Not your normal RATS!

[hennyannie]

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We use to grind hog feed, we used to catch them accidently in those drums. Had a few use me for an escape ladder.(BAD BAD feeling) Good idea!

 

[key west chick]

We use this poison. Works great and supposed to have low secondary poisoning and bird toxicity. Its called Tetrad3 and is made by Bell. We use it in the bait stations. http://www.epestsolutions.com/terad3-rat-control.html

 

[wyoDreamer]

Could you use a 55 gallon drum like a bucket trap that is used for mice.

BUCKET TRAP FOR MICE:
A soup can with peanut butter spread on it, speared with a dowel of some type from flat bottom to flat top, so that it will spin. Insert the dowel into two small holes at the top of a 5 gallon bucket and then fill the bucket with water about 2" deep. Place a board that leads to the rim of the bucket near the dowel, or place the bucket trap near an object so they can climb to the rim. The mice fall in when they go for the peanut butter and drown. I use a long handled slotted spoon to remove them from the water to dispose of them. I also use anti-freeze during the winter, but then I make double sure the dags can't get to it.

We caught 28 mice in less than a month in just one 5 gallon bucket.

I have to place them where the dogs cannot get to them because they love peanut butter. But I have caught mice in them after the dog cleaned off the peanut butter.

 

[SLWyandotte]

How long can a rat swim and hold its breath?

Rats can swim 1/2 mile in open sea and tread water for 3 days. They can dive 100 feet underwater and hold their breath for as long as 15 minutes.

source:http://www.chacha.com/question/how-long-can-a-rat-swim-and-hold-its-breath

i got the same answer from several sites.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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i get migraines from chocolate, its why i don't mind giving it up

Oh that's so unfair!!! Chocolate is so yummy

To each his own. I personally dislike most chocolate. There are a very few chocolate things I like, but not many.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Rats are very intelligent

so traps do not work for very many catches before the rats figure out how to avoid them. Just One Bite is supposed to have very low secondary poisoning effect. Definitely use bait stations.

Check out http://roofrat.net/ (I realize that you probably do not have roof rats, although they ARE quite large; nevertheless, this site has lots of useful information on gaining control over rats.)

 

[bgates1970]

Not sure if this would work but how about a chocolate laxative.

 

[calista]

Laurie, we have had good luck with these:

http://journeytoforever.org/at_rattrap1.html

http://journeytoforever.org/at_rattrap2.html

Here's the overview of the rat problem worldwide, well-explained:

http://journeytoforever.org/at_rats.html

We just put the whole trap with the rat into the water barrel and then dispose of the carcass later. I hope this helps!

 

[Baybrio]

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One of the formulations of this poison is also allowed on organic farms. I've used this and it works great. You need to keep everything away from the chickens and fresh.

 

[EasterEggersRULE]

try using soda. A friend used coke in a cup and they drank TONS and since they can't burp they aperently die she found 12 dead rats 2 days after just make sure your chicks don't drink it. I hope it works never personaly tried it myself since we don't have rats