Neighbors have a rat problem

[ChristineAtkins]

Well, to solve this problem the better option is to have pest control in your home. As it is better than to pet a cat, yes because of cat the rats will not come in front of them, but it will damage your furniture, walls and food items. Having a pest control will give you rid of rats as professional NYC pest control knows how to use the formulas that will eliminate the rats and it will not harm your family health. It will be better do pest control at your home as soon as possible to get rid of these problems.

 

[duluthralphie]

Well, to solve this problem the better option is to have pest control in your home. As it is better than to pet a cat, yes because of cat the rats will not come in front of them, but it will damage your furniture, walls and food items. Having a pest control will give you rid of rats as professional NYC pest control knows how to use the formulas that will eliminate the rats and it will not harm your family health. It will be better do pest control at your home as soon as possible to get rid of these problems.

Cats do not need to damage anything. I have no damage. However, my cats never come in the house. They walk around the outside, the hunt and hang in the tree over the deck, waiting for a squirrel to emerge from the hole in the tree.

They are never a bother. I sometimes (during the summer) go days without feeding them. They do not care.

We have a symbiotic relationship something like the bacteria in our guts. We co-exist without giving much thought to each other.

 

[RWise]

My dogs catch and kill more rats than any cat ever did!

 

[holm25]

My dogs catch and kill more rats than any cat ever did!

Cats are killing machines and you likely wouldn't know if they were killing them..

 

[RWise]

Cats are killing machines and you likely wouldn't know if they were killing them..

I have had good cats too, they dont hunt rodents as intense as rat terriers! I take mine out hunting every day.

 

[duluthralphie]

I have had good cats too, they dont hunt rodents as intense as rat terriers! I take mine out hunting every day.

Cats are not going to hunt on demand like a dog trained to hunt. Cats hunt when they want which is 90% of the time. Over time I would bet my cats kill more rodents than your dog (say in a year). Dogs love to hunt when you take them hunting, cats love to hunt most of the time.

Dogs require work and maintenance , cats need nothing, I have not seen one cat in almost 2 weeks, another has been over a week. I saw 2 this morning. I have not seen a mouse poop, rat poop, chipmunk, sign of a weasel or any other predator since I got the cats.

They are here to stay, my dogs prefer to lie on the deck or in the house. They are better companions than the cats. They want to make me think they are good hunters, but I can tell they are lying when they tell me how good they are.

 

[RWise]

Cats are not going to hunt on demand like a dog trained to hunt. Cats hunt when they want which is 90% of the time. Over time I would bet my cats kill more rodents than your dog (say in a year). Dogs love to hunt when you take them hunting, cats love to hunt most of the time.

Dogs require work and maintenance , cats need nothing, I have not seen one cat in almost 2 weeks, another has been over a week. I saw 2 this morning. I have not seen a mouse poop, rat poop, chipmunk, sign of a weasel or any other predator since I got the cats.

They are here to stay, my dogs prefer to lie on the deck or in the house. They are better companions than the cats. They want to make me think they are good hunters, but I can tell they are lying when they tell me how good they are.

Lets just agree to disagree, I am not going to argue with you.

 

[paneubert]

If you decide to get serious about your rat problem, the answer is not a cat, not a dog, but is a mink! I will just leave this link right here......fascinating videos to watch of this guy and his mink that is trained to hunt.

"Joseph Carter the Mink Man"
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaE309xZTS4XdecZSoaYzFg

But then again you will have a mink problem after all the rats are gone. Haha.

 

[Cryss]

Leave the water, bring feeders into your home at night. Don’t scatter feed. Rats ARE a predator too! If rats can get through your yard fence then so can other predators. Raccoons, rats, even fox can climb fences. Chicken wire let’s them and other critters get in through the openings and those that don’t fit can easily rip through it. Raccoons reach inside, grab a chicken, pull the head through and eat the head off. That wire was never meant for predator protection. It was made to keep different flocks separated. I know it’s pricier but 1/2 inch hardware cloth is the best investment you’ll ever make for your birds.

 

[cmom]

Maybe by now they figured out their rat dilemma as this is an older thread. I am rural on a dead end road. I started keeping chicks nearly 50 years ago. I never had any cats but did have a rat infested coop a few years ago. When I renovated the coop dozens of rats of all sizes poured out. While renovating I did find nests. I had noticed tunnels around the coops and assumed they were made by the rats. I used some traps but there were so many I resorted to using poison in a responsible way. I bought some rat bait stations and put the bait in them then put the bait stations in pet carriers which you can also do with traps to keep pets and other critters away from the traps or bait. I put the pet carriers with the rat bait stations in them on shelves in the barn which are behind the coops as I had seen some rats in the barn too. Eventually the baits weren't being eaten on. My bait stations have a little window above the baits so I can check them daily and to my surprise I wasn't finding any dead rats around so I assume they went into their tunnels and died burying themselves. I'm not advocating use poison but that is what I resorted to. We live in farm country so the neighbors all have several acres including us, so they are not that close. Rats do travel. I haven't had any rat issues since. I check the bait stations regularly and the baits haven't been touched in a long time but I still make sure they are there. Good luck...