It's getting cold out, and a squirrel has decided to make a nest and store nuts in the trunk of my car. There's a bunch of stuffing (haven't figured out where that came from yet, but I'm sure it's from my seats), and nuts all gathered into 1 corner of my trunk. What's the most likely way it's getting in? It looks like it's been in the inside of the car too... I have 2 cars and would really prefer it stay in this one and not move to the newer car, but at the same time I don't want it in either one... What can I do about it?
2006-10-18 15:40:46 · 12 answers · asked by I H 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Bottom line is that regardless of what you do and how squirrel proof you think you've made your car, if it wants to it will still get in. Don't waste your time with this. Trap it and release it somewhere far away from your car, and preferably far away from anyone else's car (unless you have an enemy?? lol)
If you don't have a squirrel trap (which most people don't), visit a hardware or hunting store.
Good luck, you're going to need it!
2006-10-19 00:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by Dell PC 4 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is several rubber plugs under the spare tire look up from underneath you can use aluminum duct tape over the new rubber plug you will need buy. Squirrels are much more damaging than other rodents. Go to bass pro shops or out door store and purchase fox urine drip around where the car is parked and put moth balls in old nylon stockings and hang several inside the engine compartment and trunk. If you hit a bump and something shorts out you found the wires the rodent chewed Thur. Radiator hoses are immune to rodents. Move all pet food to steel trash cans and feed anamals away from your cars too.
2006-10-18 16:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by John Paul 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's crazy! I thought finding a stray cat in my car was wild, but your situation takes the cake! Squirrels have a tendency to climb up into the undercarriage of a car to stay warm, so that's probably how it got in. However, your squirrel was obviously smarter when he found a way into your trunk. I don't have an answer for you, but I did find a website with some great information. Unfortunately, I don't think your going to love what they have to say...
http://www.aaanimalcontrol.com/Professional-Trapper/howtogetridofsquirrels.htm
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2006-10-18 15:55:41 · answer #3 · answered by Choochie Larue 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
probably have a hole in the trunk or it could have climbed up through the engine and came in under the dash. Any wild animal is able to get inside of a vehicle.
I have had bats, cats, birds, oppossums, raccoons, mice, squirrels and snakes crawl into my vehicles looking for a warm place to hide.
2006-10-18 15:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by couchP56 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, i have not had this ensue. notwithstanding; my oldest daughter had damage to her vehicle's wiring from mice! She replaced into residing in Biloxi Mississippi on the time, it replaced into about a year after typhoon Katrina hit the realm. there have been nevertheless many empty plenty with debris and overgrown plant life close to her residing house and the position the position she worked. This replaced into one in each and every of in difficulty-free words 2 situations she ever requested her dad and that i to borrow money.....i am going to not in any respect overlook the decision. "mom, i want help. My vehicle stopped operating and that i had to have it towed to the shop. The wiring in the engine needs to get replaced. mom, a mouse ate my vehicle!" (We used to ascertain "in case you provide a Mouse a Cookie" at the same time as she replaced into youthful). We laughed and cried. It fee her some hundred money to have it towed and repaired. The mechanic informed her that he'd seen it before, and had seen it extra frequently when you consider that 'the typhoon'. i comprehend that mice will chew the insulation off of wires to apply in construction their nests. i'm no longer particular if squirrels do a similar or no longer.
2016-12-04 23:48:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Squirrel's r rodents! They can get in through lots of places. Any pipe running to your car's duct work for heat can have 1" space a squirrel can get thru. They r very destructive.
Get a cat size/ raccoon catching cage---bait it ---and wait....Catch the squirrel and relocate it. I once had to do that to some cat that kept scratching up my car.
2006-10-18 15:44:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There must be a hole, the size a squirrel can squeeze thru. Try finding it and get it fixed.
2006-10-18 16:39:36 · answer #7 · answered by Iam!! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definitely trap it for relocation somewhere far away, and don't poison it... you don't want a dead squirrel smelling up your car if it dies somewhere you can't reach it.
2006-10-18 15:51:03 · answer #8 · answered by LadyLgl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Automatic door opener, teleportation, time travel, shape-shifting, high frequency vibration, travelling at light speed, but probably can squeeze through a small opening.
2006-10-18 15:44:29 · answer #9 · answered by babalu2 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its getting in throught the rear ventilation passage. Lock the cat in the garage lol
2006-10-18 15:44:01 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋