Rats

[Erichalfbee]

For Pargyle,

Husband tried these in our rat traps and has managed to catch four in two days

 

[enrico]

For Pargyle,

Husband tried these in our rat traps and has managed to catch four in two days

Raisons in mouse traps work well too. Jam them underneath in the little hole and bobs your uncle when they try to pull them out!

 

[pargyle]

For Pargyle,

Husband tried these in our rat traps and has managed to catch four in two days

Right ... off to Pets at Home tomorrow ... sounds like there's something irratisistible in them ... Roland, your time has come !!

 

[rolande]

Right ... off to Pets at Home tomorrow ... sounds like there's something irratisistible in them ... Roland, your time has come !!

Not now that you've put a picture of the stuff on the net

 

[Headnavigator]

Not happy that I keep getting out-witted by rats.They torment our hens, gnaw holes in the hen-house and steal eggs and hen food, steal complete rentokil poison blocks out of the cage trap without setting it off, and now steal the bait, set the trap off but inexplicably escape from the trap. They get enough poison to lower the numbers sometimes, but always come back full-strength. Can't sit there with a gun as I'd like to because a public footpath runs right by.

 

[pargyle]

Not happy that I keep getting out-witted by rats..

You are not alone ... it's almost inevitable if you keep hens ... not whether - just when ! I've had my rat nemesis for only a few weeks now and despite using just about everything except poison (we have a dog) - Naga ... Roland is winning .... ):

 

[dpearce4]

peanut butter on a clamp trap works wonders and as they cant just take it they will set it off.

 

[pargyle]

peanut butter on a clamp trap works wonders and as they cant just take it they will set it off.

Tried that in a Big Snapper .. set the trap off, ate the bait !

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yep, same here.

 

[Little John]

I found that mouse traps are the answer to catching rats.

First - catch your mouse. Then use that mouse to bait your rat trap. This method has never yet failed me. Although it can pong a bit in summer ...

LJ

 

[MikeT]

I have an outdoor pig unit within 100 yds of my land. They have a good rat control system but we have started to have a slight problem. I have some cage traps which have proved very effective, once caught shoot them with the air gun. Also had problems with stoats taking the hens, soon sorted them out with Fenn traps in tunnels and they will also get rats. I do not use the rat bait that can be bought at Agricultural Supply Cos as the rats are resistant to it. It seem only the material used by Pest Control firms is effective.

 

[beehive1234]

Get a cat, or two, or three or four. My cats eat the rats too. Just leave the feet and tails.
My Jack has caught a few too.

 

[Swarm]

Have a few Terrier outings through the year.

 

[Apple]

My sister's neighbor had a shed that seemed to be the home of a trillion rats, that stole hens eggs, hens food, and even the chicks!

Now I say had, because this summer said neighbor has an ugly nest of hornets
( probably mere wasps!) move in under her shed, my brother in law despite being a very clever person in law, decided that to rid the said neighbor of said hornets, he would take my advice and pour petrol into their nest. He used a full gallon as that is the amount of petrol that the can held.
The small Lidl's culinary torch that sister uses to light the smoker was too much temptation, Hornets and rats everywhere. I must be added that having to wear a wig did not cause too much of a problem to my brother in law, although the Fire brigade and my sisters neighbor did not seem to be very much impressed, it has solved the rat problem!


James

 

[Gilberdyke John]

My sister's neighbor had a shed that seemed to be the home of a trillion rats, that stole hens eggs, hens food, and even the chicks!

Now I say had, because this summer said neighbor has an ugly nest of hornets
( probably mere wasps!) move in under her shed, my brother in law despite being a very clever person in law, decided that to rid the said neighbor of said hornets, he would take my advice and pour petrol into their nest. He used a full gallon as that is the amount of petrol that the can held.
The small Lidl's culinary torch that sister uses to light the smoker was too much temptation, Hornets and rats everywhere. I must be added that having to wear a wig did not cause too much of a problem to my brother in law, although the Fire brigade and my sisters neighbor did not seem to be very much impressed, it has solved the rat problem!


James

A fount of good advice it seems

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I have an outdoor pig unit within 100 yds of my land. They have a good rat control system but we have started to have a slight problem. I have some cage traps which have proved very effective, once caught shoot them with the air gun. Also had problems with stoats taking the hens, soon sorted them out with Fenn traps in tunnels and they will also get rats. I do not use the rat bait that can be bought at Agricultural Supply Cos as the rats are resistant to it. It seem only the material used by Pest Control firms is effective.

Do your suppliers only stock one type of poison? At least three in stock in the suppliers in Market Weighton last time I went in.

 

[juanito]

snakes,

greetings,
we have hens in an old pig sty, it used to be overrun with mice and a few rats, then one morning as I went in to collect the eggs, there in the corner was a brown rat snake devouring a small rat, since that day we haven't seen a single rodent in five years, no traps and no poison ,

 

[MikeT]

Do your suppliers only stock one type of poison? At least three in stock in the suppliers in Market Weighton last time I went in.

I was an agronomist for an Agrochemical co,, Yes all firms do hold a selection of materials, but I liked using the liquid which you could mix up your own bait, this was much cheaper than the ready mixed products.

My traps and cat have so far controlled the few rats we have had.

As A Red Tractor Assurance assessor I am aware that those farmers who do their own rat control do not usually have the same control as those farmers using a Pest Control Contractor.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Well the rats here will continue to be mechanically trapped or shot. The Kites and Buzzards feed on them so can't be done with poisoning them.
I've seen the hens fighting over a dead mouse too.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Well the rats here will continue to be mechanically trapped or shot.

Lead free shot only?