An owner of a late model BMW, in Huntington Beach, called our office and complained about a foul odor coming from under his car’s hood. Termite Terry’s pest control technician, David Salamin, went out to the owner’s home and looked at the car. He popped open the hood and noticed that there were a lot of flies around the engine compartment. David knows that flies are always a good indicator to look for when you’re trying to find a dead rodent. After doing a search with his flashlight, he found the rodent laying under the engine, but he couldn’t reach it. So, he borrowed the car’s jack so he could raise up the car and crawl under it. The rat was under the engine and sitting on the car’s skid plate. David unbolted the skid plate and was able to reach in and remove the dead rat. Apparently, the rat had chewed its way through some of the car’s alarm wires. The owner now understood why the car’s alarm kept going off during the previous night. Unfortunately for the rat, the alarm wires were “live” and the rat was probably shocked to death when it bit through the electric wires. The rat was pretty big, as you can see in the photo below.
Rat Service by DJ Salamin at "Termite" Terry Pest Control, Inc.
Termite Terry always likes to remind homeowners that rat problems should never be ignored. Besides being carriers of numerous diseases and all of the damage that they do to homes, they are also known to be a major cause of house fires because they chew through electrical wiring. That causes the home’s wiring to short out and then starts house fires. If you have a problem with mice or rats, you need to act now and call Termite Terry Pest Control at (949) 631-7348 or click here for our online order form.
