Rodents

I can't believe I have to pay 165.00 to put screens on my off road vehicle that I just bought. You'd think with the quality reputation of Toyota this rodent issue would be not such a problem.

 

Maybe the rodents know Toyota is the "good stuff"....
Not familiar with screens? Where are they installed?

 

We have 'em big time as I live on the edge of 'The Santa Monica Conservancy' , Santa Monica Mountains land that used to belong to Bob Hope and he donated it to the Conservancy, from what I understand. I walk there from my house sometimes and go on nice walks along dirt Mulholland. But the coyotes come down from those hills and kill all the cats but I don't think they go after the rats though so there are only hawks preying on them and that's not cutting it. I had to replace the harness that feeds the dash on the minivan a few years ago. Couldn't figure what caused it, but now I am thinking it's rats. They leave their poop all over the walkways around the house, and I had to evict them from under the house last year. I had that sealed for sure.

No car or truck that I know of seals all their electrical wiring off from chewing mouths... Someone here had mentioned that they don't like peppermint oil so put some on cotton balls and put them under the front seats. Need to get a few stuffed under the minivan's hood, maybe ziptie them to the wiring, they seem to like Chrysler wiring. Search around here, there are several other threads about this issue and what others have done to combat those buggers.