Rodent problem resolved
Originally Posted by wu!
My tomcat trap has a little round bin for bait. I put the peanut butter or jelly in the bin and set the trap. I also set the trap along a wall since rats tend to run along walls due to their bad eyesight. Be patient. Just last night, a rat ate all the dog food bait in the trap around the jelly without triggering the trap. Sometimes this happens. But eventually the rodent gets greedy and triggers the trap.
If the rat keeps coming back to the same area, say the kitchen, you will see rat droppings and/or smell the rat urine. If they are chewing off plastic tops of containers, you will see the shredded tops and evidence the rat has been there. I would place the traps in that area.
If you want to know where the rats are entering your home, you can use a UV flashlight to spot the urine at the outside of your home. That's where they enter. Rats only need a small opening to get in b/c they can compress their bodies to small sizes to squeeze through.
Good luck. I'm hoping to catch #8 tonight. :-)
If the rat keeps coming back to the same area, say the kitchen, you will see rat droppings and/or smell the rat urine. If they are chewing off plastic tops of containers, you will see the shredded tops and evidence the rat has been there. I would place the traps in that area.
If you want to know where the rats are entering your home, you can use a UV flashlight to spot the urine at the outside of your home. That's where they enter. Rats only need a small opening to get in b/c they can compress their bodies to small sizes to squeeze through.
Good luck. I'm hoping to catch #8 tonight. :-)
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Originally Posted by wrxguy
wu sounds like a professional rat catcher haha. forget tigers and lions
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Originally Posted by motoracr22
The airbox on my BMW caught one. The little poison pellets were in there too. His nest was the hood insulation.
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Originally Posted by glenspen
Instead of 'registered user', underneith your name it should say 'Rat Killer'
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Originally Posted by Roo
Why would you want to be proud of killing a Rat??
They left lots of rat poo and caused many sleepless nights running around my attic and ventilation system. They also cause my dog to bark at them which has greatly annoyed my neighbors. Last year, they also nested inside the control drawer of my outdoor hot-tub. It smells like urine inside there. The rats also eat up my dog's food when he's not looking. I now lock up the dog food at night.
I only wish I had found out about this trap last year and killed many more. I don't have to roll out the welcome mat to these pests, and they are not going to stop invading my home and yard, and I am not going to stop killing them.
Last edited by wu!; Jun 30, 2006 at 09:12 AM. Reason: grammar
Originally Posted by wu!
Because they are nasty pests. Last year, they got into my kitchen and chewed off the tops of boxes and chewed up plastic bags to get food.
They left lots of rat poo and caused many sleepless nights running around my attic and ventilation system. They also cause my dog to bark at them which has greatly annoyed my neighbors. Last year, they also nested inside the control drawer of my outdoor hot-tub. It smells like urine inside there. The rats also eat up my dog's food when he's not looking. I now lock up the dog food at night.
I only wish I had found out about this trap last year and killed many more. I don't have to roll out the welcome mat to these pests, and they are not going to stop invading my home and yard, and I am not going to stop killing them.
They left lots of rat poo and caused many sleepless nights running around my attic and ventilation system. They also cause my dog to bark at them which has greatly annoyed my neighbors. Last year, they also nested inside the control drawer of my outdoor hot-tub. It smells like urine inside there. The rats also eat up my dog's food when he's not looking. I now lock up the dog food at night.
I only wish I had found out about this trap last year and killed many more. I don't have to roll out the welcome mat to these pests, and they are not going to stop invading my home and yard, and I am not going to stop killing them.
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Originally Posted by SilverBlitzkeig
Well said! I am most def. an animal lover but not when they are trashing my house and pooping and peeing everywhere,my whole kitchen smells like a freakin sewer thankx to this stupid rat.When i catch that sucker hes getting the thrid eye!
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damn. now the bigger ones are gone too.....
at this rate you'll start catching cats too :rotfl:
at this rate you'll start catching cats too :rotfl:
Last edited by rau; Jul 3, 2006 at 04:26 PM.
