In previous threads there have been people so anti killing anything I hardly dared suggest killing the dear little souls!! I suppose a professional rat catcher would be too expensive? That's what we had when rats killed my chickens.
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a rat catcher told me once chopped up glass in choc is the best way to get rid of them but it still leaves the risk of other animals getting it.poisons are very difficult to keep away from cats and dogs.you have to kill these creatures as in numbers they can cause havoc and come into your home.
Flowering rose, on another thread I expressed my horror at this method of killing rats, yet you have just repeated it again. Please think about what you have written.
What if a dog picked up the carcase? Or the doctored chocolate bar?
If rat poison is placed inside a length of drain pipe no other animal can get at it.
Just out of interest, rats have managed to get into our Apple store. They have done a lot of damage to the fruit as you would expect. However, it is the manner of their ingress which is interesting. They have chewed their way through the floor.......................4 inches of concrete!
They have chewed their way through the floor.......................4 inches of concrete!
We had rats in the garden a few years ago and they had chewed through a 9" brick wall. The other side of the wall housed our neighbours garden shed but they obviously found the bird food in our garden worth the trouble. Got a rat scarer to deter them from our garden and the neighbour got the Pest Control people in to put poison down.
Just discovered they have chewed their way out again, this time through the corner of the door. More work for me. Did find a dead one in the water butt, so the poison might be working at last.
I don't think they do rat-sized ones, but I have a couple of electric mouse traps, the mouse goes inside (it can't get back out as it has baffles in there), as soon as it steps on the metal bit to get the bait, pfzzzzz, mouse is dead, and triggers a red flashing light to let you know the deed has been done. Pick up with a carrier bag, invert trap and flip the lid open, the corpse will drop into the bag. knot the bag, put it in another bag, and it can go into household waste.
I have to do this, my husband is too big a wuss to do it. I don't like the ordinary spring traps, if they don't snap over the mouse's head, they can get a leg and then it's a slow death - unless you draw the short straw and use a housebrick to put it out of it's misery (speaking from horrible experience there). Yes, they are pricey, but well worth it as they're humane, clean and can be used with dogs and kids (I have both, and from time to time a mouse problem as I live in a house that's near a farm, the farmer is none to fastidious in his habits (that's a long story that involves environmental health, a pig ban and a chap that lives in the village that does aerial photography for a living!!)
I suppose you can always google electric rat traps to see if they exist, otherwise I'd use the specially designed pre-baited rat boxes, they're sealed so dogs and kids can't get at them. Was told by the Rentokil man that mice and rats won't share a house, so I suppose I get the lesser of two evils. I'm sure the farmer at the back has rats and worse.
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In previous threads there have been people so anti killing anything I hardly dared suggest killing the dear little souls!! I suppose a professional rat catcher would be too expensive? That's what we had when rats killed my chickens.
a rat catcher told me once chopped up glass in choc is the best way to get rid of them but it still leaves the risk of other animals getting it.poisons are very difficult to keep away from cats and dogs.you have to kill these creatures as in numbers they can cause havoc and come into your home.
Flowering rose, on another thread I expressed my horror at this method of killing rats, yet you have just repeated it again. Please think about what you have written.
What if a dog picked up the carcase? Or the doctored chocolate bar?
If rat poison is placed inside a length of drain pipe no other animal can get at it.
Poison in a drain pipe is a really good idea. Wish I'd thought of it.
Just out of interest, rats have managed to get into our Apple store. They have done a lot of damage to the fruit as you would expect. However, it is the manner of their ingress which is interesting. They have chewed their way through the floor.......................4 inches of concrete!
We had rats in the garden a few years ago and they had chewed through a 9" brick wall. The other side of the wall housed our neighbours garden shed but they obviously found the bird food in our garden worth the trouble. Got a rat scarer to deter them from our garden and the neighbour got the Pest Control people in to put poison down.
Just discovered they have chewed their way out again, this time through the corner of the door. More work for me. Did find a dead one in the water butt, so the poison might be working at last.
Oh my goodness, do you really think taking a mouse 200 feet away will get rid of a mouse. It will be back in the time it takes to run home.
Please don't complain of vermin unless you are asking about a humane way to kill it. Otherwise it's pointless!
I don't think they do rat-sized ones, but I have a couple of electric mouse traps, the mouse goes inside (it can't get back out as it has baffles in there), as soon as it steps on the metal bit to get the bait, pfzzzzz, mouse is dead, and triggers a red flashing light to let you know the deed has been done. Pick up with a carrier bag, invert trap and flip the lid open, the corpse will drop into the bag. knot the bag, put it in another bag, and it can go into household waste.
I have to do this, my husband is too big a wuss to do it. I don't like the ordinary spring traps, if they don't snap over the mouse's head, they can get a leg and then it's a slow death - unless you draw the short straw and use a housebrick to put it out of it's misery (speaking from horrible experience there). Yes, they are pricey, but well worth it as they're humane, clean and can be used with dogs and kids (I have both, and from time to time a mouse problem as I live in a house that's near a farm, the farmer is none to fastidious in his habits (that's a long story that involves environmental health, a pig ban and a chap that lives in the village that does aerial photography for a living!!)
I suppose you can always google electric rat traps to see if they exist, otherwise I'd use the specially designed pre-baited rat boxes, they're sealed so dogs and kids can't get at them. Was told by the Rentokil man that mice and rats won't share a house, so I suppose I get the lesser of two evils. I'm sure the farmer at the back has rats and worse.