Woke up this morning to find my lights not working and saw this [OC]
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Bunnies will chew through wires so cleanly that it looks like someone cut it.
A person would just cut it, not cut it in two places and leave a bit of wire on the ground.
Has to be a rabbit or a squirrel.I’ve had the same thing happen to me.
I was told that plastics have soy in them.
my first thought was who did you piss off
Rabbits for sure. A lot of wire protection is made of stuff that’s tasty to rodents
that is a super easy fix. (unplug it first) then splice back that plastic sheathing and twist the copper together, wrap with tape or cable nut. Then get a camera, you can get one pretty cheap on amazon.
Yep rabbits. I saw one run away one night when my sidewalk lights went out.
The “forbidden hay” for bunnies
Hmm. Animal unless you’re one of these people with blindingly-garish-on-all-night lights that keep your neighbours awake. Griswald family style.
Looks like mice. They sometimes carry wire snips
I had this happen to our Christmas lights 2 different years in the same place. It looked like someone had perfectly cut them with wire snips. Figured out it was squirrels. We don’t put Christmas lights up anymore.
Looks like it was chewed on by squirrels
Squirrels probably. They’ve gotten me several times.
I’m leaning animal due to the following: 1 if a person cut it they would have unplugged it first given they’re right at the extension cord. 2 I don’t think a person would cut it twice 2″ apart.
If it was a person, did it snow recently? A metal snow shovel could’ve severed it against the concrete slab.
Squirrel did my lights like this last year.
The tips definitely looked chewed
That’s a very simple fix
if the wires have a biodegradable composite( soy) material then bunnies and squirrel etc are attracted it them. My neighbors had this happen.
Maybe get a cheap game trail camera. Fix the lights and then see if one of your neighbors looks like A bunny.
As others have said, squirrels and bunnies absolutely will look this clean if they do it.
Most other similar posts have adamant commenters that it’s always an animal. So don’t pick a new neighbor to hate just yet.
It’s a rodent of some sort. They love to chew soft wires.
I had bunnies, they definitely could have done that, but would have in an area with more greenery I suspect. I don’t think this was a crime by bun. Someone cut them probably. Poor lights!
Definitely a rabbit. Scissors wouldn’t make a 45 degree angle cut
You can trim the plastic off the ends and reattach the wire and then get some electrical tape and cover it up and will work again if it is bunny rabbits you can put Tabasco or something spicy on it if it’s a neighbor who doesn’t have social skills I don’t know what to tell you