i have rats visting one bin at the moment . and they make a great job of turning the compost for me . time for them to move on now . i take out the carpet and plastic sack . which they like to sit on . and leave the lid off and make sure no fruit goes goes in the bin for a while
Hi Egox,some time ago this was suggested, cut 20 inches of drain pipe, in the middle cut hole about 4 inches square and place bait inside,,now cut 18 inch larger pipe and copy first, place this over smaller pipe and turn the smaller inside pipe so cut hole cant be seen, by turning the inside pipe so both holes are seen you can refill the inside small pipe, no harm to larger animals as they cant get into smaller pipe to eat , works better weighted down with a stone or something.
i cant upload a pic sorry but it does work and also by pulling the smaller pipe out you can discard without touching sort of thing,then re-bait and put back inside again you only have to make it lasts forever,bit sad but needs to be done
My newly acquired Jack Russell has scared away the rats that apparently used to live under the concrete slab under the oil tank. They now live in a neighbour's garden; he shoots them with an air rifle as they walk along the fence.
When it comes to rats you need to get the big guns in....either local pest control or rentokil...based on a friends experience...she had rats which chewed through the concrete of her kitchen wall to access her bags of rice in her kitchen cupboards....after weeks of faffing around with traps, poison, my ace mouser Isobel (cat) etc rentokil turned up and the rats soon met their maker....never to return
I live in the country so rats and mice can be a problem.
to DETER rats from even entering your garden is easier than you think ...
1 - just plant mint around the edges of your garden - they won't pass by it and it smells lovely
2 - plants and bushes should be planted 5 feet or more away from all buildings
3 - if you feed the birds (judging on some of the answers on here, you won't care or have any respect for animals) make sure that bird feeders are on poles (high up)
hope this helps to eradicate evil and nasty ways to kill an animal! what gives us the right to kill anything? they have as much right to be here as we do and we carry more diseases than anything - deadly ones too! list them and some on you would be trying to find ways of killing us!!!!
Apart from the fact that most of what you advocate simply doesn't work, you obviously don't have a clue ... napthalene is nasty stuff
"...Exposure to large amounts of naphthalene may damage or destroy red blood cells. Humans, in particular children, have developed this condition, known as hemolytic anemia after ingesting mothballs or deodorant blocks containing naphthalene. Symptoms include fatigue lack of appetite, restlessness, and pale skin. Exposure to large amounts of naphthalene may cause confusion,nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, blood in the urine ad jaundice(yellow coloration of the skin).
Over 400 million people have an inherited condition called glucose-6-phosphatge dehydrogenase deficiency. Exposure to naphthalene is more harmful for these people and may cause hemolytic anemia at lower doses.
When the US National Toxicology Program (NTP) exposed male and female rats and mice to naphthalene vapors on weekdays for two years, male and female rats exhibited evidence of carcinogenic activity based on increased incidences of adenoma and neuroblastomaof the nose, female mice exhibited some evidence of carcinogenic activity based on increased incidences of alveolar and bronchiolar adenomas of the lung, and male mice exhibited no evidence of carcinogenic activity.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies naphthalene as possibly carcinogenic to humans and animals Group 2B. The IARC also points out that acute exposure causes cataracts in humans, rats, rabbits, and mice; and that hemolytic anemia, described above, can occur in children and infants after oral or inhalation exposure or after maternal exposure during pregnancy. Under California's Proposition 65, naphthalene is listed as "known to the State to cause cancer".A probable mechanism for the carcinogenic effects of mothballs and some types of air fresheners containing naphthalene has been identified.
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i have rats visting one bin at the moment . and they make a great job of turning the compost for me . time for them to move on now . i take out the carpet and plastic sack . which they like to sit on . and leave the lid off and make sure no fruit goes goes in the bin for a while
Get a cat?
Archipem, you seem very relaxed about your rats. They all carry leptospirosis aka Weils Disease, so do take care when handling your compost.
i cant upload a pic sorry but it does work and also by pulling the smaller pipe out you can discard without touching sort of thing,then re-bait and put back inside again you only have to make it lasts forever,bit sad but needs to be done
Alan
My newly acquired Jack Russell has scared away the rats that apparently used to live under the concrete slab under the oil tank. They now live in a neighbour's garden; he shoots them with an air rifle as they walk along the fence.
When it comes to rats you need to get the big guns in....either local pest control or rentokil...based on a friends experience...she had rats which chewed through the concrete of her kitchen wall to access her bags of rice in her kitchen cupboards....after weeks of faffing around with traps, poison, my ace mouser Isobel (cat) etc rentokil turned up and the rats soon met their maker....never to return
I'm horrified at some on the answers on here!!!!
I live in the country so rats and mice can be a problem.
to DETER rats from even entering your garden is easier than you think ...
1 - just plant mint around the edges of your garden - they won't pass by it and it smells lovely
2 - plants and bushes should be planted 5 feet or more away from all buildings
3 - if you feed the birds (judging on some of the answers on here, you won't care or have any respect for animals) make sure that bird feeders are on poles (high up)
hope this helps to eradicate evil and nasty ways to kill an animal! what gives us the right to kill anything? they have as much right to be here as we do and we carry more diseases than anything - deadly ones too! list them and some on you would be trying to find ways of killing us!!!!
also (sorry lol) check around door frames and window frames for little holes and fill them
you can put open moth balls in basements and attics to deter them from entering your home
spray peppermint ... mix naphthalene flakes and gypsum with chilli pepper and scatter it around your home or on your garden
Apart from the fact that most of what you advocate simply doesn't work, you obviously don't have a clue ... napthalene is nasty stuff
"...Exposure to large amounts of naphthalene may damage or destroy red blood cells. Humans, in particular children, have developed this condition, known as hemolytic anemia after ingesting mothballs or deodorant blocks containing naphthalene. Symptoms include fatigue lack of appetite, restlessness, and pale skin. Exposure to large amounts of naphthalene may cause confusion,nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, blood in the urine ad jaundice(yellow coloration of the skin).
Over 400 million people have an inherited condition called glucose-6-phosphatge dehydrogenase deficiency. Exposure to naphthalene is more harmful for these people and may cause hemolytic anemia at lower doses.
When the US National Toxicology Program (NTP) exposed male and female rats and mice to naphthalene vapors on weekdays for two years, male and female rats exhibited evidence of carcinogenic activity based on increased incidences of adenoma and neuroblastomaof the nose, female mice exhibited some evidence of carcinogenic activity based on increased incidences of alveolar and bronchiolar adenomas of the lung, and male mice exhibited no evidence of carcinogenic activity.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies naphthalene as possibly carcinogenic to humans and animals Group 2B. The IARC also points out that acute exposure causes cataracts in humans, rats, rabbits, and mice; and that hemolytic anemia, described above, can occur in children and infants after oral or inhalation exposure or after maternal exposure during pregnancy. Under California's Proposition 65, naphthalene is listed as "known to the State to cause cancer".A probable mechanism for the carcinogenic effects of mothballs and some types of air fresheners containing naphthalene has been identified.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphthalene
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you for that information Dovefromabove ... I obviously don't have a clue! ... about napthalene ... sorry to upset you so much
however - mint does work! I do have mint planted all around the edges of my garden and I haven't had problems with rats or mice.
Thank you for putting me right about the nepthalene