Ha. Lol. I would sure hope so. That being said the inner dust boot under the carpet should keep them out. My biggest concern would be spiders actually. Not so much rattlers in the neighborhood.
That number should still fit. It just superseded over the years. I bought one a while back and it’s holding up pretty well. Then found out that the edges that hold that retainer down on the console cracked and had to JBweld that.