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Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:36 pm
by FinallyFree
My elderly mother has had trouble with squirrels doing damage to car wiring. She has had to have her car repaired twice. I googled this and it is real. Some makes of cars have used a soy coating on wires that rodents will eat. There is a spray you can use to repel them. I ordered her some from Amazon. There is also a sonic noise and light flashing device that can be placed under the hood to repel them. That whole thing is so weird!
Re: Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 5:58 pm
by Cootie Brown
If she has comprehensive auto insurance coverage aka other than collision coverage, the repairs might be covered under her auto insurance, less the policy deductible.
Re: Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 7:06 pm
by FinallyFree
Cootie Brown wrote:If she has comprehensive auto insurance coverage aka other than collision coverage, the repairs might be covered under her auto insurance, less the policy deductible.
I never thought about that. I will ask her.
Re: Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:17 am
by Moogy
We live in the country, along with lots of critters. My old Honda’s headlights were getting brighter and dimmer for no clear reason. Yep, it was squirrel damage to the wiring.
Re: Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 7:35 am
by Ivy
They can also get into your attic and destroy your wiring.
Re: Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:35 am
by B.H.
Squirrels are such bad babies.
Re: Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 3:38 pm
by Ivy
B.H. wrote:Squirrels are such bad babies.
Maybe, but please don't hurt them!!
Re: Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:14 pm
by B.H.
Ivy wrote:B.H. wrote:Squirrels are such bad babies.
Maybe, but please don't hurt them!!
I wont. My grandfather tamed a squirrel one time to where it would come down a tree and take nuts and fruits from his hand.
Re: Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:15 pm
by ena
We lived in the Sierra foothills at about 1,700 ft up. We bought our 1st house when our salaries were quite low. We had a 1st and 2nd on it to even buy it. It had digger pines. These grow pinenuts in cones. When a cone would fall you pull the nut break it open and eat the nut. The squirrels loved them. When you walked under them the would drop pieces of pinecone on you. They rarely missed. To them you are a predator.
Re: Squirrels Eating Car Wires
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:25 pm
by ena
B.H. wrote:
I wont. My grandfather tamed a squirrel one time to where it would come down a tree and take nuts and fruits from his hand.
It takes while to do that. I have seen them steal bird food. They appear to have pouches like a hamster. Many a tree has sprouted from a squirrel hiding seeds. Another God thing. Let there be life.