We found rats nested in our garage in the spring of this year, they'd probably been there over the winter, not a pleasant job to evict them and the smell hung around for days and days, everything in the garage was thrown out and poison bait left, which they took away and presumably perished elsewhere after eating.
I've dealt with mice in the garage and even in the house before but they do not seem to make the sort of mess that rats leave behind, had no guilt at all about baiting them and making them die a pretty horrible death, horrible creatures.
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We found rats nested in our garage in the spring of this year, they'd probably been there over the winter, not a pleasant job to evict them and the smell hung around for days and days, everything in the garage was thrown out and poison bait left, which they took away and presumably perished elsewhere after eating.
I've dealt with mice in the garage and even in the house before but they do not seem to make the sort of mess that rats leave behind, had no guilt at all about baiting them and making them die a pretty horrible death, horrible creatures.
baiting is a tough one, yes, the issue dies, but where, under someone else's floor boards?
my parents had a neighbour who (not unlike the woman in the article) didn't manage her household waste well, rats became a problem so she baited, two died under my parents floor and the whole lot had to be ripped up (obviously can never prove the rats were the same one's in her refuse, but a costly and smelly experience for my folks)
For an infestation, suppose you've got to bait but half a Rolo, left in a spring trap does the trick very well. Best dog I've ever seen for ratting was a poodle, followed by a Welsh Border terrier.
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Ovavoo wrote:For an infestation, suppose you've got to bait but half a Rolo, left in a spring trap does the trick very well. Best dog I've ever seen for ratting was a poodle, followed by a Welsh Border terrier.
Don't know about a Jack Russell, I've got a big German Shepherd Dog here who'd go ballistic if he saw a rat but would have less chance than me of catching one and a Labrador puppy who'd bark at a rat then run behind my legs and hide.
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JerryChicken wrote:Don't know about a Jack Russell, I've got a big German Shepherd Dog here who'd go ballistic if he saw a rat but would have less chance than me of catching one and a Labrador puppy who'd bark at a rat then run behind my legs and hide.
when you next get Rats, buy them a boat and a waistcoat, introduce them to toad and badger, they can have spiffing adventures.
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