Topic: Rats in Compost

[Robert_Brenchley]

I gave up on those; mouse traps eventually got dragged out of sight attached to various portions of rat anatomy, and rat traps never caught anything. I might try the weight-activated traps rather then the baited ones.

[dtw]

My compost heap is in my garden and I don't have any rats, as my cats catch them all.  :D

The trouble is, they bring them indoors for me. Luckily they kill them first.

[Columbus]

mouse traps eventually got dragged out of sight attached to various portions of rat anatomy[/quote]

I tie my traps to metal pegs or other immoveable object.

Col

[davee52uk]

I found that having a snake in my compost heap really sorted out the mice and rat problem - bit extreme but an adder decided to live there!

[denis trundle]

These soon get rid of they pesty critters


 no more rats;D ;)

[big J]

These soon get rid of they pesty critters


 no more rats;D ;)

nice ferrets and dogs what cross are your dogs if you dont mind me asking thanks

[denis trundle]

Hi Big j, the dog on the left is a collie x lurcher and the other is lurcher x lurcher ;)

[Paul Dee]

I gave up on those; mouse traps eventually got dragged out of sight attached to various portions of rat anatomy, and rat traps never caught anything. I might try the weight-activated traps rather then the baited ones.

I got rat traps from a professional exterminator fellow, its about 5x the size of a mouse trap, but the same design and certainly works. Main problem is if a mouse sets it off you have 2 halves of a mouse to dispose of.  :o

[davyw1]

I gave up on those; mouse traps eventually got dragged out of sight attached to various portions of rat anatomy, and rat traps never caught anything. I might try the weight-activated traps rather then the baited ones.

The best trap for rabbits and rats are Fen Traps , they cost about £8.00 but they last a life time and do the job.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Thanks for reminding me; I've been trying to remember what they were called. I spotted some for a fiver on eBay.

[Dear Devon]

Try adding lime to your compost bin.  It doesn't affect the compost but rats hate it and will look to move house.

[MrBean]

I am afraid i use rat poison, as the little beggers are also nesting in the horse manure pile under the carpets, as i covered them to stop them getting to sodden lol

Try adding lime to your compost bin.  It doesn't affect the compost but rats hate it and will look to move house.

Lime will affect the composting process as it will kill the fungi which breakdown the contents.

[moonbells]

I suspect I too have rats in my dalek bin as I have a huge tunnel in the compost (couple of inches diameter) and I saw something duck down it one day. Sadly it's behind the shed at home, and the shed base is raised enough for a rat to nest happily under the floor, so I think I'm going to have to push bait into the gaps and hope they stop popping into the bin for lunch. I just threw green potatoes into the hole till it filled up, meanwhile.

moonbells