How to get rid of a Rat?
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How to get rid of a Rat?
Woke in the middle of the night to the sound of small feet in my loft. Sounded larger than a mouse and didn’t sound like scratchy bird feet.
I’ve stuck my head up but didn’t see anything.
So what would you do next? Call to Rentokill? Borrow a neighbour’s cat?
I’ve stuck my head up but didn’t see anything.
So what would you do next? Call to Rentokill? Borrow a neighbour’s cat?
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
You’d be better off borrowing a good terrier. Far more effective with vermin in enclosed spaces.LoveCurryPies wrote:Woke in the middle of the night to the sound of small feet in my loft. Sounded larger than a mouse and didn’t sound like scratchy bird feet.
I’ve stuck my head up but didn’t see anything.
So what would you do next? Call to Rentokill? Borrow a neighbour’s cat?
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Send for Bosscat he has a solution to everyone's pest control problems.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
It could be a starling or Squirrel...
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deport owen coyle !
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Its probably a mouse! They sound alot louder than you would think. We had mice in our loft last year and they were a pain in the ass. Go to B & Q and buy the poison blocks and a couple of the plastic rentokil plastic snap traps. A bit of peanut butter on those and then dont check them for 3-4 days and hopefully you will have dead mice! It took 2 weeks to get rid of mine, I caught 3 in traps and they took the poison. Nothing since thank god!
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
I live next door to a woodland so we do see the occasional rat. How it’s got up into the roof is another thing.
Definitely sounded like a mouse or rat rather than a bird. Think your advice re buying some traps is good so thank you!
Definitely sounded like a mouse or rat rather than a bird. Think your advice re buying some traps is good so thank you!
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Most likely squirrel I'd say from the sound of it and my previous experience. Traps work sometimes. Squirrels are a pain; at least rats have a toilet area - squirrels just do it as they go and make a mess of more area. Less likely to be rats - they are not as inclined go vertical. Don't forget afterwards to try and stop recurrence - get any open areas sealed.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
I can lend a humane trap, I will remove any trapped animals if you are in or around Burnley.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Talking of pestsSteve1956 wrote:Send for Bosscat he has a solution to everyone's pest control problems.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Was expecting you to turn up at LCP's house with your Boomtown Rats 45 "rat trap"
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Council mate. Guy comes and lays bait in your loft. If taken they lace the bait and the next time it eats it itl f off and die wherever its come from
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
LoveCurryPies wrote:I live next door to a woodland so we do see the occasional rat. How it’s got up into the roof is another thing.
Definitely sounded like a mouse or rat rather than a bird. Think your advice re buying some traps is good so thank you!
No worries! If you buy the traps use peanut butter because it sticks to the plate and works everytime
I found the mice I had were using the gutter pipe and climbing in under the eaves. Ive since blocked of their entrance point
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Ask for fulham to win
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
I found chocolate buttons on a trap works best
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
I might catch the wife if I try that!Jel wrote:I found chocolate buttons on a trap works best
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Excellent bait.Jel wrote:I found chocolate buttons on a trap works best
Until you come home drunk and starving...
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Ever heard of like a rat up a drainpipe....LoveCurryPies wrote:I live next door to a woodland so we do see the occasional rat. How it’s got up into the roof is another thing.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Probably a squirrel. Will also probably chew threw the electrics.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Last house I owned we had mice in the loft. I put traps up there with peanut butter. I caught 24 mice before it went quiet. 23 were dead in the traps. 1 was still alive the following morning. A quick meeting with Mr Shovel soon fixed that.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
We had the same I thought rats but turned out to be squirrell, really hard to get rid of , I actually went out and got a load of smoke bombs smoked them out and cemented up where they came out
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Get Bolton to approach the rat and the rat will be gone and will take all his friends with him. He will go to a better house which is a lot more modern than yours and and ten years in front of yours. UTC
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
I used to have a pet rat called Elvis, great little chap. Unfortunately died,
He was caught in a trap!
On a serious note, we had them, if they sound like a rat they will be nice, if the sound like a cat it will be a rat
He was caught in a trap!
On a serious note, we had them, if they sound like a rat they will be nice, if the sound like a cat it will be a rat
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In Borough of Pendle, you can call out the council. The ratcatcher comes round and puts some poison down and you never see them again. Presumably you finish uo with some dead little creatures in the building somewhere, but they don't seem to leave a smell.LoveCurryPies wrote:Woke in the middle of the night to the sound of small feet in my loft. Sounded larger than a mouse and didn’t sound like scratchy bird feet.
I’ve stuck my head up but didn’t see anything.
So what would you do next? Call to Rentokill? Borrow a neighbour’s cat?
Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
How can you humanely release a house mouse, unless it's in someone else's house? They can't live in the wild.Lowbankclaret wrote:I can lend a humane trap, I will remove any trapped animals if you are in or around Burnley.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
There is no such thing as a house mouse.
I said I would remove it from his house.
The smell of a dead rat can linger for months.
Any animal removed will be humanely despatched.
I said I would remove it from his house.
The smell of a dead rat can linger for months.
Any animal removed will be humanely despatched.
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Surely a mouse that lives in a house is a house mouse? If not, how do you distinguish it from a mouse that lives outside?Lowbankclaret wrote:There is no such thing as a house mouse.
I said I would remove it from his house.
The smell of a dead rat can linger for months.
Any animal removed will be humanely despatched.
I dare say the dead rats smell can linger for months, but ours didn't. (Though they may have been mice, I suppose; we didn't see them - only traces of their visit.) Maybe they didn't live in the house but were just visiting, or perhaps the smell in the roof space goes up instead of down? We smelt nothing, anyway.
Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Q. How to get rid of a rat?
A. Watch Line Of Duty!
A. Watch Line Of Duty!
Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Execute them and all their family.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
You can get plug ins at most hardware stores that keep most vermin away.
Never had rats but had mice. Bought two, one for either end of the house, and we’ve never had one since.
Never had rats but had mice. Bought two, one for either end of the house, and we’ve never had one since.
Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Where's your waste pipe located?If it's boxed in internally then they could be finding a way through that if it's not sealed in properly
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I am just offering help.dsr wrote:Surely a mouse that lives in a house is a house mouse? If not, how do you distinguish it from a mouse that lives outside?
I dare say the dead rats smell can linger for months, but ours didn't. (Though they may have been mice, I suppose; we didn't see them - only traces of their visit.) Maybe they didn't live in the house but were just visiting, or perhaps the smell in the roof space goes up instead of down? We smelt nothing, anyway.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Barnoldswick is infested with Rats.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Lowbankclaret, thank you for the offer but I’m some distance away. I will try the traps and if that fails contact a specialist.Lowbankclaret wrote:I am just offering help.
Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone!
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
I find the best bait for traps is mini pork pies.LoveCurryPies wrote:Lowbankclaret, thank you for the offer but I’m some distance away. I will try the traps and if that fails contact a specialist.
Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone!
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
Cinderella Rockefella!Spijed wrote:Warfarin
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Lowbankclaret wrote:I find the best bait for traps is mini pork pies.
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
I think I've got a rat in my kitchen. What am I going to do?
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Re: How to get rid of a Rat?
I don't know if they are allowed in the UK but have had best results on rats with glue traps.