10-03-2011, 12:23 PM
I second the electric rat traps. They work great and no yucky mess. We had the same thing happen in my husband's brand new 6 month old toyota truck. The rats caused $600 in wire damage. The mechanic at Toyota told us to buy cat urine, I guess you can buy it commercially..no joke..and to spray it in the trunk area of your car. We didn't try that. But we did get 2 good mouser cats plus the electric trap. We caught 7 rats in the first week. One was there every morning. After that there were none. It's been 5 years and I haven't seen any signs of them around. Angela