4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[alison]

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

[Hen Watch]

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

[Louisdog]

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

[alison]

Thank you! I should look before I post!

 

A very useful lot of information.