Hellis Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Hi All, Best recommendations of pest/rat control along side chickens and other pets/wildlife. Thanks Hannah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Take the food and water in at night. Use bait boxes for rats if you have a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellis Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 yes we take it all in and try not to leave scraps out etc, but looking for suggestions of bait boxes to use alongside this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel84 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I personally don't like using bait boxes - we have a lot of other wildlife as well as neighbours cats and I would hate for them to be affected by eating a poisoned rat. I got myself an air rifle and kept on top of the population that way. I haven't seen a rat for a while now - quite effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 We have bait boxes from Amazon that hold a spring trap. We took away the poison versions. We have had most success with spring traps that were smeared with peanut butter and cheese and onion crisps. The bait boxes keep the traps safe from some wildlife, children, pets and your free-ranging chickens. Think ours are Roshield. We got the traps and boxes as a kit. If you do put traps down they have to stay down in the same place baited but unset for a few days until the rats consider them a safe food source. At that point you can set them and you should get the rat after a night or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...