While topping up, a usual for a Sunday, I noticed that something has had a go at eating my washer bottle top this week, in several places . I had to leave it parked in a hotel cark park for three nights, a university car part for three days and the rest of the time in my garage - bonnet closed at all times. Definite teeth marks and a little bit of the blue plastic on the coolant reservoir.

Mouse?
Squirrel?
Cat?

Has this happened to anyone else?  Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
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Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
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Heard of rats doing similar and to things like hoses  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Chris B wrote:

university car park for three days
Mouse?
Squirrel?
Cat?
Students? Is there alcohol in the screen wash?

Probably a mouse , watch out they love to eat the insulation from electric wires...many a combine harvester owner has found this (some only find out when the harvester catches fire) . If it returns try putting mothballs under the bonnet.. seriously mice hate the smell. Or splash diesel around the engine bay, but I prefer the mothball idea.


A few years ago I went to the John Deere combine harvester factory in Germany, the technical guys there said they spend 10s of thousands every year trying to develop wiring that mice dont like to eat...as yet unsuccesfully. At work
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Right then - out with the traps!!  Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
Gone... 2008 (09MY) XS Td4 Manual Stornaway Grey
Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
Current 2015 Discovery Sport HSE 2.0

Chris B wrote:

Right then - out with the traps!!

They work a treat - had a mouse in my boot once - traveled back and forth to work a couple of days with me worring about nibbled cabels and the like, before I thought of using a trap bated with nice fresh tasty cheese. Same night I placed it in the boot the mouse met its doom RIP  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Chocolate works better than cheese  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

Chocolate works better than cheese

Didnt want to sit up all night waiting for the snap - so cheese was good enough for my mickey  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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npinks wrote:

Chocolate works better than cheese

Setting fire to the car works best, that will do the job

good job you're not in australia, you might get arrested for animal cruelty 

OK setting the car on fire is bit OTT the other way is get a cat and leave it in the car over night. But only press once on your key fob, you don't want your alarm going of in the middle of the night, you only end up being Mr popular and when you you get the little you got your self a trophy for the living room wall.

piece of wood with a hole in, stanley blade at bottom of hole, mr mouse pops head thru, looks left and right to see if it is safe...cuts own throat

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Years ago my dads hut which he kept his budgies in had a mouse problem

he sat there with a hammer and a piece of wood placed along a run that the mice used

waiting till one got on the run behind the wood and he bashed it with the hammer

hours of fun

When he got bored of bird keeping we k Ickes the shed down and I have never seen so many mice run in all direction and my mum run in all directions too scream her head off  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

Years ago my dads hut which he kept his budgies in had a mouse problem

he sat there with a hammer and a piece of wood placed along a run that the mice used

waiting till one got on the run behind the wood and he bashed it with the hammer

hours of fun

When he got bored of bird keeping we k Ickes the shed down and I have never seen so many mice run in all direction and my mum run in all directions too scream her head off

Hope the budgies didn’t end up the same way as the gang planking, hammer smashed mice  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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There is an article in todays Daily Telegraph regarding severed brake cables in Kent ...cars inc BMW and Mercs.Police tried to find culprit and it turned out that a bio scientist from Bristol could prove that the damage was caused by foxes that like to chew plastic and rubber objects.He says that they can acquire a taste for brake fluid!

whippetman wrote:

There is an article in todays Daily Telegraph regarding severed brake cables on caravans in Yorkshire .Police tried to find culprit and it turned out that a bio scientist from Bristol could prove that the damage was caused by a chicken farmer

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