Anyone had problem with rats
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ivanthereasonable
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Kinnell. Thats more than i got for fitting kitchens.
But i suppose contract killers charge more.
pillars of hercules
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We put some traps out yesterday in the polytunnel and you're right they love peanut butter. Unfortunately they ate it without setting the traps off
mux
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Try again, and perhaps mix some rat poison in with the peanut butter, to give you a double chance, of exterminating the rats.We put some traps out yesterday in the polytunnel and you're right they love peanut butter. Unfortunately they ate it without setting the traps off
mux
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We've been trying for years to get rid of you! Any tips?
We put some traps out yesterday in the polytunnel and you're right they love peanut butter. Unfortunately they ate it without setting the traps off
Homemade bucket traps with rollers and peanut butter as bait are the boyos.
You can get industrial strength rat poison on tinterweb if you look around
Oooh look at me, look at me.
Couldn't pick last years olive crop because we weren't allowed to take the harvest to the mill cos of Covid restrictions and strict lock down.
So the olives just fell and the rats (tree rats in this case but they are the same genus) had a continuous feast day and within 2 months we were overrun in the outhouses, the wood shed and out on the land.
Impudent faukers. Huge things. Beautiful with their exclusively olive fed coats, and very little fear of humans being out in the wilds.
Our three dogs, two of them terriers, were frantic but not much use. Tried traps with peanut butter not much better. Seemed to suss them out very quickly.
Then, and I believe you can get this in the UK if you go through Amazon, we used this poison called Ratibrom 2 and I set up stations on their runs, you can spot these by the trails of droppings, and within 10-14 days there was such an obvious drop in population.
Couldn't pick last years olive crop because we weren't allowed to take the harvest to the mill cos of Covid restrictions and strict lock down.
So the olives just fell and the rats (tree rats in this case but they are the same genus) had a continuous feast day and within 2 months we were overrun in the outhouses, the wood shed and out on the land.
Impudent faukers. Huge things. Beautiful with their exclusively olive fed coats, and very little fear of humans being out in the wilds.
Our three dogs, two of them terriers, were frantic but not much use. Tried traps with peanut butter not much better. Seemed to suss them out very quickly.
Then, and I believe you can get this in the UK if you go through Amazon, we used this poison called Ratibrom 2 and I set up stations on their runs, you can spot these by the trails of droppings, and within 10-14 days there was such an obvious drop in population.
mux
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Cheesy Feet
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When i lived over Newcastle Road way there was problems when they knocked the baths down..everyone was getting them in their back gardens and houses.
I did have a problem when i moved the into my cottage in 2014, then my cat buster killed them all!
Uncle Junior
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There were rats in a neighbours garden (they have a pond and keep pigeons which attract them apparently). They eventually migrated to our garden. We happened to have my brothers 17 year old deaf, half blind, decrepit west highland terrier stay whilst my brother went on holiday. Caught them the same day.
DisillusionedOldGit
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Is the right answer . Caught a shew in the shed yesterday, re-set the trap and it had a mouse in it this morning .
Uncle Junior
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They say if you can fit a biro through a hole a mouse will get through it. I blocked up all of my holes (oo er) with wire wool after having a minor mouse problem which sorted the problem. Then I caught a baby getting under the kitchen cupboards that I could barely get a sheet of paper under. I think more people have them than they realise to be honest.
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I once told a friend on here who's pet hamster had escaped, and wouldn't return to it's cage, to put some peanut butter in it's cage.
The hamster had been laying low for a couple of days but within minutes of the peanut butter being put in it's cage the hamster couldn't resist, and returned to it's cage, and was captured.
roker beach
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It depends on the level of infestation but if it’s less prevalent than the OP‘s case, those waxy square tablets you can get from Amazon or Wilko usually do the trick. You would put them in the ‘run’ areas inside or outside the house.
Two doses about ten days apart seem to be the thing to do.
Two doses about ten days apart seem to be the thing to do.
