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[superjules]

God I am dreading ever finding evidence of a rat! They are my phobia. I have been contemplating getting some poison anyway and laying it behind the shed where the dog and chooks can't get it.

 

Am I right in thinking I am less likely to have a rat problem because I have a dog?

[Treekeeper]

No they don't care if you've got dogs or not. I've got two, dogs not rats and quite frequently the Border Collie chases one of the little blighters, never catches 'em though wish I still had one of my terriers they were monster rat killers, and as I live inthe middle of the country side with a river on one side and a canal on the other I don't suppose we will ever get rid of 'em completely at least they don't live in the garden!!

[Guest]

:dance:

Result!

The traps really do seem to be most effective (if the rat uses them properly ) and at least you know they've gone, unlike the poison whereby you only guess they've gone because you haven't seen them around for a while!

 

I worked in a really old building, it was around 1992 ish, and they had rats under the floor. They called in rentokil who put down poison. A cple of weeks later, the most horrendous smell filled the office. They deduced it was coming from a dead rat. Not helped because the heating pipes were under the floor too! They called rentokil again who couldn't locate it for days and we had to put up with smell

 

I was only in my early 20s and too scared to stage a walk out It's a smell I will never forget and is unlike anything else you will ever smell.

 

I s'pose what I'm saying is, if you poison them, they may die where you can't get to them, you REALLY don't want that stench anywhere near you, trust me!

[Egluntyne]

Generally they go back to their nest to die.

 

Chances are it will be somewhere in the garden.

 

You could be unlucky though as it could be under your floorboards and as Poet says.....not a pleasant aroma.

[The Dogmother]

You ca get poison that dehydrates the corpse and avoids the smell. Dead mouse smell isn't too good either.

[Guest]

Generally they go back to their nest to die.

 

Chances are it will be somewhere in the garden.

 

You could be unlucky though as it could be under your floorboards and as Poet says.....not a pleasant aroma.

 

I was thinking of under the shed or some people have rats under their decking don't they?

 

Anyway, I'm off, me and rat threads don't mix.

 

ttfn

[BERTIE MCSQUIRTY]

rat no 2 caught today in the trap using the chocolate cake .

 

i rang the rat man to see if it was ok to put in the bin as disposal as i wasnt sure (answer: only if it has not been poisoned and then to place in plastic bag and he will collect)

 

anyway the frightening thing is he told me was that if you have one rat then you can mulitply this by 20 for a more accurate number of what you have

[The Dogmother]

That's probbaly not far off the mark - they breed very fast and are quick to reach sexual maturity too.

[Egluntyne]

You must let Sainsbury's know how popular their chocolate cake is!

[Leicester_H]

Haven't seen rat again, and neighbours cat is far less interested in the area where we saw it, so fingers crossed, s/he's gone.

 

Rat man came back today. Said rat had taken waxed food block. Left a little more poison at other end of garden (near small hole in fence) - behind a brick, but its safe with chickens (he assurred me).

He couldn't see any signs of rats and thinks we're clear.

 

Council were excellent.

 

Thanks for all your interest/advice, H