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Getting Rid Of Rats
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Neighbour had rats under floorboards in living room - pest control person managed to get poison down for them. Result: overpowering smell of dead rat followed by hordes of bluebottles all over the house!
Now - 6 months later, gnawing scratching noises from same area - couldnt live with same result if pest control put down poison, says she'd rather live with the vermin than the bluebottles.....
Looking for source of entry, only thing they could come up with is drain system running under concrete path...
These ultra sound devices on the market are not 100% reliable (according to Wikipedia) the rats dont like them but learn to live with them or vacate the property for short time and return - of if they have babies they just stay!
Anybody out there with alternative remedy.please help!
Now - 6 months later, gnawing scratching noises from same area - couldnt live with same result if pest control put down poison, says she'd rather live with the vermin than the bluebottles.....
Looking for source of entry, only thing they could come up with is drain system running under concrete path...
These ultra sound devices on the market are not 100% reliable (according to Wikipedia) the rats dont like them but learn to live with them or vacate the property for short time and return - of if they have babies they just stay!
Anybody out there with alternative remedy.please help!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As an ex Pest Controller for many years, don't wear yourself out trying to find how they get in, if it isn't obvious then you will most likely never find out. Just deal with the issue when it arrives, remind your pest controller that it is a part of his job and responsibility to find and remove rodent carcasses. To be honest, getting a smell and flies after the rats die is not that common, especially during the winter. Traps can be effective in some situations, however, rats are really not that easy to trap like mice. I would stick to putting down poisons. Don't delay, dealing with the issue, rats breed very rapidly, a lot easier to deal with a pair of rats than a whole family.