RAts RATS RATS!!!! HElp Me with better kill plans!!!

[aprophet]

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JRT's do a fair job on rats too I had norfolk terriers for a while they were pretty good too

 

[kareninthesun]

I won't use rat bait pellet poisons. They're known to move it. Or if they die and another animal gets it...they will be poisoned. I bit the bullet and bought five of the battery powered traps. Worked great. Scared me because I thought it was just a few. Every morning, they'd have a body. Just add crunchy peanut butter then wait. Took care of the adults, then all the younger ones. Remember not to touch the bait, they'll figure it out, and always move it. Not cheap, around 24 bucks, but beats having to keep calling professionals.

 

[katchley7595]

i am having rat problems also,will the one bite drive them to water and if it doesnt poison the chickens if they eat a rat will it hurt dogs? my dog goes in the coop with me.he has the best manners,he will look at them and walk behind me when im going out he follows never a problem and he watches my silkie babies too. i would hate for him to get a rat and be poisoned.

 

[Katy]

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I didn't use it for a long time because I was worried about my barn cats and outside dogs being poisoned. Just one Bite has a low risk of secondary poisoning. I talked to several vets about it and they all said the same thing....it would take many dead rats eaten in a short period of time for it to hurt a dog. You wouldn't want them to eat the bait itself, which is why I invested in the locking bait boxes.

 

[katchley7595]

great thanks im going to try that tomarrow

 

[bkreugar]

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I didn't use it for a long time because I was worried about my barn cats and outside dogs being poisoned. Just one Bite has a low risk of secondary poisoning. I talked to several vets about it and they all said the same thing....it would take many dead rats eaten in a short period of time for it to hurt a dog. You wouldn't want them to eat the bait itself, which is why I invested in the locking bait boxes.

I have used the hawk brand bait and the tomcat. WHAT is the one bite? I don't know what that is? I was putting the poisen DOWN any holes I saw and then covering with rocks. The locking bait trap is an EXCELLENT idea to try next as that I could put under my coop (mostly) and then put bait there. I haven't put any bait under the coop as there IS enough room for my smallest bantys under there.

I looked the locking bait station up, and they sell them online and on ebay. DO they sell them at like southern states or tsc? DO I have to buy them online? I have not seen them at walmart. Wed is my errand day.

SOMEThing JUST occured to me. Every morning I have 2 bantams (the smallest I have) that are out. I deal with animal chores between & and 7:3 and these 2 hens are always out. They are small enough to fly out under the eaves of coop. It is about 4 inches. BET that is how the rats are still getting in DUH, if those 2 banties are getting out a rat could get in. I hadn't wanted to do a snap trap as I worried about them. I know they go in at night I have seen them when I opened back door.

BINGO thats what I need to fix. If the banties cant get out than the rats can't get in!! SO I fix under the eaves and if my banties cant get out THEN I can do the snap trap. WOW thanks guys, talking it out has made me realize my problem!! Still want ot do the locking bait station too!

 

[angry gary]

a rat can squeeze through a hole the size of a half dollar. if its head fits the rest of the body will fit.

AG