Does this look normal to you??

[550rwhp]

I took off the cover in passenger footwell and saw this. Looks like shredded tissue paper.

This normal?

 

[Blue Moose]

No this is not normal. Anything else in there like rodent turds? Serious question really.

 

[AJB]

looks like mouse 'bedding' to me...
ajb (andy)

 

[550rwhp]

Great question. No turds or anything else weird. I removed the paper towel.

Thanks for your response.

 

[GTJack]

I would be freaking out if I saw that with all the electronics/wires in the area. Sure looks like mama mouse made a home. If not a rodent, do you have any "friends" who like playing practical jokes??

 

[twobjshelbys]

Not normal. Looks like rodent nest. Right under the sjb cover with all the wiring.

 

[Xcentric]

I'm telling ya, if you kept a rat snake in your car you would not be having rodent nests, chewed trunk bins.

 

[franimal007]

So what part of the country has this happening to FGT's?

 

[THamonGT]

Mice and rats love to chew on insulation around wire!

 

[550rwhp]

I searched the car for more evidence of nests, turds, food, hair, etc... I did not find anything.

My garage is spotless. I sweep daily and mop the floor once every two weeks (drives my wife crazy). No food storage or dirt. Everything put away in storage cabinets.

Having said that, I went to local big box hardware store and bought a few mouse and rat traps along with some sprays to keep away anything.

Thank you for you input and advice.

 

[550rwhp]

So what part of the country has this happening to FGT's?

Just north of Dallas.

 

[franimal007]

WOW, amazing. Yet scary!

 

[Nafod]

Peanut butter on the mouse trap. If they are there, they will come.

 

[Xcentric]

In Germany the pine martens love to chew on wires. My Miata was immobilized when a marten ate the spark plug wires. These anti-marten sticks are supposed to be effective against rodents too. I used them in Germany after my marten event and never had another chewing. Could be coincidence.

 

[Special K]

I drive my GT every few days and still had an intruder... I keep sticky traps along the base boards for good measure. I’ve caught everything from spiders to crawfish to a snake in what I thought was an otherwise clean, tight, climate controlled garage. You just never know what’s lurking!

 

[BAT]

And don’t leave snacks in your car like my brother. Bears love that.

 

[33Bravo]

I've had luck with leaving dryer sheets in the car for long storage periods. Never had a problem since.

 

[roketman]

If that was my car. I would have blamed my wife for hiding her used Kleenex! She knows how I dislike trash in my cars!

 

[68Rcodeman]

Some manufactures used soy in the wiring insulation. It has been a few years but it attracted rodents.

 

[vyprgt2]

In Germany the pine martens love to chew on wires. My Miata was immobilized when a marten ate the spark plug wires. These anti-marten sticks are supposed to be effective against rodents too. I used them in Germany after my marten event and never had another chewing. Could be coincidence.

I would hate to think what a pine-marten could do to the inside of a car- those things have amazing teeth and jaws

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