I doubt it's squirrels ... they like it high in the trees, and they don't venture out after dark. Cat, raccoon maybe.

I have lost a cat or 2 in my childhood from them crawling into my dad's cars at night to keep warm ... quite gross when the fan blades chew one up!

I'm no expert, but mothballs sound good. Maybe an old pair of panyhose, stuffed with *****, tied shut, and strapped under hood with a cable tie. It's also hunting season, so the urine should be easy to get at Walmart. Maybe fox urine would scare it away.

Another thought was one of those electronic rodent deterrant things - they plug in the wall, and make sonic noise or something - could run an extension cord to car and plug one up. However, might make the neighborhood dogs howl.

What about ammonia? That stuff really smells bad! In an empty windex bottle - spray on ground around car at night. I'm guessing now.

I have lost a cat or 2 in my childhood from them crawling into my dad's cars at night to keep warm ... quite gross when the fan blades chew one up!


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