Rats under the bonnet

[Goldentony]

saw a rat on the way back yesterday and honestly just thought what a fuckin little prick

[Mr_Simnock]

oddly enough cat's arent that good with rat's unless they are very big cats (7kg +), I have 2 cats and when a rat got in the house last year they didn't catch it despite them cornering it, the rat actually had a go at them and they backed off a bit

[Oosp]

The car is on fire
and there's no driver at the wheel
and the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
and there's rats under the bonnet

[gilbertharding]

A Jack Russell's what you want, apparently. I saw a video on youtube once... my GOD.

[spaghetamine]

you put them there

why did you fill your car up with rats mate?

[Pink Gregory]

just thank your lucky stars it wasn't elephants!

[lardboy]

Yep, terriers will fuck up a rat.  Ours has killed three so far and that's with her on lead and kept away from areas where there's rat poison.  If we let her loose in the streets, she'd have dozens more.

[AllisonSays]

I know, I know / It's serious

[Mr Banlon]

Whenever I see an old classic car for sale listed as a 'genuine barn find', I assume it's been half-eaten by massive rats.

[lauraxsynthesis]

I do have a Jack Russell but she has dementia and arthritis. My Yorkshire Terrier is certainly making an effort at getting the rats that have been hanging out in my garden, but they're too clever for him.

[Pink Gregory]

I do have a Jack Russell but she has dementia and arthritis. My Yorkshire Terrier is certainly making an effort at getting the rats that have been hanging out in my garden, but they're too clever for him.

They keep doing the cup and ball thing, dogs don't understand it

[pancreas]

Rodent damage repairs really ramped up for us in 2020 when cars suddenly were parked for weeks at a time. Had some towed back with same bits chewed off again within weeks.

Less damaging but there is a kind of

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spider

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that enjoys living in fuel tank vents and clogs them up so when you fill up with gas(petrol) the vapor can't escape the tank quickly enough so the pump keeps clicking off. Standard procedure is to pull off the pipes/hoses/whatever and give a nice hearty blow through (by mouth so you can gauge any resistance to flow and maybe dislodge a blockage). Shawn who works next to me was blowing through a pipe with a 180* bend in it and
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cleared a horrific spider horde* nest of babies blockage right into his own face

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*one for the copying other people thread as I have borrowed this one off a CaBber who did a hiya HSH post. (non capisco or one of the skull avatared crew maybe)

fucking hell, that is a story.

if i were you i'd be out there from dawn till dusk using it to make cunts lose their linguine.

[madhair60]

oh, so you'll praise THAT spider pipe story but when i tell you about sounding money spiders directly into my meatus through a straw you kick me out of your house.

[BlodwynPig]

you put them there

why did you fill your car up with rats mate?

What's your name?

Mr Rats.

What's your bosses name?!

Another Mr Rats.

[Gurke and Hare]

oh, so you'll praise THAT spider pipe story but when i tell you about sounding money spiders directly into my meatus through a straw you kick me out of your house.

To be fair though, he does live in a hospital for sexual arachnophobes.

[madhair60]

RATINMYHATCHBACK MYHATCHBACK MYHATCHBACK HELLO RATINMYHATCHBACK MYHATCHBACK MYHATCHBACK HELLO

[idunnosomename]

Rats! Under the bonnet
That fatal nest is all we need
Rats! Under the bonnet
To fatal sounds of drive-belt squeals

[non capisco]

Rats! Under the bonnet
That fatal nest is all we need
Rats! Under the bonnet
To fatal sounds of drive-belt squeals

Even better if you do the Live Aid bum note on squeals

[non capisco]

despite my angar
i am still just a rat in a car

No disrespect to the OP and her situation but I'm afraid I'm still occasionally thinking of this and laughing.

[Terence Bowl]

"Why is she running around and screaming like that?"
"Rats under the bonnet mate."
"Oh you mean like bats in the belfry?"
"Dunno mate, what's a belfry?"

[Glebe]

[steve98]

One recommended organic way to deter rodents is with deer piss, which you can buy on Amazon. Can't warrant whether it smells better or worse than hot rat excrement.

That link is for female deer-piss; and it's used solely for attracting bucks. Doesn't say anything about repelling rats from your engine-bay. The Sheriff of Klamath County tried it, and look what happened: a randy buck got stuck.