Have You Ever Had Trouble With Rodents?

If you get the Rid A Rat, johne, let me know if it works for you. I'd be surprised if it didn't but the proof is in the pudding, as they say.

 

My experience has been dry dog worked better than peanut butter.

 

ODA, I'm hoping that what you meant to say was dry dog FOOD, and not "dry dog". Yikes.

 

This is the trap you want. Also, watch more of Shawn's videos to see how he rates other rat/mouse traps and deterrents.

 

Sprinkle a line of white pepper across the floor at the entrance to sheds garage and it’ll put them off ... did for me and used to get a lot of mice in the garage. . Had rats in the garden but they didn’t come into the garage. I had an up & over garage door so had to do it every few weeks. Tried the humane traps but got fed up with carrying them over a mile away to release... any nearer and they beat me back home

 

I purchased a couple of traps off e bay, they attached to the side of a receptacle (bucket half filled with water) The mechanism looks like a diving board, with the bait (peanut butter) on the very end. The mouse climbs the ramp onto the diving board where the bait is and tilts dropping the mouse in the water. The trap is very effective and the best thing is the diving board resets itself for the next mouse.

 

I have had trouble with live vermin but never with dead ones. Step by step: 1, Remove what they think is their food. 2. Deny access. 3. Use a trap to kill the b******s. Electric, violence, walk the plank and drown, glue and hammer. Peanut butter is the preferred bait. 5. Constantly monitor.

 

Further to my reply on page one using a variety of my traps I believe that mice and rats can be exterminated by the following method: Place a piece of cheese on the floor,along side the cheese put a brick. Sprinkle pepper on the cheese.
When the rodent eats the cheese it will start to sneeze and hit its head on the brick,,,result one dead rodent

 

Well this is a very thorny subject, as we know rats, mice, grey squirrels etc are pests and can be controlled (dispatched) by different methods, however there is a caveat here, if say you trap a mouse, rat or grey squirrel in a live catch unit you have to legally dispatch it humanly (air pistol or other appropriate device), a woman was recently prosecuted because she let it be known (media) she had caught a rat in a live trap, and drowned it in a tub of water, the prosecution held up in Court (crazy I know for some to comprehend that logic). It's also illegal to trap and release a grey squirrel, you have to dispatch it humanly. What's not widely known is rats have become immune to almost all legal poisons, currently DEFRA are asking for the tails of poisoned rats to be sent to them, hopefully the research will lead to an effective poison, a lot of the posts suggest concealed bait boxes so other wildlife can't enter and the dead rat, mouse or squirrel can be put in an appropriate bag or container in the bin. A lot of wildlife can get secondary poisoning by eating the dead rodent, and prosecution could follow if traced back to the person whom poisoned the rodent. Rats can chew through concrete, plastic and metal, they climb vertical walls, trees, metal doors and all manner of buildings, once in your house the destruction can be horrendous and expensive to sort out, look up how they reproduce and you'll be surprised (it's scary). If you use sprays of any kind all they do is shift the rodents to another nearby area, and its short term, they get used to it and its no longer a deterrent. I have dispatched literally hunderds and hundreds over the years (farms, gardens etc). You need to be registered for the more effective poisons and a log is kept by the outlet selling it and yourself. It's a food source that attracts them initially, and they eat almost anything, if you use an air weapon for example, then look at using cat food, sardines etc, however mash it up fine, the reason is if you bait them as it comes out of the tin (large chunks) then the rodent makes a "grab and go", however condensed down the rodent takes longer getting the bait and allows for an accurate shot. Be careful when handling the things, I once caught Leptospirosis and it took me a very long time to recover from it, if you contract this or Weils Disease (they are similar strains), 1 in 19 die from the disease if not diagnosed early on, and it's a notifiable disease, the only consolation I had was the medical experts said it was highly unlikely I would ever catch the disease again, due to an immunity in my system, but hell thats a lot of pain to go through for imunity, and I didn't contract it from handling rats, but that's another story. I would suggest do whatever suits you and your budget, but believe me once they are present they don't go away, you have to eliminate them on a regular basis. Ride safe all.

 

Ice man you are spot on with all you said, guess we have the similiar back ground in pest control. As ice man said deny rodents food and shelter (good house keeping) and they wont want to share you garage/shed.

 

Where I used to live my next door neighbour had her garden full of rubbish (mattress, old chairs etc)... rats loved it... bad news if you live next door to folk who ignore it

 

I dunno, Sandi, Hannah is usually dry and she works great!

 

Hadn't thought about it quite like that, JtC! That's much better than what sprang to mind when I though "dry dog"--which was more like beef jerky. I'll bet Hannah is a great rat catcher--or at least rat chaser!

 

Yeah, I've tasted the food we give her (it's only right, right?) and it isn't a joy to eat, but she loves it. She fares better with birds than mice and rats, but I think they are just aware of her presence and the fact that she will go after anything that moves so they just mostly stay away.