In a message dated 8/10/02 2:20:47 PM, vanpire@CITLINK.NET writes:

>Do mice chew all the way through a wire? I have a friend who's a good
>mechanic and he says they're really bad around here (Moab area, Utah)
>and do a lot of damage to wiring.

Yep. Mice (and other rodents) can do an incredible amount of damage to your
wiring. Rodents, of all sizes, have continuously growing incisors, and hence,
need to chew on things constantly to keep the incisors worn to the right
length.

Unfortunately, wires are just the right size for the smaller rodents to fit
in their mouths.

Larger rodents, such as ground hogs can do significant damage to the larger
wires. My sister had the coax cable to her oxygen sensor (in a toyota) cut
through by a ground hog (we saw it doing it, so we know the villan, who
unfortunately is still around...though carrying several pieces of lead inside
it.)

I personally have a VW fox wagon rusting away at the end of my driveway due
to wires being chewed through....EVERY wire in the engine compartment has
been chewed through (spark plug wires, headlights, even the battery cables
show signs of chewing!)