Rats nest in AC fan blower

[navyramman]

You will never beleave this, I have something making a nest in my AC/heater fan blower. I will get this thing if I have to fog the inside of my truck. The first pic is bad, but you can see and not a week later, a new nest.

You can tell by a loud humming in the fan when you turn it up, I hope the #*%&% thing was in it when I turned it on.

 

[Sojourner]

Some info to work with: rodents lay urine trails leading into areas they infest - if you kill the current batch of rodents, a new batch will detect the urine trails and re-infest the same area. A mouse only needs a 1/4" opening to get in, and a rat only needs a 3/8" opening to get in, so keep that in mind when trying to rodent proof your Ram. Their teeth are continually growing so they always have to gnaw on something to keep their teeth worn down, which means they can chew up portions of your wiring harness leading to failures and/or fire. I've had reasonably good results using rodent cake, even putting it on the floorboard at nite in my older trucks.



The part that really sucks in the SW is that rodents are vectors for Hanta virus which is a particulary nasty killer respiratory virus. The survival rate with immediate and direct medical intervention is only 50% if you get diagnosed in time, meaning within 2 or 3 days of developing the flu-like symptoms.

 

[navyramman]

Well that is just great, I have parked my truck 30 feet from where I always park, so I hope that will keep them out of my truck.