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So it has been 5 days since I shot at the rat and covered over the tunnels. They remain undisturbed. I've watched, with air rifle ready, for activity at dusk and have seen nothing. The baited and set traps were undisturbed until this morning when I found another chipmunk. All good signs, right...

Oh, it was a rat alright. The shot I got off might have done the trick. I didn't find a body but I might have hit it and it crawled off to die. I covered over the tunnel exits with litter and they've remained undisturbed since I took my shot two nights ago. I set the traps last night (I got...

That's what I'm doing. I baited them for 3 days before setting them. Nothing happened on day 4. Day 5 a single trap sprung by chipmunk. They are now baited again but not set. As I said in my post I am going to continue to refill bait every day but only set them every 3rd day or so.

Well, it's not chipmunks! As dusk approached I caught a glimpse of something under the pallet that acts as the coop's front deck and it was distinctly rat-like. So I armed myself with my little air rifle and took position inside the house, sniper-style with a clear shot out a window at the...

So recently I noticed a tunnel from under one side of the coop and out the other. I immediately thought "Rats!" and in an attempt to nip the problem in the bud, went and purchased some snap traps. I baited them but didn't set them and left them along the back side of the coop, out of reach of...