Does this look normal to you??


550rwhp

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Nov 6, 2012
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North of Dallas, Texas
I took off the cover in passenger footwell and saw this. Looks like shredded tissue paper.

This normal?
 

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Blue Moose

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

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

550rwhp

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

Thanks for your response.
 

GTJack

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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

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

Xcentric

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


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franimal007

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

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Mice and rats love to chew on insulation around wire!
 

550rwhp

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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

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

Just north of Dallas.
 

franimal007

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WOW, amazing. Yet scary!
 

Nafod

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

Xcentric

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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

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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

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And don’t leave snacks in your car like my brother. Bears love that.
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33Bravo

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

roketman

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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!
 
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68Rcodeman

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

vyprgt2

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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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