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Rats - glueboards. Help!
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I'm at the end of my tether with "Rat-gate".
I've still had to luck with the traps, but Ratty is still coming in during the night.
Why is he not going for the traps I've laid out? There is no other food available for him, so I am so confused as to why he's not going for the bait (Peanut butter and chocolate). Four bloody traps! FOUR!!
Tonight I am using "the last resort".... glue boards.
I ordered two, which arrived today, but they are quite small. Wish I'd got twenty, now.
Where should I place them and, most importantly, do they work?
My plan is, to hang a bag full of a mixture of peanut butter, poison, glass and chocolate, on the kitchen drawer handle. This is where he grabbed a bag from before, so I know he can get to it.
Underneath, I was going to put one of the glue boards.
I figured if the mixture doesn't get him, the board will.
Will that work?
I've still had to luck with the traps, but Ratty is still coming in during the night.
Why is he not going for the traps I've laid out? There is no other food available for him, so I am so confused as to why he's not going for the bait (Peanut butter and chocolate). Four bloody traps! FOUR!!
Tonight I am using "the last resort".... glue boards.
I ordered two, which arrived today, but they are quite small. Wish I'd got twenty, now.
Where should I place them and, most importantly, do they work?
My plan is, to hang a bag full of a mixture of peanut butter, poison, glass and chocolate, on the kitchen drawer handle. This is where he grabbed a bag from before, so I know he can get to it.
Underneath, I was going to put one of the glue boards.
I figured if the mixture doesn't get him, the board will.
Will that work?
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I'm confused about the poison now.
Does it kill them instantly? I was under the impression it can take upto six days?
That's why ratman said he didn't think it was a good idea, as he could "die under the floorboards and I wouldn't be able to get to it".
If I find it stuck to the glue board in the morning, I plan to take it outside and "dispose" of it.
I've got the spade out of the shed ready.
Old-wos-is-name, as much as that sounds like a fantastic idea, I couldn't bear to sit there and wait for ratty to come out. If I have to go into the kitchen (and I only do on a needs must basis!) I literally run! I'm terrified of coming face to face with it.
If I saw it, I think I'd grab the nearest heavy object and bash it's head in!
Does it kill them instantly? I was under the impression it can take upto six days?
That's why ratman said he didn't think it was a good idea, as he could "die under the floorboards and I wouldn't be able to get to it".
If I find it stuck to the glue board in the morning, I plan to take it outside and "dispose" of it.
I've got the spade out of the shed ready.
Old-wos-is-name, as much as that sounds like a fantastic idea, I couldn't bear to sit there and wait for ratty to come out. If I have to go into the kitchen (and I only do on a needs must basis!) I literally run! I'm terrified of coming face to face with it.
If I saw it, I think I'd grab the nearest heavy object and bash it's head in!
Cowtipper, thanks. I bought some poison earlier, to use with my homemade "mixture". I've just got it out and it's in a big block, on top of some grain.
So, I'm not going to be able to mix that with any kind of peanut butter... nor glass.
Hmmm.
I think I'll leave the poison under the cupboard, when I go to bed tonight, and leave the boards out as "plan B".
So, I'm not going to be able to mix that with any kind of peanut butter... nor glass.
Hmmm.
I think I'll leave the poison under the cupboard, when I go to bed tonight, and leave the boards out as "plan B".
I disagree. A rat corpse stinks. I remember when I worked as a chambermaid in the local inn as a teenager and they had rats. The landlady knew they had a rat problem. She bought some Warfarine from my dad. It worked a treat (the rats were in the loft). I think it took a couple of days before the rats were dead. Unfortunately, nobody bothered to go into the loft to retrieve the corpses. The smell of rotting rats is very distinctive. Not like anything else - not exactly overpowering but you would know the smell of rotting rats.
Flip, no poison will kill them instantly, yes it can take a few days, this is a built in safety precaution, if the rat does not take a lethal dose in the first sitting it will come back and feed for a day or two suffering no ill affects, guaranteeing a lethal dose. It prevents bait shyness.
A trap caught rat will smell the same as a poisoned rat, generally speaking there will not be a problem with the smell as they usually die else where but no guarantees on that one.
A trap caught rat will smell the same as a poisoned rat, generally speaking there will not be a problem with the smell as they usually die else where but no guarantees on that one.
Flip, you dont need any home made concoctions, these poisons have been developed by chemists and scientists, they know best, just follow the instructions and dont try being economical with the poison, put the whole lot down or you may not solve the problem and create the problem of bait shyness.
Yes, dead rats do stink!!!
Yes, dead rats do stink!!!
We've got some rat poison outside in a special rat poison container (it has a special lock thing so the children can't open it). Himself bought a huge tub of it but as the rats are outside I don't know if they are going for it or not (they were terrorising our rabbits - taking it in turns to run up the ramp to their sleeping bit it to steal their food). I would hate for them to be in the house.
A wolfhound catching a rat would be amusing, a Wolfhound chasing a rat around your lounge! I dread to think lol, they weigh in excess of 11 stone! and 3 of them :)
Yes put all the poison down, personally I would have put twice that amount down for a guaranteed eradication with one visit.
Do you also live in Devon?
Yes put all the poison down, personally I would have put twice that amount down for a guaranteed eradication with one visit.
Do you also live in Devon?
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