrrr]

I hafta say there are some pretty fuggin' funny replies in this thread.

 

[Luvnlife]

For rabbits I was going to buy bobcat pea to put in the yard. But then I heard that at tracks mountain lion[emoji15]