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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / December 2007There are Rats... and then there are RATS..:)
Hi everyone I just thought it was time we had some upliftment..(excluding sports bras girls) We have a resident Rat/s living in our walls. They are driving us nuts at night. They squabble and squeek. We bought a humane rat trap and Michael found one in it the other morning. We were soo relieved, thought the problem was fixed. NO such luck,... the noises have continued. Each night we bait the trap with peanut butter on rice crackers. I noticed on Monday morning that one piece was gone and questioned my sanity... but lo and behold this morning I checked again and now the trap is completely empty !!! The very resourceful buggers can come and go out of the trap LOL. Plan B anyone? and of course killing is not an option. Regards Kate > Hi everyone I just thought it was time we had some > upliftment..(excluding sports bras girls) We have a resident Rat/s [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > very resourceful buggers can come and go out of the trap LOL. Plan B > anyone? and of course killing is not an option. Love them as your own >> Hi everyone I just thought it was time we had some >> upliftment..(excluding sports bras girls) We have a resident Rat/s [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Love them as your own the problem is that they can chew wires and start fires. >>> Hi everyone I just thought it was time we had some >>> upliftment..(excluding sports bras girls) We have a resident Rat/s [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > the problem is that they can chew wires and start fires. Stake out the kitchen with a pellet gun at night. > Hi everyone I just thought it was time we had some upliftment..(excluding > sports bras girls) We have a resident Rat/s living in our walls. They [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Regards Kate LOL, traps designed by humans vrs rats.................. :-) What about leaving the rice crackers and just putting in the peanut butter? kind of blobbed in different bits of the trap, that way they can't grab it and run, maybe with them moving about and licking at it the trap will close? If that doesn't work, have you considered rat sized slippers, it may make them quieter :-) >> Hi everyone I just thought it was time we had some upliftment..(excluding >> sports bras girls) We have a resident Rat/s living in our walls. They [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > If that doesn't work, have you considered rat sized slippers, it may make > them quieter :-) LOL@Rat Slippers :)) The trap doesnt have any moving parts. its a cage arrangement with a tunnel they climb down and it gets narrower at the bottom ... hard to explain it.. Regards Kate >>> Hi everyone I just thought it was time we had some >>> upliftment..(excluding sports bras girls) We have a resident Rat/s [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > cage arrangement with a tunnel they climb down and it gets narrower at > the bottom ... hard to explain it.. I know the sort you mean - god only knows how they're managing to take the bait without getting caught. The only method I can think of is cooperation, and that's a bit of a stretch to imagine. It is important to get them out of the house though - pet rats are sitting ducks to infections from wild rats; they haven't got any resistance to the diseases which are common in the wild. I would tend to agree that a bait they can't carry away is more likely to be successful. Sweetened condensed milk is always popular, though a bit messy (it's what many scientists seem to use as rewards for lab rats in behavioural experiments). The trouble is that rats are so bright. Once they've learnt about a particular type of trap, you're unlikely to catch any more after the first one. You could try a different design of trap - there seem to be a few out there. Good luck. Rosemary > Hi everyone I just thought it was time we had some upliftment..(excluding > sports bras girls) We have a resident Rat/s living in our walls. They [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Regards Kate i have the same problem. if killing is not an option , i can tell you one thing *not* to do: don't buy ultrasonic rodent repelling devices. they may work for mice but they don't work at all for rats. i wasted my money on a three pack and they did not work at all. oh, i thought of something. try the sticky paper traps. i caught a rat with one a few years back. it was a baby. you can take the sticky trap outside and pour baby oil on it as a solvent. the animal will be released. just don't get your hands too close :) |
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