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usually the first line of defense in a garage here in az. is to keep the damn thing uncluttered. dont cram a 1000# of crap in a 5# bag. when pack rats find a cool dark place with water near, plan on having a colony real fast. and then visitors............rattlesnakes! if storing vehicle never leave hood closed, otherwise a huge nest and all your wiring will be chewed up. rattlesnakes smell pack rats urine and feces and then you have some real big problems. not only are pack rats eating the hell out of your worldly possessions, but when you go on the attack, you find a very pissed off rattlesnake somewhere in nest or nearby.
blew a gasket on my roommate who is from chicago. he dumped all his crap off in my outside covered garage 2 months ago after nasty divorce, stating he was going to get a storage place for it. kept after him on this to remove it. well he kept blowing me off. well the other night went out to work on vehicle. look in engine compartment and rat feces and little pecker tracks all over engine. i went ballistic on roommate and told him to move his crap( more than 2 pick up beds full) NOW! or i was going to heave it out into the dezert myself! get to bottom of pile and heres about 3 coffee cans full of mesquite beans piled up. packrats had already started building nest about 20 feet from where i park my p-car.
so bottom line is dont allow any nesting areas, use traps with peanut butter, sight in your pellet rifle................and GET REAL GOOD AT SHOOTING IT! and get a KAT also for rodent control.
dont even want to think what wiring would cost on a p-car!!! YIKES THATS SCARY!
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