Darn Pests

[MountainDon]

Saturday AM up at the cabin I needed to use the winch. It's demountable so I had to pop the Jeep hood to connect the Andersen Hi Amp plugin. Imagine my surprise...

[Redoverfarm]

You are fortuneate Don they didn't start chewing on the wires. Thats when Darn Pest becomes D** Pest.  

[peternap]

I had a terrible problem with them in the cargo container at the farm. I fired up the diesel generator inside one day, shut the doors and let it run for 3 hours.....No pests

[MountainDon]

That should do it Peter.   

I found little pieces of my oil dipstick cleaning rag implemented in the nest construction, as well as pine needles and grass. 

[diyfrank]

It looks well crafted and should provide the warmth.

[Squirl]

I found one once after the car started and I found a squirl tail in the driveway.  Man that was a mess to clean up.

[rick91351]

Design looks great!  Four Star ****  Isolation above par!  Great allowance for snow load.  But wow as they say in real estate location, location, location.

[Don_P]

I opened the hood one day and someone had just dined on the contents of one of those. He rose up as the lid went up and we stared at each other eye to eye for a split second.
If he had vocal chords I'm sure he would have screamed just as loud.

I cranked the tractor one day and something caught my eye. Darn! broke the fan belt. Hmm that "fan belt " has a head and is in an awful hurry to get off the engine.

[Redoverfarm]

Most of my problems have been with mice.  Lawn tractor mainly since it doesn't get used as often.  They will actually store food in the air cleaner and build a nest.  I guess I should break down and build a screen cover for the intake.

The real damage other than an inconvience is the wire chewing.  That is not limited to the mower.  Car and truck suffer as well.  I had read that they are after the soduim (salt) that is used to make the wire.  One time I bought the small bait pellets.  I thought I was getting them as the pellets disappeared. Guess what? they had stored them in the mower.  I then switched to the nail down blocks.  Since then the daughter has gotten a couple outside cats which apparently are doing their job.   Usually find one on the steps or driveay every other night. 

[IronRanger]

People Take Vacations.  Squirrels Don't.



***Credit for the picture goes to whomever posted it on the internet.