Xenia's Chickens :
MMPoultryFarmSet him in a trash bag duct tap a small piece of hose inside it run that into your tail pipe and block the hole some I use an old rag. the rat will fall asleep painlessly and never wake us :
Please don't do that! I don't want want rats in my barn either, but it really isn't necessary to torture them.
Modern cars (especially in California) produce almost no carbon monoxide because of the emission control equipment. The only thing coming out of that tailpipe is boiling hot exhaust gas-not exactly quick and painless.
Glue traps aren't pleasant either. The glue doesn't kill the rat- it dies of starvation/dehydration/exposure. If it tries to escape, its skin or fur will rip out.
An old fashioned Victor snap trap, properly set, is instant and painless. A gun is OK, too, if you can handle it safely. You can also buy a Havahart "humane" trap and feed your poison bait to the rat after it's caught so it doesn't drag the bait out where other animals can get at it, or die in the hole.
I gotta agree with this. I know it is a rat, but why does it deserve to suffer before dieing? Snap traps work great and are quick. Poison I would never use for multiple reasons. If any other animal gets a hold of the dead rat it will be poisoned too. Also, have you ever seen a rat die from poison bait? I have, it was horrible. Rats normally follow the wall, so that is the best place to set the snap trap. You can even bait it for a couple of nights without setting it. That way the rat will get use to it and feel more comfortable walking into it. This will increase your chances of catching it. I would use peanut butter, or something they have to work at getting, not something that can be grabbed and ran away with. As for the marks, I really do not think it is a snake, but I also don't think it was the rat. Without seeing the tracks myself I really don't know what they are. I have no idea how big and deep they are.
