alison Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Help! I can see that something has been burrowing under my fox proof netting of my flytesofancy protection pen. I have got slabs on top of the wire on the outside and some on the inside as well, but there is evidence of burrowing in at least 4 places. Is this rats? I can't put traps down as I have three Burmese cats. All help and advice gratefully received. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Hi Alison, have you seen the info Egluntine supplied that's in the FAQ section (Chickens section of FAQ)?? viewtopic.php?f=42&t=25900&view=unread#unread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisdog Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 We tried rat traps (live catch and dead) with no luck, the problem got quite bad, so we switched to pison. We bought a bait box for about £11 from Countrywide and some TomCat poison blocks for about £18, the bait fits on a spike in the baitbox so only rats can get at it, no birds/cats etc can. We saw the bait was eaten after a few days, and rat sightings and burrowing activity tailed off. We also took the food away at night so they would eat the poison instead. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Thank you! I should look before I post! A very useful lot of information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
