My kids mom just called me screaming saying that it looks like a rat/rodent tore through the car. The facetime video indicated that it is likely some E36 M3head rodent.
1) She rarely cleans the car so this isn't surprising to me.
2) Rodent turds were present.
3) It looked like it gnawed at the seatbelts and it chewed up a lot of the backseat.
A) I told her to just take everything out and thoroughly douche the inside of the car. Vacuum, wipe down, etc.
B) I told her to also pop the hood and to check to see if any electrical components had been chewed through.
C) I need recommendations. PLZ help.
It's a 2019 Subaru Crosstrek that I bought her not long ago. I'm guessing there's at least $1200 in damage to find a new rear seat and seatbelts. I told her 30 minutes of cleaning the car every other week goes a long way.
Turn a tank of co2 loose in the cabin?
In reply to DirtyBird222 :
Insurance claim. Especially if the car won't start.
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) said:
In reply to DirtyBird222 :
Insurance claim. Especially if the car won't start.
Car starts and runs. I've got one of the fatcrack racing guys heading over there to do a thorough inspection. I hate insurance companies with a passion so I'm going to hold off on that until a last resort.
This is what insurance is for. Sounds like the critters have done a few thousand in damage.
If you have those impact tightening seatbelts, you're gonna be surprised at the prices.
V12
New Reader
8/20/20 6:11 p.m.
Sounds dumb, but I'd set a mouse trap in the car overnight. Just to make sure your furry friend has left the vehicle.
Car is now very possibly a biohazard site
https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/index.html
Don't berkeley with it at all, turn it over to insurance.
A block of dry ice allowed to melt will probably kill it. Then you have to find it before it gets to stinking.
I'd hope the damaged wires cause an electrical short, which then ignites a fuel leak.
Insurance. Yeah, I hate it too, but that's what it is for.
CO2 might work, if you can get the concentrations high enough. I have no idea how well the cabin of a Crosstrek is sealed.
Light a match? Can't have a rat problem if it's on fire...
That's two votes for fire.
V12 said:
Sounds dumb, but I'd set a mouse trap in the car overnight. Just to make sure your furry friend has left the vehicle.
Done.
And apparently i need to be worried about the cotton rat and rice rat.
berkeleyin' a
Clean the car out and then shut the family cat in there overnight (do not forget the litter box!). The smell of cat will likely be a deterrent - as long as it isn't so strong as to be a deterrent for you.
wspohn said:
Clean the car out and then shut the family cat in there overnight (do not forget the litter box!). The smell of cat will likely be a deterrent - as long as it isn't so strong as to be a deterrent for you.
A rodent infected with toxoplasmosis is attracted to cats.
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Sexually attracted. The perverts
Get the snakes from the plane?
Hose from the tailpipe in the window .
Set off a bug bomb. They come scented so you can pick your fav flavor. Set off two .... Your kids mom? I so want to say something.... but won't.
Drop the car in Baltimore? Too soon?
rustybugkiller said:
Drop the car in Baltimore? Too soon?
Likely more rats... Including hood rats.
Update:
She put rat traps in the car and it snagged one.
My dad went over and took apart a lot of the car and found out where it got in. It had used seat padding, sound deadening, and so on to make a nest. More damage than I anticipated. I called Subaru and got an estiate on parts alone. Looking at well over $2700 for rear seats, 3 seat belts, some trim, sound deadening, and so on.
The passenger rear fender where the rat got in. Chewed through that cheap plastic.
Where it started to nest
Its new bathroom in the spare tire well
Battle Damage Assessment: BAD
DEAD RATT BASTARD
