Author Topic: Rats! (Read 9061 times)

shrekfeet · « **Reply #15 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:15:40 am »

can you provide a link then Castle Farm

shrekfeet · « **Reply #16 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:28:25 am »

http://forum.downsizer.net/viewtopic.php?t=59541

found it

OhLaLa · « **Reply #17 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:30:41 am »

Please remember folks that if you put poison down for the rats/mice they will be eaten by the poultry and cats etc who in turn will be poisoned, so please try other methods.

shrekfeet · « **Reply #18 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:49:14 am »

most rats will take the poison into the burrow and die there. Cats do not eat things that are already dead. They are hunters, not scavengers. Usually that is.
Chickens will eat anything!

Fleecewife · « **Reply #19 on:** February 03, 2011, 11:59:37 am »

Quote from: littlechick on February 03, 2011, 09:13:56 am

I am not surehow I go about looking into borrowing a working terrior.
It seems they tried another angle of the shed but failed due to this mesh wire I wrapped around the side of the shed.

I will have a look to see if I can find anyone local as it would be far better than using glass (which I don't really want to use) I just hope I can get rid quickly!!

I think people owning working terriers are always on the lookout for places to work them, so you wouldn't have to borrow, the owners would bring them and work them. I don't know how to find them either though.

doganjo · « **Reply #20 on:** February 03, 2011, 12:07:13 pm »

Ask your local council if they have dog training classes, a dog warden, or animal welfare officer - they will know where to find a terrier club or even an individual owner who can help. Oops, sorry, there I go giving unsolicited advice again - my sincere apologies

I do hope you get rid of your rats. I have them too but I have a cat who will eat things he hasn't caught so can't put poison down. So far the rats are staying in the stream and I only occasionally see them, but will need to do something if they become a problem. Thanks for all the helpful,m advice on here.

Fleecewife · « **Reply #21 on:** February 03, 2011, 02:58:53 pm »

OH has pointed out that, where pets and livestock or wildlife getting to poison is a concern, you can use a product called Bait Box. It is not poisoned grain, but the little blocks of bait are stuck on spikes inside a specially designed box, so cannot be dragged out by rats. The only animals which can get to the bait other than rats are smaller things such as mice. We used these in our attic when there was a plague of rats one year and they thought a nice comfy roof over their heads was ideal. I think outdoor rats usually go back to the burrow to die

lazybee · « **Reply #22 on:** February 03, 2011, 03:54:00 pm »

WORD OF WARNING rat poison killed one of my Fox terriers and put another on a drip for two days at the vets in their IC unit. One of my neighbours must have put it down. I asked around, but no one admitted it. I find the best method is a cage trap. Catch a rat or two, move it, catch another,move it etc etc They have regular runs if you watch them. I still, every couple of months find an unmarked dead rat lying around my place. No idea where they come from.

daddymatty82 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:11:19 pm »

me personaly would never use poison as i got a cat that brings them alive then either shoot or set dog on vermin

littlechick · « **Reply #24 on:** February 03, 2011, 09:24:59 pm »

Thank you everyone.

I really wont be looking into poison unless it got totally out of hand and I don't think we are near there yet.

I will be looking around for terrier clubs etc tomorrow and hope to find someone who can help.

In the meantime though I have noticed this?

Anyone here tried it?

http://www.northerntooluk.com/agriculture-equipment/pest-control/rat-zapper_168430E.html