The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Leahs Mom]

For whoever was needing to get rid of rats, try a Rat Zapper (google it, I had no luck trying to paste a link here). It runs on batteries and is very effective, just follow the directions precisely.

Always wondered if those would hurt the ears of the chickens.

ETA: Whoops...looks like you're talking about the traps rather than the electronic thingies Is this the one you've used? http://www.amazon.com/Rat-Zapper-RZ...TF8&qid=1389203711&sr=8-1&keywords=rat+zapper

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: better than a ski lift as the tram is like a mini bus hanging down with no drafts.

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[ChickChickChicky]

Always wondered if those would hurt the ears of the chickens.

ETA: Whoops...looks like you're talking about the traps rather than the electronic thingies Is this the one you've used? http://www.amazon.com/Rat-Zapper-RZ...TF8&qid=1389203711&sr=8-1&keywords=rat+zapper

Yes that's the type of Rat Zapper I have (mine is the Ultra, but basically the same), it is a chamber that becomes electrified (by batteries) when a rat or mouse enters it. I've found it to be quite effective (in the course of a week I got 11 mice and 2 rats). Might seem a little pricey, but honestly, how much time and money have you wasted on other methods that obviously haven't worked. It's portable, reusuable, non-poisonous, and it WORKS... fits the bill for me.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I wonder if it would be able to catch a weasel?

 

[ChickChickChicky]

I wonder if it would be able to catch a weasel?

A weasel might be too large to fit inside... they do say it works well on ground squirells

 

[ChickChickChicky]

I wish they had a Rat Zapper that was raccoon sized...........

 

[lazy gardener]

Sounds like a wonderful way to deal with rats!

 

[Shan30]

For whoever was needing to get rid of rats, try a Rat Zapper (google it, I had no luck trying to paste a link here). It runs on batteries and is very effective, just follow the directions precisely.

Thanks! I'll check it out!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I wish it could kill more than 1 a night. I have seen signs of mice in our small coop and we caught 1 in a standard trap. But something like this would be great since I would not need to see the mouse.

 

[ChickChickChicky]

I wish it could kill more than 1 a night. I have seen signs of mice in our small coop and we caught 1 in a standard trap. But something like this would be great since I would not need to see the mouse.

It will kill them as fast as you empty the trap. On mine, a light flashes on top when there's been a kill. If I pay attention to the trap and empty it as soon as I notice a kill, it's ready to zap the next one. I got mice all through the daytime hours. Though I only got rats overnight, I imagine they move around in daylight hours too (there are just WAY more mice than rats around here). They even sell a remote flashing light alert (called a "rat tail") so you can still see the light flashing even if you have to locate the actual trap in an inconvenient place.