Such happy kitties I betThe bait itself is not too bad. It is when the dead flies start their decay that it can smell bad. These traps work greatView attachment 3369322
I just empty the stink contents into a big can and put out on rubbish pickup day or dig a deepish hole.
New trap is not a hit yet but sometimes it takes a few days to get going. I have a lot of those cat treat containersas I have been collecting them for a bit in hopes for a good use. The tall square style makes good for storing. So still remaining hopeful. May have to cut a V instead of drill a puka.
and got everything ready to so the feed out.
Found 3 eggs in the runs today...I think maybe the young'uns haven't quite figured out what the urge is all about. I think I may have missed the two since I hadn't looked on the other side of the coop the past few days. Luckily, it's naturally refrigerated, but boy were they muddy! Deployed one bucket trap and filled the holes the rats had dug along the fence line. Reconnected their water bucket to the auto filler hose and disconnected the heated water bucket for now, until next freeze. Cockerel Ertugrul is doing a great job rounding everyone up, along with Cockerel Rumi. They were last into the coop today. He has not tried to attack me at all lately.
Plus poo. It is still quite soggy.
The rats have tunneled enough that the ground is loose and saturated much lower than I expected when building their setups and pavers. I discovered after our last round of rains that the coops were almost level to the ground and their living area was a semi cemented 4” thick mixture of feed, poop, pine shavings and muddy water. It was a disgusting massively stinky mess. So since the weather is supposed to stay wet and nasty for at least the next 10 days…I knew I had to fix it. After all the cleaning, crawling in mud, and moving pens around…I’m hoping they will stay put and safe. They’re now up on cinder blocks and wrapped in tarps. 
