There's a rat in mi kitchen...

[B00]

No really there is, and I'm totally freaked out.

We have an old fire, never used in there, and I'd noticed the dog snuffling round it extremely interested and jokingly said to Mr Boo "Bet there's a rat behind there". Well it bloody backfired on me, as apparently there is, Mr Boo saw it scuttle back in there when he did a late night forage for food (hubby I mean, not the rat, though no doubt that's what it was doing as well!) I know (well now I do) that it was eating the dog's left over food, so that will be picked up before i go to bed each night, there's nothing else (food wise) it can get to.

Would a humane trap work? About a tenner on Ebay. Reluctant to put poison down as a) im a softy, don't want to actually kill it, and b) scared the dog will eat the poison instead. What do I put in there? The trap I mean? Chocolate?

Mr Boo says that once it's gone, he'll rip the fire out and board up the hole.

Please help me, I shudder each time I think about it :-(

[lorri24601]

we had a pet hamster escape once and bought a humane trap to catch it and worked really well, we used peanut butter in it as suggested.One bit of advice though, make sure its a metal trap not plastic one, we tried plastic first and although it worked the little b*gger chewed its way out before morning lol.

[mccfluff]

well she has a laser eye, i'm sure she'll sort it in no time

although she was really rubbish as spider disposal yesterday she just made friends with the bloody thing

[RATTER15]

They will sometimes just walk through an open door, a cat will sometimes bring them in, they will come up through the ground and find an opening into a cavity, a broken air brick, the list is endless.

[B00]

Stoppit ummmm, you're gonna give me nightmares!

[mccfluff]

you'll have to change the title the "there's a rat up my bum"

[B00]

oh jesus- really ratter?

I'm going to have to move :-(

[RATTER15]

//If you have one rat, you have a dozen. (something like that)// a possibilty, but really just aa load of nonsense. lol

[ummmm]

Sorry....but it's true.

[B00]

Dont think im capable of that Trim (I really am a wuss), but even if i wasn't such a mardy bum, the damn thing would have ot be at least visible for me to do that and so far (thank God!) it's remained hidden to me behind the fireplace.

[RATTER15]

ummmm, stop panicking, they are very easy to get shot of, they are far more scared of you I promise!!

They will not attack anybody or anything, stop worrying. Just ensure you keep all work surfaces in your kitchen spotlessly clean, they do carry some unpleasant diseases, just be careful and all will be fine.

[RATTER15]

Im off to work now, good luck and stop panicking!!!!!

[ummmm]

I'm not panicking....lol

[B00]

Ratter, lol- thanks xxxx

Everyone else, im ignoring you, you're all mean!

[mccfluff]

i offered you murph what more do you want

i'll just go eat these french fancies by myself