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Around here it is the opposite. Rats chew into the attic duct work to air condition their den.

Noderaser; My mother in law, [clumsy lump] trod on my wife's pet rabbit's head and permanently distorted it's teeth. Denise used to trim them back every fortnight with a pair of sturdy nail clippers! Yikes! [ex veterinary's assistant]. I used to go hide in my shed. Something about the sound of teeth snapping off kinda gave me the willies.

Chico; I think you're right about the warmth of cables. The mice here flooded our kitchen twice in quick succession, by chewing through the plastic water pipes within weeks of us moving in to this end of the house. They only attack the hot water pipes. Since all the plumbing was behind the sheetrock, this was a real pita. I moved the lot outboard of the sheetrock, but every access I opened in bathrooms, toilets, kitchen etc. had the hot pipes gnawed, through the foam lagging as well. Killed 21 of the beggars with mousetraps and, touch wood, no more problems. So, if rodents are about they will target overloaded wiring?

Hmmm, maybe we can market this as a diagnostic tool; release a dozen or so mice/rats into someone's house, and assume the cables they chew through first are overloaded circuits. Bill accordingly, subcontract extermination.

Just trying to think about what kind of sound cutting teeth makes like gives me the shivers. I had a particularly bad experience when I had my wisdom teeth extracted; was supposed to be sedated but the anesthetic wore off and I woke up to the mechanical grinding of teeth and jawbone. Still have nightmares about that one.

You could get your own taskforce of rodent exterminators.
However, frequent replacement of the diagnostics equipment could eat into your bottom line.

Hmmm, mice and cats in the same work vehicle may not work out that well.