Question about RATS!!!! eeeeewwwwww

[that's*satyrical]

He won't be adding to any feral cat pops, he lives indoors only sneaks down to the basement from upstairs in the house, not from outside. He is a love bug too so it doesn't really need to be done to fix anything in his personality it is more of a smell thing... lol

 

[Southern by choice]

I thought this might be helpful. A vet friend told us a long time ago that you would have mice or rats but not both at the same time, he mentioned to us rats must have a water source! Mice can get their water from their food. Living in the country....there are always mice!
If you have rats you must get rid of their water source, and salt the area. For us we have changed all of our food storage bins (for the farm animals) to metal cans. The mice would chew through anything else. We also throw a black snake under the crawl space of the house to keep down the mice pop. down. I do not want mice in my house!! Our outdoor cats only seem to like to play and torment the mice, but they don't kill them.

The article below is very informative, there is a section that also explains a little about baiting and why sometimes that's not always successful. The biggest thing is water, RATS MUST HAVE WATER. Eliminate their water source and you'll get rid of the rats.

I had to "click and copy/search " over the whole thing to get it to come up. I'm not real computer savvy,as you can tell, so if anyone wants to fix it to make it easier that would be great.


[PDF]
Facts about Rats and Mice - Purdue e-Pubs - Purdue University
docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context.


OK- not pullin up- I'll see if my DH will fix it for me.....

 

[that's*satyrical]

I wonder if rats would go for antifreeze. You hear about dogs/cats drinking it accidentally & dieing because it is sweet. I wonder if a little dish of it would get rid of the pests? Just would have to be extra careful to keep the kittays from sneaking down.

 

[Alice Acres]

The water and rats comment just reminded me of a gross thing...

When we had the rat invasion, I used to find them dead floating in the stock tanks and 5 gallon water pails....that is just the nastiest
The only slightly good thing was it meant another one was DEAD.

 

[SkyWarrior]

I wonder if rats would go for antifreeze. You hear about dogs/cats drinking it accidentally & dieing because it is sweet. I wonder if a little dish of it would get rid of the pests? Just would have to be extra careful to keep the kittays from sneaking down.

Less humane than rat poison.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

I wonder if rats would go for antifreeze. You hear about dogs/cats drinking it accidentally & dieing because it is sweet. I wonder if a little dish of it would get rid of the pests? Just would have to be extra careful to keep the kittays from sneaking down.

Less humane than rat poison.

Thats what I was thinking.. If you're going to put something out that might harm the cat you should just put rait bait out. Just a brick or two and then make sure you get everything picked up when you let the cat back down there.

 

[greybeard]

.22 ratshot is foolproof and instant.

And while you're all debating the merits of the most humane way to deal with the hairy little flea infested, hanta virus carryin', bubonic plague middle man of a grain eatin little varmint.........Mr. Rat... I have a writ here says you're to stop forthwith. Now it's a rat writ, writ for a rat, and this is lawful service of the same.
POW!

 

[Hillsvale]

I thought this might be helpful. A vet friend told us a long time ago that you would have mice or rats but not both at the same time, he mentioned to us rats must have a water source! Mice can get their water from their food. Living in the country....there are always mice!
If you have rats you must get rid of their water source, and salt the area. For us we have changed all of our food storage bins (for the farm animals) to metal cans. The mice would chew through anything else. We also throw a black snake under the crawl space of the house to keep down the mice pop. down. I do not want mice in my house!! Our outdoor cats only seem to like to play and torment the mice, but they don't kill them.

The article below is very informative, there is a section that also explains a little about baiting and why sometimes that's not always successful. The biggest thing is water, RATS MUST HAVE WATER. Eliminate their water source and you'll get rid of the rats.

I had to "click and copy/search " over the whole thing to get it to come up. I'm not real computer savvy,as you can tell, so if anyone wants to fix it to make it easier that would be great.


[PDF]
Facts about Rats and Mice - Purdue e-Pubs - Purdue University
docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context.


OK- not pullin up- I'll see if my DH will fix it for me.....

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=agext

 

[Southern by choice]

Thanks Hillsvale!