How to Tell If You've Got a Rat Problem
by: TC Thorn
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Date Added: Tuesday 8th June 2010
"do they go in the closet place becouse i have found lots of poop well we do have a hamster but y would it be in the markers and colors and my dog does ack crazy in the kithen usly bye the clothes or the trash can and bye her food"
we dont know what to do
Date Added: Tuesday 4th May 2010
"I have a loft conversion and I hear sounds from the tiny space between ceiling and roof of dormer. Consequently, there is no space to inspect for droppings etc, or for me to bait. How I am going to deal with it?"
CB
Date Added: Tuesday 26th January 2010
"I used tomcat rat traps and pre-bait with peanut butter and cheddar cheese. Then a couple of days later set the traps with small chunks of kielbasa sausage wrapped up in craft wire and secured to the traps. From the signs of the droppings only had a few but one got caught in the trap. Good luck."
Mark C
Date Added: Wednesday 9th December 2009
"Rats in the loft,smell of dead ones. How can the owner find the pest controller to deal and clean all around the house?"
tom
Date Added: Sunday 4th October 2009
" I would spray Rataway Fragrance it is non-toxic and non poisonous. It will stop rats, mice, squirrels,etc... from nesting"
Rick Suddes
Date Added: Tuesday 7th April 2009
"i have rats under my garden shed ,im sorry im an animal lover but to me the only good rat is a dead one. the trouble is i have a German shepherd who knows the rats are there. any ideas how i can get rid of them???? obviously i dont want to hurt my dog or any of the local cats that come in the garden thanks "
terrie
Date Added: Friday 13th March 2009
"Can I get some advice please. We realised that we had "something" in the attic and discovered it was rats. Husband took the droppings into rentokil guys who are in regularly to his work. They gave ups blue poison blocks,then glue boards. We had bought traps and got one with this and one on glue board. However no more noises heard and we never discovered where they got in. Now we have at least 4 bluebottles per day in the house and can only guess that there is something dead somewhere and we cant find it. We live in the country and have a river at the back of the house, so I'm sure there must be more around. There is nothing in the house and so far no evidence of live beasties in the attic. Can you advise me please. "
Chrissy G.
Date Added: Monday 2nd March 2009
"Hi Jenny,
Many people have the same concerns as you, not wishing to cause harm to any animal - even rats. Unfortunately you must decide on a course of action soon, you are exposing yourself to some quite significant health risks by having rats in your home, and indeed your home itself is at risk, every year many homes burn to the ground due to electrical fires caused by gnawing rodents in roof spaces.
As a professional pest controller I would strongly recommend anti-coagulant rodenticides, your infestation has gone beyond the stage where trapping will have much of an effect.
Please don't let your kind nature allow something awful to happen to yourself or home, my website may help with some advice thesuffolkpestcontrolcompany.co.uk
or you can call me on 0800 046 7433 for some free advice,
"
Martin B
Date Added: Friday 27th February 2009
"Hi
I have a problem and have had this problem now for a few months. I have a rat infestation in my roof. I can hear about 20 to 30 or more running around up there at dusk and through the night.
I am an avid animal lover and their antics were funny and amusing to watch (they would run down the drain pipe outside as soon as they heard my voice, for food).
Now, they have entered my home (I have a tiny one living in the back of my fridge in the kitchen, that has over the last couple of nights nibbled on the dogs dry biscuits). I now wish to remove all of these visitors but in a humane way and am at a loss to know the best way to accomplish this. I cannot bear the thought of trapping or baiting them because of the pain and suffering this would course. I also feel partly responsible for encouraging them with food, unaware that they would multiply at such an alarming rate.
I have been looking at live traps, but have been told that it would take me forever to do it this way - I have even called the RSPCA and the companies that make the baits (poisons) to find out if there bait causes any pain at all. I have had conflicting answers to this question, some say it causes interenal bleeding and just slows them down and they eventually fall asleep and the other poison company said that it would cause quite alot of pain, which I could not be apart off. As you can see, I don\\\'t know how to handle this problem and would value and appreciate any suggestios that you might have on this subject."
jenny
Date Added: Wednesday 17th December 2008
"i caught one mouse two weeks ago. there are 3 traps still set but i havent had anything since. i saw, what i think, was a dropping. it was about a cm in length. i know mice droppings and this wasnt one. the mouse got in at the kitchen pipes but the hole is only about a half a cm in width. i doubt a rat will get in there. There are no other holes around. do you think i may have a rat?"
Janine
Date Added: Wednesday 12th November 2008
"Rats have been attracted by the bird feeders in my garden but have , to-date, shot 6 with my air rifle ensuring a quick and effective death."
ardeekill
Date Added: Wednesday 16th July 2008
"Rats are nasty germ ridden disease spreading parasites, whats with killing them humanely , just kill em and be done with it. I hate them and mice too"
Janet
Date Added: Thursday 5th June 2008
"I have my Fourth Rat i live in a apartment and i told them they have a rat infestation in this apartment with babies and kids live here and been told that each one have too fill a paper suggesting the Rats are here and they're afraid if they say something might get evicted from this apartment. One lady has three babies and the rats recently ate the chicken from the kitchen where the babies were in and she told them that she can't get to fill out becuase doesn't have transportation because she don't drive and she gave her thirty days notice because of it a month ago. Everyone worries get a evicted just saying there rats propblem here and this property management won't take on them self that they have one. We hear them in the walls in the night."
mary jean
Date Added: Thursday 13th December 2007
"If i have got a rat in my shed/garden then i dont care which way it gets killed as long as its dead i totally hate them...and i would go for a trap anyday over poison i really dont fancy the thought of finding it dead six months down the line in the full heat of the day!!!"
Lisa P
Date Added: Tuesday 27th November 2007
"I have discovered a failsafe way of executing Rats! they got in under a gap at the bottom of my shed door and I expected where still in the clutered shed so instead of sealing it up I got 4 fenn traps and got two sheets of metal and placed them so there was only enough space at door for rat to get in/out that is where i put the traps 2 inside 2 outside the traps work when the rat has to stand on it to get out (reason I put 2 outside also was to be sure the rats caught came from within as new rats going in would be whacked outside) if you require any further details email me Sabermaze@aol.com. next morning rat 1 caught rat2 caught 4hours later traps down for 3 days now no more rats :-)if you find where rats come in dont block it off they will eat in somwhere else in your house guaranteed use snap traps and place at entrance hole and dont block up until sure all rats caught cause if you block them in you will have a few sleepless nights as they need food and water dont use poisons dying rats will crawl into the smallest gaps and die leaving a stink that can last upto 2 years and rotting carcases will attract other rats and bluebottles then you will have a infestation of Maggots, Warning fenn traps and kids/pets dont mix. so lock sheds and garages when using these traps but they are brilliant but you need to be strong to set them. hope this helps you worried people who are reading this cause if your reading this it probabaly means you also have an unwelcome creature sharing with you."
The Rat Equaliser
Date Added: Friday 9th November 2007
"your right it doesnt sounds cruel IT IS CRUEL finding a more humane way to get rid of the problem sounds like a better option."
Anom
Date Added: Friday 12th October 2007
"Sounds cruel, but then again they are bleeding to death internally anyway from the poison and so I guess this may speed the process?"
Admin
Date Added: Friday 12th October 2007
"After putting rat poison nearby to where you think they are nesting take an old teaplate or glass,and smash it into bits, the rats will then cut themselves on the shards of glass and bleed to death."
L J
