Rats!

[telbert]

   Hello all. I am being over run with rats at the moment on my plot&i've tried just about everything to get rid of them,but still they return.
   Can anyone offer any advioce on the best way to get rid of these ?
  Cheers
  Tel.

[telbert]

[Robert_Brenchley]

Lots of poison, replaced regularly. Fen traps will also work.

[tonybloke]

   Hello all. I am being over run with rats at the moment on my plot&i've tried just about everything to get rid of them,but still they return.
   Can anyone offer any advioce on the best way to get rid of these ?
  Cheers
  Tel.

another way is to cut off their food suply, then disturb the nesting sites, they'll go elsewhere. it's better than creating a 'rat-shaped hole' in the world, guess what will fill the hole that you created !!  ;)

[Froglegs]

They don't seem to like cat pepper dust down the hole.

[Trevor_D]

A lady on our site had worked with pest control. She didn't reckon much on poison - basically, too much money and too many rats - but went for disturbance. Poke something like a metal pole into the compost heap on a regular basis; they don't like it and go elsewhere.

[Mr Smith]

Stick an extended exhaust pipe from a chainsaw down the holes and when they start to bolt whack them, great fun :)

[Columbus]

Hi Telbert, Hi all :)

I find wooden based spring traps a cheap and efficient way of killing them in my sheds but the comments about disturbing the habitat and their runs sound good for outdoor areas.

Best of luck, and don`t forget to wash your hands and all crops lots, don`t browse off your plot or alllow others to. You don`t know where they`ve pee`d.

Col

[Poppy Mole]

Borrow a Jack Russell !

[davyw1]

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