Rat eating away in engine compartment

[ALFAitalia]

My dad has had the wiring to his rear parking sensors (on his Qashqai) replaced three times..... twice in quick succession do to foxes chewing it. The second time they ran the wires through cable protector....but the just gave the foxes move leverage and they pulled the wire out further up! After the third repair dad made up a chicken wire and wood frame that sits under the rear of the car to protect it....all good so far. He never had this issue when he lived in the sticks....but only since he semi-retired and moved into Chichester....its those wile urban foxes!!!

 

[SpikyMikey]

Modern (plant based ?) wiring must be more tasty - a friend had same problem with Landrover.
Fairly sure he used snap traps under bonnet (so less chance snapping other wildlife or pets).

Soy oil in the insulation apparently.

 

[MSG2004]

Updates

As stated before - car is parked in a different spot ie away from the grass that is next to one of the allocated parking spaces.
Engine compartment cleaned.
Wires that were damaged tapped.
Peppermint oil sprayed in engine bay and shocks, wheel arches and around the tyres when the car is parked up
Peppermint balls in bag place in engine bay x 2

The sprays will be used weekly in engine bay and shocks etc and the peppermint bags changed in a few weeks
and car will now be parked in bay now being used.
Management of the estate has acted and put out a few bait traps around the two small car parks.