On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:27:14 -0400, wrote:

Squirrels or some other chewy thing ate one of the cables on my boat.
I fixed it but I am still not happy about it. (Tilt down was broke)
I wrapped the cable in expanded metal and rubber tape where it is
exposed. Let's see those little buggers chew through that ;-)
I am still not sure why they decided that was a good thing to eat. It
wasn't even easy for them to get to.

I've had them eat through the gas hose to the grill a couple times - with the gas on!
How they can do that and not be dead is beyond me, but I've never seen any 'gassed'
squirrels by the grill. One of these solved the problem:

http://www.amazon.com/Brushtech-Prop.../dp/B000RE7W28
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