Anybody really good at exterminating rats?

[daddio202]

I own a cat and lots of cats hang around from neighboorhood! No use!! I have sat on my roof all night I have sat in my truck in front of house all night. I have never seen a single thing on surface around house. Only reason I know they are rats is cause of the 1 dead one and when this first began one chewed up into addition from floor sitting on lanai slab they somehow got between there and chewed hole in floor from bottom. Dog grabbed it cause it ran into her toy box but I yelled her name she spit it out and it ran back into hole.

 

[rwsmith]

They are too smart for their own good..

I tried all kinds of traps and that thing eluded them. I might have let him go had I caught him. I finally got some poison bait that comes in solid blue sticks. A few days and he was cacked in the middle of my living room floor. He was a cute guy, but he wouldn't cooperate so I had no choice.

 

[6518John]

Here is a Bedlington over a ferret. As you can see those ferrets are bad to the bone. I have a mountain feist, but have hunted over Patterdales, Jack Russell's, and the West Highland. You get any of those that are gamebred and they are bad boys. The problem, as you have experienced, is driving the rats from their hiding places.

You will need to get rid of every speck of poisions too--no responsible terrierman will take his animals anywhere near poisions.

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hDZyjDJh63U[/ame]

 

[Frank46]

Nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure. Ripley.

 

[WPWarhawk]

Ratzapper.com they work!

 

[susieqz]

poison they won't eat is worthless, but you can smear them with peanut butter to get some effect.
they do like JUST ONE BITE. that works best, but not as good as feral kitty.

 

[steelslaver]

I agree with the ferrets. Hey, they even make good house pets. I have had 2 of them at different times and they were a hoot to be around. They can be a bit mischievous and sometimes they can decide they like something and will pack it off and hide it. One of them feel in love with my wallet once.

 

[RobertJ.]

No experience exterminating them around home, but once, long ago, I was at a landfill (they were called garbage dumps in those days) and in one session, with a 9.5" Ruger Single-Six, I killed 21 rats with 22 shots.

No brag. Just fact.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Have you tried reasoning with them?

 

[vigil617]

Have you tried reasoning with them?

Careful with that! You'll only drive them to develop their own nuclear program and the intercontinental ballistic missiles to deliver 'em.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Have you tried reasoning with them?

This will not work if their leader is young, fat, ugly and has a really bad haircut.

John

 

[Rule3]

If you really really want to find out how to control your rat problem. Contact this man at the U of F IFAS. He is the MAN!

Your infestation, if as described may very well be of interest to him.

If not him one of the other many qualified people on the staff.

Dr Koehler as been the pest control expert for many years.

Philp Koehler - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

 

[bgrone]

misread

when I first read the opening line I read it as entertaining rats, I thought you were concerned about them being bored, but well nevermind.

 

[ladder13]

If you really really want to find out how to control your rat problem. Contact this man at the U of F IFAS. He is the MAN!

Your infestation, if as described may very well be of interest to him.

If not him one of the other many qualified people on the staff.

Dr Koehler as been the pest control expert for many years.

Philp Koehler - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Yeah, but can he get rid of palmetto bugs?

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I had mice in an out building. Caught 14 of them in a trap baited with peanut butter and sunflower seed. I caught 2 at one time. I would put the seed in and then dab the peanut butter to make them a little harder to remove from the trap.

It worked for me on mice.

 

[S42N8]

Have you tried reasoning with them?

And don't negotiate a Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action with them.

 

[Rule3]

Yeah, but can he get rid of palmetto bugs?

Yes he can, but they are not Palmetto Bugs they are American or more common Australian ROACHES!

CRUNCHES as you call them!

Australians have the colored bands on their wings.

Excellent fliers also.

 

[Kenneth07ex]

Probably too little too late for your problem. But there's a reason that you see so many of those rodent control bait boxes outside most warehouses, and restaurants. Get some of those, and put em out, it might help. When you put out snap traps, you've got to listen for them to pop. Remove immediately, or you run the risk of training the rest, to stay away. For snap trap bait, I use tootsie roll. Chew it till it gets gooey, use small globs, the size of a pencil eraser, or smaller. Bigger gobs don't work as well, and sometimes keep the trap from killing. They love that stuff. Mice too! NEVER re use traps. They have the smell of death on them, and they're very unlikely to ever catch another rat. Although due to the expense of larger traps, some limited success has been achieved by boiling the used trap. YMMV
Good luck! And God bless.

 

[richardw]

we have several kitty cats in our yard-no rats or field mice, even with bird feeders.

Indeed, I have 2 cats and no mice, rats, or even squirrels. Rodents recognize threats by scent and they prefer to find a new home to being prey. Every once in a while I find a dead, half eaten field mouse in the field that is behind my house. Not sure my kitties are doing it, but is a comfort to know that some cats are keeping them at bay.

 

[Ranger514]

Get a Jack Russell Terrrier. Best ratter in the dog world, and a good companion as well.