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Possible Rat in Car Boot

  • 10-12-2009 3:53pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 41


    Was cleaning out my boot in preparation for my annual service, found chewed bits of paper in the boot, looked like a rat :eek: had been getting in somewhere,btw its an 02 opel corsa,has anyone had experience of this, any advice would be gratefully accepted.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    Hardly a RAT, but more likely a mouse, often live in cars during the winter.

    Set a trap overnight, the only way to get em'. Use chocolate in the trap, they love the stuff.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    How the f...?

    Trap him I suppose:confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,348 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    You need to hire these guys:

    rat-hunter-gi-joe.jpg



    Sorry, it's my work christmas party tonight....:p


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,807 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Put a possible cat in there?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    EPM wrote: »
    How the f...?

    Trap him I suppose:confused:

    they are all too common, loads of people never know it that they are driving round with VERMIN in the car:eek:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    Hardly a RAT, but more likely a mouse, often live in cars during the winter.

    Set a trap overnight, the only way to get em'. Use chocolate in the trap, they love the stuff.

    Are you serious?


  • Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭CarMuppet


    Put a possible cat in there?

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    ....sorry.. seriouly though, is the car garaged or stored outdoors? You may want to keep an eye on your wiring in the boot area too if it's exposed... Had a nice car ruined before on me... :(



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    Are you serious?

    yep - next time you see nawed away paper or insulating foam etc etc or anything in the boot, behind the dash or in the engine bay, it did'nt happen on its own.;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭steamjetjoe


    Oh dear christ:eek: Im a gonner if a mouse or rat jumps on my lap when im doing 120 on the motorway:o


  • Registered Users Posts: 41 artfreak


    Thanks for all the replies. Have stocked up on traps, borrowed a Jack Russell and the mechanic is checking out possible entry points. The car is parked in the driveway so am now hoping that there no damage done.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 292 ✭✭benj


    are you sure its not one of those degradable shopping bags you might have left in the boot?
    after a few months they break into tiny little pieces and look like a mouse ate them......


  • Registered Users Posts: 41 artfreak


    benj wrote: »
    are you sure its not one of those degradable shopping bags you might have left in the boot?
    after a few months they break into tiny little pieces and look like a mouse ate them......
    There was a Hard Back Book in boot, the cover looked to have been chewed, bits of it everywhere.
    Will just have to keep an eye on it, will set traps and see what happens.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭furtzy


    artfreak wrote: »
    Thanks for all the replies. Have stocked up on traps, borrowed a Jack Russell and the mechanic is checking out possible entry points. The car is parked in the driveway so am now hoping that there no damage done.


    If the jack russell gets a sniff he'll do more damage trying to get at it :D


  • Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    The lads in the office here noticed this thread and are bemused by the uncertainty around the "possibility" of said rat :)


    Schrodinger's rat perhaps?? :)


    (I'm guessing a trap is probably best!)
    DeV.


  • Registered Users Posts: 383 ✭✭coronaextra


    Ha Ha I remember last year I found a nest of mice in the middle of the foam in the back seat of the aul lads primera,

    We were wondering what was eating the chocolate bars left in the glove box of the car and there was a stink in the car the whole time!
    They would hop up through a drain hole in the spare wheel well in the boot of the car. Me father used to bring barley in the boot also for cattle out in the fields!

    They can cause serious damage to wiring in your car as they love to sharpen their teeth on them, We had to strip the whole car before we found the nest inside the back seat cushion!
    They were having a great time free ride, free food, free chocolate !!!


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    sure its not a Possible car?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    Trapped 3 mice in the wifes car, it was sold soon thereafter!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 290 ✭✭Longboard


    There is a mouse currently residing in the other half's car.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Trapped 3 mice in the wifes car, it was sold soon thereafter!
    Were they blind, and are you a farmer?

    Not your ornery onager



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭congo_90


    They can cause serious damage to wiring in your car as they love to sharpen their teeth on them, We had to strip the whole car before we found the nest inside the back seat cushion.
    They were having a great time free ride, free food, free chocolate !!!

    Sounds a bit like the ex in her time :pac:

    anyhow op try hoover out the boot and remove carpets etc. I would suspect they could be coming in throught the fire wall? other places to look is the drain in the boot. Mice are small and have some freaky thing about them where they only need a hole the diameter of your finger to get in :confused:

    Good luck witht the mouse.

    @esel... Now I can't get the outta my head! :mad:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 317 ✭✭bostoncommon


    .


  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 40,774 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Its just Hubert Flynn escaping the cold! Maybe leave a pint of Guinness in the boot!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭CamperMan


    Put a possible cat in there?

    not a good idea... if the cat sprays you will know about it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    Rats do get into cars seen it twice. Put a cat into it overnight,
    or set traps.


  • Registered Users Posts: 39 drs1


    i seen this before in a skoda octavia...
    they'd got in through the vents below behind the rear bumper..
    (worth a look there thats a nice lowish handy point for them to get in)
    they destroyed a 6 month old car had nibbled on wires in the boot.
    but had actually started eating through the loom running from the car to the engine bay..
    i wont scare you with how much this cost but believe me it was expensive..
    it all started with leaving food in the boot... !!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    squod wrote: »
    Rats do get into cars seen it twice. Put a cat into it overnight,

    No, don't do this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,313 ✭✭✭Mr.Boots


    Blow its head off with a shotgun.......or put a trap in it with peanut butter on it.
    Doubt its a rat....99% sure it would be a mouse.
    if you can get the end of your middle inger in a hole then the mouse will fit in. have a look round under the car.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    These rodents are usually brought into a car in bags that are taken for recycling


  • Registered Users Posts: 41 artfreak


    Its definitely a mouse, set traps overnight, no sign of it yet, it got into the back seat of the car from the boot,so having to clean the entire car out now. Thanks for all the replies.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    aujopimur wrote: »
    These rodents are usually brought into a car in bags that are taken for recycling

    This information is too much to take. I am really scared now :eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    This information is too much to take. I am really scared now :eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

    Grow a pair would ya


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭patwicklow


    artfreak wrote: »
    Was cleaning out my boot in preparation for my annual service, found chewed bits of paper in the boot, looked like a rat :eek: had been getting in somewhere,btw its an 02 opel corsa,has anyone had experience of this, any advice would be gratefully accepted.

    id say it was a little field mouse finding some were out of the cold.
    i had a scrap car down my field and they tend to like car boots were the matting is ect. but do check under your back seats as they could be nesting it the foam.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    EPM wrote: »
    Grow a pair would ya

    Ok I will try..

    :cool:
    :cool:
    :cool:
    :cool:
    :cool:




    Nope did not work! Still scared :eek:


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