I was putting the finishing touches on the Olds getting ready for a road trip tomorrow when I noticed something odd in the air cleaner scoop. After further examination it turns out to be a mouse nest, wasn't there yesterday, the little bastards had the night shift working, makes me wonder where else they are in my car.

The stuff was farther in the scoop when I found it almost went with me to Plymouth..

 

Hope they are not pulling the stuffing from your seats.

 

Little buggers tend to like chewing on wires to. Would be worth looking at your wiring harnesses to check for "teeth" marks.

 

Little ***** here like to nibble on the "cording" of the seats too...just enough chewing to expose a bit of the white material under my black vinyl....that was last winter, this winter I put sticky traps, snap traps and poison all around, inside and outside the car. Caught a couple at the beginning of the season and have seen not a one since.

 

So sorry to hear Ted, hope everything check ok and does not interfere with your trip.

 

Found some old nest leftovers in engine cyclinders since the heads were off the block of my car before I bought it. Got it in a garage with my 16lb male cat so my mice problems are over for now.

 

I always keep two peanut butter baited traps in the garage, and seems to take care of most of them. During seasonal weather changes, is when I get my share, and need to check them traps often. I throw the dead mice outside, as will stink me out if tossing them in garage garbage. Check out the Bugspray.com site, as has lots of tips for all kinds of pests. One is, if you have a cat, don't leave food and water out, or will actually attract rodents.

 

The nest material looks to be dryer lint that was in a garbage can next to the car. They had to pack it from the floor up through the engine compartment to get to the batwing. I have given the car a pretty good look over and every thing looks good to go.

Last winter they chewed up 1/2 roll of paper towels that I left in the trunk but luckily they never got into the upholstery or anything I could find and for some reason it didn't even smell lile mouse urine. ...Tedd

 

glad you found them before they did some real damage. Nice Car Ted!

 

Moth *****- They work. Ive never really minded the smell but some peole cant stand it. I dont want to put poison out because then they die and go in a crack or something and you have to dig out, also mouse poison will kill your dog They love it. Moth ***** keep them away, I also bought some of those mouse repellers that you plug in and I guess they work.

 

I use dryer sheets like Bounce, stuffed under the seats, in the glovebox and in the trunk area for winter storage and have never had a problem. The bonus is they leave a pleasant odor, which I have been told mice do not like to be around. I live in a rural area and there are a lot of mice, even some field rats running around out here. The rats get in my barn so that space gets the loaded bait boxes. I check the boxes every so often and see that the little bastids have been busy nibbling on the blocks, which I also slather with peanut butter to be more appealing to them.

 

Many of the parts cars, which must be among the mice for years, have a ball of AL foil in openings such as the aur cleaner snout. Cuts right down on nesting.

 

Ted, glad you got it out of there before it got worse.
Keep an eye on your cars when not in use, or in use!

Rats had took refuge under the hoods of my two daily drivers in the driveway. There were acorn shells, seed husks and excrement all over. The Caddy had the beginning of a nest behind the battery. They tore up some of the fiberglass sound insulators but luckily that was it. So driving your cars do not make them avoid them. They liked the heat I bet and they made a mess under both hoods in one night.
After a few weeks of lots of rat traps, glue boards, and poison (Just one Bite brand), all signs of of the rodents ended.
My neighbor had a small one in their bedroom but I was lucky and never had them inside. We caught one on a glue trap outside - body was 8" long.

I hate mieces to pieces!!
(BTW, what cartoon character used to say that anyway?)

 

Mr. Jinks of course. Now what were the "meeces" names?

 

yes, Indeed! A tip I've learned is when storing inside leave your hood wide-open -- the mice don't like feeling "exposed" AND they can't chew on your hood insulation right there above your air cleaner, where they LOVE to nest so much and it really HELPS! (I use those fresh "Bounce Dryer sheets" as well around the engine bay and in the trunk, floorboards of the cars etc.

 

Since the car had been running for some time I noticed when I cut the old exhaust pipe out is was filled with nesting and the muffler sound like it is stuffed solid

 

i was at a car cruise a few weeks back and was parked next to a dj from wplr radio.... it smelled like he took his car out of the attic after 20yrs stored in moth *****....i couldnt get close enough to ask if it worked because it smelled pretty fierce

 

Glad you found that before a real probelm started.

Hate to suggest this with such a clean engine but what about glue traps on the manifold?

 

lol, I "think" their names were pixie and Dixie. I have been using bars of irish spring for years and it work great!! also use it in my field of work {hvac} for keeping mice out of a/c condensors on house units.