You obviously have not been feeding the rat enough. Full rats don't chew wires.
Bob
You obviously have not been feeding the rat enough. Full rats don't chew wires.
Bob
After pressing the on/off switch, it worked fine. Could he have
Yes.
If the varmint ate the cable somewhere inside the house, I'd figure out how it got in and seal that hole. If it's outside, there's probably not much you can do.
Bonnie
Actually the cable was eaten away right where it enters the bottom crawl space. My wife said that the repairman advised her to coat the cable with a mixture of steel wool and foam spray. Anyone heard of it? I wonder if there is a product already available or if you have to make it yourself. I do plan on sealing off the crawl space with wire mesh though.
Rodents absolutely HATE steel wool.
Commodore Joe Redcloud©
I still wonder why this particular stuff, and not all the other stuff I've got.
Remove NOPSAM to email me. Please let me know if you have posted also.
OK, OK, I've learned something here about squirells, but guess I'm lucky that I have never had that problem but I do have a yard full of pecan trees and squirells in them. Someone mentioned satellite TV, well that involved cable also, so that won't solve the problem. If I were to build new I would place all the wiring (even TV and phone) in conduit and that WOULD solve the problem.
Jsnipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote:
I had squirrels eating holes through the wood facia boards of the house. A contractor told me to fill the holes with patching concrete, like Rock-tite, with steel wool mixed in it.
Squirrels ate right through it, no problem. I can't imagine squirrels or rats being stopped by foam and steel wool if they wanted to get through it.
On heavy-duty poly trash barrels, I spray on "Ropel" spray, a vicious mix of tobacco juice and god knows what else. Seems to work. The critters were eating big holes in the tops. Can't see why it wouldn't work on the cable. Just use it outside, not inside.
Be really really really careful not to get it on yourself, your dogs and cats, your kids. Watch out for backspray. This stuff is unbelievably bitter, stings your eyes, makes your skin hot. Ask me how I know.
I can fix your squirrel problem. Send all those pecans to me.
Peter Cottontail will do this too. Not only has my cable been chewed through by them, but my ABS brake cables on my car too. We have a couple of dogs to keep that problem at bay now. Our place is infested with them, especially since all the neighbors cats arent' around anymore.
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