pack rat
We've got one. I hope it's only one. Not sure how it got in, but it either couldn't find its way back out or decided to stay. It seems to be living somewhere behind the dashboard or under the engine c...
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"Bar Bait" (brand name) intended for Norwegian Rats.
I use it and it works. I keep a block under the hood and wired down so they cannot remove it. This site lists several good baits. Poison site
Make sure the pack rat and/or bait are not going to wind up where a domestic dog or cat will get to it.
It makes the critter thirsty so if you have a bowl of water nearby they will go there to die.
I put a water dish under an upside down planter with a piece of PVC pipe that is big enough for the rat but to small for a cat.
I cut a hole for the pipe and put a weight on the top of the planter.
Check the planter every day for dead or dying critters. A big pack rat looked dead to me one day, but was still alive. I went to get a shovel and came back to find he had started to crawl away, so keep a shovel handy to bury the dead and dispatch the dying.
