BC Parks, Porcupines, and Chicken Wire
On some of the pages for the parks in BC, the authors say that porcupines are a problem and that one should put chicken wire around the vehicle so that the animals do not chew on the rubber hoses and ...
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This is a first I heard of porcupines chewing rubber parts, (glad I carry spare front brake hoses, fuel line, and lower radiator hose LOL) as I have yet to capture a nice picture of one upon the ones I spotted as the closest one I ever encountered was on the Campbell Hwy. as it camouflaged in the terrain so perfect you cannot see it in the photo shot (12 feet away) - the ones in Alaska always ran off in time to where I could not get a good enough picture out in the open after spotting one.
The one rodent I had trouble with on my camper must have been a squirrel in 2012 at Tunnel Mtn. II campground in Banff, never did see it but it kept trying to break or chew its way in as everytime I went outside and shined the light in the noisy spots to find where it was - it kept quiet and laid low....after the 6th time the rodent was going back at it, I had to put the cat on the leash as we walked the perimeter around the camper a few times as the cat wanted to put an end to the noise as well as she waited for it to bust inside the camper.
Needless to say the noises finally stopped after the cat did its security check walking around the perimeter to let whatever know what's in store.
The one rodent I had trouble with on my camper must have been a squirrel in 2012 at Tunnel Mtn. II campground in Banff, never did see it but it kept trying to break or chew its way in as everytime I went outside and shined the light in the noisy spots to find where it was - it kept quiet and laid low....after the 6th time the rodent was going back at it, I had to put the cat on the leash as we walked the perimeter around the camper a few times as the cat wanted to put an end to the noise as well as she waited for it to bust inside the camper.
Needless to say the noises finally stopped after the cat did its security check walking around the perimeter to let whatever know what's in store.
