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Old 12-14-2013, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
I don't know how someone can differentiate as to different species' urine smell.

Maybe moth ***** would be good to put in the cabin? Ever smell moth *****?


If you have, did you hold them by the wings?
OMG this made me laugh so hard, people looked at me funny....
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do what 87warrior said........

I've had problems with mice/rats with 3 vehicles I've owned in the last 7 yrs living out in the country.. I had a frontier I left parked over the winter in the dirt and even having outside cats around didn't keep something from crawling up into the airbox, and eventually into the squirrel cage where it must have got trapped and died, it was a simple fix to pull the motor out and clean etc but it took some nasty hours with the air full blast and windows rolled down to get the death smell down to an almost acceptable level...

another time I was lucky and nipped it in the bud, I went to change an air filter in my old silverado and when I pulled the cleaner two beady eyes starred me down, scared me bad for a minute... I knew I had to act quick before I scared him off so I grabbed the closest thing to me (tb spray) and popped off the filter again but he was gone I flooded all passages with the spray as fast as I could to try and fumigate the sucker, he must have went out the fender well (never found him, but I used most the can as a fumigator)... after that I put diamond mesh in the fender well openings on any car I left outside...
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Originally Posted by BlueRidgeMark
Hmmm. Some species are bad enough to be distinctive. Pigs, for example.
" Aw, fish ****" is one I used to hear. Wait a minute though. You can't hear a fish ****.
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Originally Posted by roninofako
OMG this made me laugh so hard, people looked at me funny....
How do you think I felt when my Dad asked my new girlfriend, at the dinner table, if she's ever smelled moth ***** and responded like that? True story. The good thing is he farted in front of her so it was easier for me to get past that obstacle.
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
" Aw, fish ****" is one I used to hear. Wait a minute though. You can't hear a fish ****.
ah yes...fish ****....otherwise known as "water" LOL
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
How do you think I felt when my Dad asked my new girlfriend, at the dinner table, if she's ever smelled moth ***** and responded like that? True story. The good thing is he farted in front of her so it was easier for me to get past that obstacle.
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wait 'til you have a red-rumped agouti pee in your heater! May as well junk the whole thing.
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Originally Posted by Firestorm500
"Welcome to the family."
I later realized just that. He was doing me a favor.

I've done the same for my sons, daughter and grandchildren as a tribute to dear old Dad. May he rest in peace.
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Once you get her cleaned up you can take it to a detail shop and have them "ozone" treatment the interior, fire up their machine with windows closed for a few hours, works awesome for ex-smoker cars, cars been puked in, booze or gas split (gas is a hard one).

Good luck!!! Dang I don't want to open mine but I think I should with all this convo going on.
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Blower motor on, spray a weak bleach/water solution into the cowl area with a squeeze sprayer. Move the vent controls to different positions.
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Put a small bowl of flavored water for them to drink. What flavors your choice what you wanna smell for the rest of its life.
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I thought this was a Cherokee Technical Forum.

You people make me want to puke.

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Will this help you puke?
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Will this help you puke?
What is that...the Arizona State Bird?

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I've often used the same method except I used a can of Lysol. You pretty much go through the whole can and you better choose a scent you like as it will be in the cab for quite a while!

Originally Posted by cruiser54
Blower motor on, spray a weak bleach/water solution into the cowl area with a squeeze sprayer. Move the vent controls to different positions.


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