[SarFred]

Has anyone had the experience of rats in their car here in TV? A rat is in our car and has eaten all the spark plug wires and the air filter. We took it in to get it fixed after discovering the wires eaten. But he's still there! We put a trap in there, and he ate the peanut butter without springing the trap. We also have put poison covered in peanut butter. But he ate one of the new wires already, so we can't drive the car again. Has anyone else ever had this happen? The guys at the garage said they'd never seen anything like it.

Ironically, we did have this situation when we were living in California on a very rural ranch. But it seems like TV wouldn't have this situation. Can't figure where we picked him up.

[billethkid]

We have a nest of raccoons in our area that have become a roaming nuisance.
We have to spray our trash at the curb (with ammonia) to not have a mess on trash days.

btk

[mulligan]

Probably just a citrus rat who found a warm place to sleep during your recent cold spell. They are very common in FL, and live wherever there are citrus trees, date palms, or bird feeders.

[ceejay]

Originally Posted by SarFred

Has anyone had the experience of rats in their car here in TV? A rat is in our car and has eaten all the spark plug wires and the air filter. We took it in to get it fixed after discovering the wires eaten. But he's still there! We put a trap in there, and he ate the peanut butter without springing the trap. We also have put poison covered in peanut butter. But he ate one of the new wires already, so we can't drive the car again. Has anyone else ever had this happen? The guys at the garage said they'd never seen anything like it.

Ironically, we did have this situation when we were living in California on a very rural ranch. But it seems like TV wouldn't have this situation. Can't figure where we picked him up.

that we had the same problem!! Only it wasn't a rat, it was a mouse!

I was reading your post to my "better half" when he decided to inform me that we had the same problem a few months ago! (I don't know if I'm better off hearing about it or not hearing about it!)

When we first moved here to TV in August, we discovered that we had a mouse in the house. We figured it was due to all the new builds going on around us, called our bug people, put out a couple of traps and caught not one, but two of them! (I just wish they didn't look so much like my son's gerbils...I loved those guys!)

Now he informs me that when he took his car in for an oil change, the guy discovered a nest!

The solution??? Just sprinkle moth balls around the engine, so he says. Geez, I was wondering what that smell was and where it was coming from...I didn't have a clue!!!

[graciegirl]

NO...no no no. I have my hands over my ears. NO...Please tell me you are kidding.

[SarFred]

It is definitely a rat, my husband saw him this morning, unfortunately.

[Talk Host]

[jjdees]

Try one of the animal traps that are a rectangular cage. I used one years ago to catch a rat that ate the hoses under a new dishwasher in a rental property I owned in Atlanta. If my memory is correct, the trap is about 18 inches deep, about 5 inches wide and 5 inches high. The bait is paced inside and the rat will have to enter it to get the bait and will not be able to leave. I bought mine at an exterminator supply store.

[tony]

Then what?

[paulandjean]

seen rats all over the villages.especially near tunnels for some reason

[Talk Host]

In six years, I have not seen one rat in The Villages. Sailed into Nassau recently and saw about a thousand around the dumpster at the cruise ship terminal.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by paulandjean

seen rats all over the villages.especially near tunnels for some reason

To cross the road.

[Dougout]

I have seen rats on the golf courses in the area of islands.

[golfnut]

doug, how do they get to the island, didn't know thet could swim...gn

[The Great Fumar]

Doggie do run's seem to attract them , Honest , Really , I heard it thru the Grape Vine .....OH they say their not rats but I know different.....

Fumar the observant ...