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.
Lots of poison, replaced regularly. Fen traps will also work.
Quote from: telbert on January 19, 2010, 21:21:51
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 !! ;)
They don't seem to like cat pepper dust down the hole.
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.
Stick an extended exhaust pipe from a chainsaw down the holes and when they start to bolt whack them, great fun :)
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
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