EquiGirl1
Well-Known Member
The yard I am at has a ridiculous rat problem. There literally must be hundreds if not thousands of them. It's an old farm, lots of nice wood cavities and barns for them to live in. The farmers do nothing to control them, they say the dogs take care of them (3 Jack Russell's & a spaniel) but I think I've seen those lazy dogs catch 3 in over a year. Needless to say they are all but useless. We have joked about secretly adopting a load of feral cats but the farmer doesn't want to get cats because of the dogs. I would be keen to put poison down, especially under the pallets in the feed room (dogs cant get under there) and in the stables my 3 are in (one has really bad rat problem - none of the horses are in at the moment) but worry about poisoning the dogs which is the last thing I want to do. Is there any poison out there which isn't toxic to dogs? I don't want the rat to die then the dogs to eat is and get secondary poisoning.
Any other tactics you know of for getting rid of / controlling rats?
Any other tactics you know of for getting rid of / controlling rats?