I used D-con bait traps at first, with little effect, and switched to using some poison pellets in a bucket from Tractor Supply. Last couple of years I had greater success using a Tomcat product.


I'm trying a different approach this year...no poison bait, but encouraging some neighborhood feral cats to stick around (2 mama cats, 6 kittens from two litters), which I'm feeding daily while they settle in. We're going to get them spayed/neutered at a "feral cat clinic" nearby. We'll have to trap two that live under a shed out back, but there are six that are getting so socialized towards me and the wife, that they've moved into two former chicken nesting boxes/roosts in our back yard and under the deck. The primary two in our back yard like to be petted now, so they're about ready to scoop up. The dogs and semi-free range chickens in the yard get along with them, too.

I've got mothballs and Irish Spring in all my vehicles, which are all outdoors. The little trailer was built to be air-tight, and is, but still has soap bars and Bounce dryer sheets inside (keeps it fresh between trips). But, I'd still like to seal those large openings under hood in the X5.

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01 BMW X5 E53,3.0i-5L40E, 7/13/01
topas-blau,Leder-grau,"resto-project car"

Here:
14 Lexus ES350,3.5L-U660E
09 HHR Panel,2.2L-4T45E
04 Chevy 2500HD,6.0L-4L80E
98 GMC Sierra 1500,5.7L-4L60E

Gone:
66 Chevelle Malibu 2dr ht.,327>441c.i.-TH350>PGlide/transbrake
08 Cobalt Coupe,2.2L-4T45E
69 & 75 C10s,350c.i.-TH350
86 S10,2.8L-700R4
73 Volvo 142,2.0L-MT4
72 & 73 VW SuperBeetles,1.6l-MT4
64 VW,1.2l-MT4
67 Dodge Monaco 500 2dr ht.,383c.i.-A727
56 Chevy 210 4dr,265c.i.-PGlide