Squirrels eating engine wires and hoses

[in2herbs]

9. The pack rats do this around here. We pop open the hood of the car all the way every time we

aren't using it -- even when it's in the garage cuz rats don't like to be in places where there's more than one ingress/egress. Some people also hang a yellow bug light under the hood.

I know people who use moth balls in the engine compartment with some success and there's also a sonar buster you can buy at the store that they don't like.

Check out the property for any nests or holes where they could be living. I have poured muriatic acid (pool acid) down holes and then covered back the hole with dirt.

Or, try a feral cat.