twiggy2
Well-Known Member
Just put the bait in bait boxes or plastic piping so other animals cannot get it
see when people say they don't want to use poison I presume they don't want to use bait boxes either as it can/does get spread out from them?!
We had a rat problem in the muck heap a few years ago, they were so bold, just ran out in front of you!!
I am paranoid about poison but I got a dozen of the plastic poison boxes like this one, you can lock it and the bait goes in a chamber inside so totally inaccessible to other animals.
We've no rats now.
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I think I got them on ebay they were a lot cheaper for a big box full. I've never found any bait taken out, we use the type that comes in blocks with a hole in the middle, there is a kind of skewer thing in the box that you put the bait on. I also have never known any other animals eat a dead rat. My cats won't eat a rat that they've killed themselves, let alone one that's already dead. Worst case scenario, if a dog say ate a dead rat, the amount of poison in the rat would be too small to adversely affect the dog, unless it ate them every day. Luckily we got rid of ours, just have lots of mice, which the cats bring into the house live and let go
We bought some sticky pad rat traps on ebay, fold out cardboard with glue strong enough on the inside that it could probably hold up a brick. Put them in the known 'rat runs' & they have to pass over them, and therefore get stuck & what we also found is the dead one on the sticky pad would attract others who would go to eat it & get stuck too! Disgusting creatures. Pretty inhumane but works very well - when they had chewed into the guinea pig hutch & eaten one of the guineas feet & down to its skull leaving it in horrendous pain, they deserve what they get in my mind. If you do use them, make sure there in places under cover where birds dont go as they could also easily get stuck.
We bought some sticky pad rat traps on ebay, fold out cardboard with glue strong enough on the inside that it could probably hold up a brick. Put them in the known 'rat runs' & they have to pass over them, and therefore get stuck & what we also found is the dead one on the sticky pad would attract others who would go to eat it & get stuck too! Disgusting creatures. Pretty inhumane but works very well - when they had chewed into the guinea pig hutch & eaten one of the guineas feet & down to its skull leaving it in horrendous pain, they deserve what they get in my mind. If you do use them, make sure there in places under cover where birds dont go as they could also easily get stuck.
I thought those sticky pads had been banned,due to being extremely cruel. I know rats are vile but still living creatures who should be disposed of humanely
Not so. I have a big tank of a cat who has caught all sorts. He won't tackle the adults, although has killed babies.A good cat does the trick.
see when people say they don't want to use poison I presume they don't want to use bait boxes either as it can/does get spread out from them?!