Squirrel in engine compartment.

[Bogey]

Yesterday, I noticed my world famous ' hunt cat' under my truck looking up.    I was wondering what he was doing when I heard that irritating sound only a squirrel can make coming from beneath my truck.   Looking under the truck I saw nothing.    But that call was still coming from the truck. After  looking everywhere under the truck, and finding nothing, I decided to lift the hood.  Carefully I raised the hood ( had a broom stick in my hand )  and sitting in the engine compartment was a squirrel.   Just sitting there, glaring at me and keeping an eye on the cat at the same time.    I had visions of that damn squirrel latched on my head biting the crap out of me.    Gathered up as much of " hey ya'll watch this "  I poked at him with the stick,  he refused to budge, much less run.    Encouraged that he was not latched on my head now,  I began to poke him with more vigor.   Finially he made a dash for it with hunt cat close behind but not to close.    I don't think the cat wanted a squirrel on his head either.

[longislandhunter]

it may have been reluctant to leave because it was protecting it's nest.  A friend of mine had a squirrel climb up into the engine compartment of one of the trucks he uses for snow  plowing and make a nest inside the crevaces of the engine.  The squirrel chewed through electrical cables and wires and used the wires and the insulation to line the inside of the nest.  The critter did  a lot of damage and even though my friends insurance paid for the repairs the total still came to several thousand dollars.    Take a good inspection of your engine and make sure that furry little critter didn't set up house there.....

Jeff

[1377x]

thats funny it was more scared of the cat than you
we have city trash cans where i live they are plastic so squirrels just chew their way in
i came out to dispose of some trash and there was a squirrel stuck in the can it kept jumping and jumping no trash in the can so it couldnt get out
i had the same thoughts as you i didnt want a squirrel stuck to my head either

[ezman604]

I feel your pain.

Had that happen to us once, no twice. My wife's T-Bird was parked in the driveway. We went out one Sunday morning to head to church. Turn the key and no starty starty. Turned over but no normal instant crank. I popped the hood and to my surprise, a tree rat jumped out and ran like crazy. After I regained my composure, I looked into the engine compartment in horror. Little demon had nested on top of the engine and yes, chewed the wiring harness all to bitsfor liningthe nest. Looked like the controls for the fuel injection system. I cleaned the nest out, inspected damage, patched a few wires and was able to start the car.

The next day the wife went out to go to work and the same turn over but no crank. She called me out to take a look and after opening the hood, what did I find but a fresh nest and MORE chewing. I called for a wrecker and had it towed in for repair. After the $1700 harness replacement (thank goodness for insurance), I sprayed cayenne pepperall around the engine compartment. Never saw the little furry demon around the car again. And this was before my air rifle days too. Otherwise I would have tracked down and dispatched this fuzzy nutter!!!!

Happy Shooting!!!!

Dave

[airgunandy]

Not a sqirrel, but a cat.
One cold winter day when I was a kid we went to visit some friends of my folks on their farm. They had a bunch of farm cats. We parked and went into the house. Later when we got in the car, Dad turned the key and whir, whir,YYYEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!
Dad got out and popped the hood. One of the cats had curled up on that warm engine and was killed when Dad started it up. He woudn't let us see what happened so I don't have any gory details.

[shadow]

Squirrels, mice and some cat's will do that during the cold month's, makes for a nice cozy home. When I lived on the farm we always had to check under the hood of the rig's before starting em. The block was warm when we parked them and the critters would crawl up in there to stay warm. Several times I've heard the sound of a screaming critter or cat and then the sound of the fan and belt's going to work on em.  :0 Ed

[RedFeather]

Had a friend who owned a nice muscle car. Kept it immaculately clean. One day he goes out to the driveway, gets into the car and cranks her up. As said, "Meeeeoooooowwwww!" with the emphasis on "OW". Gets back out of car, pops the hood and it's wall-to-wall kitty. Dang varmint fell into the fan blade. (Old V8 ) He tells the neighbor that their cat was accidentally killed by the car. Neighbor goes ballistic, saying he's going to sue, etc, etc. My friend walked him over, showed him the engine compartment and says "What are you going to do about this mess in MY car?" Guy never said a word.