Rats

[kbaxter60]

I’ve got two of those.

I had one as a youngster. Good dog. Only it always wanted to fight bigger dogs...

 

[oldag]

Good poison makes them seek water. They are commonly seen looking for a water source in a stupefied democrat nature.

Good in theory, but not always the case in practice.

 

[easy rider]

Couple cats indoors and couple cats outdoors. Rats? Oh yeah, those dead, half eaten things I find every once in a great while walking around outside.

 

[cbp210]

Couple cats indoors and couple cats outdoors. Rats? Oh yeah, those dead, half eaten things I find every once in a great while walking around outside.

But I cannot stand cat urine smell. Even outside those urine smell just oh gross.

 

[oldag]

But I cannot stand cat urine smell. Even outside those urine smell just oh gross.

I can't stand cats.

 

[cbp210]

I can't stand cats.

I know. I am not a cat person as I am a total dog person. In the old days I used to pass on potential suitors because of this. I had an aunt 27 years ago who had 12 cats in her place and I remember all the family would go to her place and help clean it up and I am guessing that is why I am haunted by cat urine.

 

[SARGE67]

I’ve got two of those.

Jack Russell ?

 

[Sam Colt]

I have never had a problem with rats, but I have with mice. I have used a mouse and rat poison called 'Just One Bite' with great results. The only place that I have found it for sale is at feed stores. Give it a try, I don't think that you will be disappointed.

Just one bite kills dogs dead if they find a corpse. The vet can only watch. Hurts just to think about.

 

[SARGE67]

20 years ago I had a two-story house I bought and hated for several reasons although a very nice house built in the 1960s. The noises were heard the first night by my two daughters upstairs. I walked into the attic and examined the triangle shaped vents on each end and the protective screens had been ruined long ago. Neighbor across the alley said raccoons had been coming and going for years and previous owner ignored. I covered them up with 1/4 inch hardware cloth. The noises in attic continued so I placed one D-Con rat bait cube on top of ac unit and next day was gone. I put two cubes on it and they were gone overnight as well. I eventually put the entire damn box out and it was gone, feeding a damn army it seemed. I patched every tiny hole and crevice around the house, the 1/4 inch hardware cloth stapled under each turbine on roof. Personal issues were taking priority so never baited again. A few years ago UPS erred and sent a package to that address. Went to pick it up and told the lady who I was and asked if she had ever experienced anything weird in house. She said besides having her church come out to bless the house twice, she had to have all the walls torn out to get rid of rats. To this day I wish I'd asked her did they find where they were coming in. It was a pier and beam house with lots of ivy and noticed it had all been cleared out by them. Maybe they were crawling under all that foundation. They and roaches will survive nuclear war...

 

[ramndump]

Glue traps work

 

[SARGE67]

Glue traps work

Do they zap the rats or just get them stuck alive on them ?

 

[rr2241tx]

Golden Murica works really well, but the corpses are poison. A small barrel version of the 5 gallon mouse trap baited with peanut butter encrusted with rolled oats works really well too as long as you empty it daily. I used 55 gallon open head drum versions to help control the mice in the quarters on Kahoolawe when it was still a prohibited island. Bonus: we used the drowned mice as fish bait in the prohibited waters and caught lots of big, tasty fish that were rarely caught in the rest of the state.

 

[RoadRunner]

Just one bite kills dogs dead if they find a corpse. The vet can only watch. Hurts just to think about.

I didn't know that, thanks for letting us know.

I have used it for many years without harming any pets that I have had in that time.

 

[Sam Colt]

The warfarin based products can be treated with vitamin K. Just one bite can’t. A dosed dog would need transfusions, which are crazy expensive. Lost a beautiful black lab after she found and ate a poisoned ground squirrel at the barn. Vet was helpless.

 

[striker55]

My wife doesn't like me to kill bugs in the house.

 

[prisondoc]

Do they zap the rats or just get them stuck alive on them ?

Leaves them stuck alive. I was assigned to assist medical in an older part of the prison, they had a terrible rodent problem. Glue traps were very effective.

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[FireInTheWire]

Man - Good luck. Rats creep me out. I'm all for disposing of their nasty selves in any way possible that won't F-up other animals. Same with feral hogs. Vermin all. Good luck. How about you fry those fruckers?
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I got one... and they work! But I promise you, you do not want to stick your hand in one without turning it off and or removing a battery. It will light you up!

 

[TheDan]

have anyone of you ever used the baits with these stations

Yep, works great. Traps work too, but poison is the most effective.

 

[FireInTheWire]

I highly recommend the 5gal bucket, filled 1/3 water and the rolling pen trap on top. Clean, simple and very effective.

 

[justmax]

I highly recommend the 5gal bucket, filled 1/3 water and the rolling pen trap on top. Clean, simple and very effective.

That works good for mice, but perhaps I would suggest the midsize 35 gallon drum. And build them a ramp.