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Old 13th March 2025, 20:18   #1831
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Re: Rat damage to cars | Protection, solutions & advice

Is it is advisable to spray diesel around the car to stop rats ?
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Old 27th March 2025, 09:05   #1832
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Re: Rat damage to cars | Protection, solutions & advice

Dear BHPians,

Car: Baleno 2022 MT

I was taking out the car from parking today morning and found this in the left side dashboard.
Please look at the picture and guess how it could have happened. Please don't make my heart feel weak but have fun guessing.

Dead Frog on the Dash

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This is my parking spot and I keep my car covered daily. I take out the car every alternate day and I do face rat problems in the engine bay. I am trying all the strategies listed out on this thread to keep them away.

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A search on the google lens gave me this answer

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Old 27th March 2025, 14:51   #1833
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Re: Rat damage to cars | Protection, solutions & advice

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Like I said earlier, I have tried spraying face powder inside & it seemed to work. Last week the car adjacent to mine had rat infestation but my car didn't have any signs of rat inside. So far powder is the cheapest way I have found to keep rats away. Strong smell of the face powder keeps rats away as their smell power
Do you mean like Talcum powder?
what specific brand are you using for this if I may ask?
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Old 27th March 2025, 15:14   #1834
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Re: Rat damage to cars | Protection, solutions & advice

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Do you mean like Talcum powder?
what specific brand are you using for this if I may ask?
Any talcum powder which has a strong smell will do the trick. You may have to re-apply after a month or two but it is worth it. Rats have strong smell sense so they stay away. I was not sure when I first did it but it gave me good results.

Now the only persons annoyed by this are Maruti Service advisors .
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Re: Rat damage to cars | Protection, solutions & advice

Can you please let us know how you apply talcum powder and any particular brand?
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