rats

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

 

You've already paid for your Environmental Health Services through your Council tax payments. They are required by Law to respond and should deal with this to your satisfaction.

 

The stuff they used (when I called them in for rats in my back garden years ago) is laid in the runs and designed to be carried back to the den where communal grooming ensures they are all wiped out.

 

Give them a call, might be helpful to know where yours are coming from.

 

Thay come from the railway line thats right next to my loft

 

 

 

 

 

[blaz]

gin traps will wipe them out but cant be set if cats are around box over hole gin trap inside will work  

[Guest Freebird]

If using the poison you have to alternate between blue and red blocks each year and as Les mentioned they are nailed to a peice of wood ( heavier than a rat ). They are quite expensive but I assure you they do work. Trap is best and cheapest in the long run and you know what you've killed. I use both as we are in farmland. If you want a bit of sport get an air rifle, some bait and a light source. The secret is to leave the light on and the rats will get used to it then just pick them off as they aproach the bait.

[blaz]

rats eat poison then lets other rats know whot it ate soon know not to eat rats got more brains than we give credit seen tests done

[blaz]

frankdooman 10 out of10 go to top of class

[Guest Freebird]

rats eat poison then lets other rats know whot it ate soon know not to eat rats got more brains than we give credit seen tests done

What if they grass about the traps(evil)(evil)(evil)(evil)(evil)(evil)Heard it all now!!!

[ChrisMaidment08]

more to point when they tell all mates you topped one of them ;D ;D ;D

[Guest Freebird]

Am gonna get you " You dirty rat, you " Ahahahahahahahaha!

[Chairman]

tried the glue rat pads and they dissappeared overnight, somewhat perplexed as to what had happened, I was walking the dog

several days later in the local park and I got my answer a black tomcat was wearing them on his front paws he looked like a scuba diver.

luckily I spotted a squirell a few days later trying to get into the loft, a few tasty peanuts marinated in some antifreeze did the trick the

little blighter has not been seen since.If rats access your lofts and cannot find corn available they will kill your birds no doubt about it.

If the floor is being targeted line the floor with tin sheet and then place some 6mm ply on the top, if you get a *expletive removed* rat with pups to feed

she will kill your birds for the sake of killing, then when the pups can leave the burrow she will bring them with her and the will kill every

bird in the loft, I experienced this when I kept my birds on farmland many years ago.

Good luck but keep on top of your problem, I wish you well.

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

I would just like to say THANK YOU to everyone who replyed to this post and sent me pm's think the problem is now solved   not had any sign of the little buggers for 2 days now so I hope thats the end of them Thanks again guy's   :)

[Guest Freebird]

That's good news but stay alert and always have something on the go especially in the cold long nights of winter.

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

That's good news but stay alert and always have something on the go especially in the cold long nights of winter.

 

will do going to see the guy up the road with the ferrets and get the bedding of him and put it round the fence

[Roland]

Well Allen, you post is undoubtedly 110% correct. The main problem, as I see it, most folks don't even like, let alone handle a dead rat, let alone a live one. When they stand up on it's hind legs and snals and spits at you, it ids very off putting.

[the pigeon_milker]

try and trap one then ya know if it rats and not mink or somthing rats don't need a big hole and mink wont eat peas you need to know whats doing it first then deal with them most prob is rats but make sure first i think trapping is better you don't want a dead rat rotting near by just my opinion

[Guest]

I think the mistake people make with rodents is just putting some poison down for a few weeks and then thinking they have got rid of them all,that is never the case,you will never get rid of them entirely,all you can hope to do is keep the numbers down to an acceptable level whereby they arent in sufficient numbers to be a problem.I have never had rats in my lofts (touch wood) but I do run a stables on a farm and my customers coment on the fact it is the only place they have been on where they never see a rat,the reason for that is that I keep bait down in various areas 365 days a year so the numbers are kept right down,hence they don't see any but rest assured they are there!

[cemetary]

They really give me the heebie jeebies, i have also heard about guys finding the holes where they are and putting fine broken glass down the hole, they cut thereselfs, then they start to eat there paws, i dont no if this works though.

[REDROCKET]

once you get rid of them you should put your loft up on blocks this reduces there hiding places. ps thats assuming its not allready. good luck

[Guest]

why cant gin traps be set when cats are around protecting your birds from vermin and the odd cat gets a wack thats life the cat was somewhere it should not be and is not wellcome lifes a *expletive removed* and then you marry one!!!!!!!!!!

[cemetary]

Frank, they are illegal i think mate.

[Guest]

no! not for vermin

[cemetary]

I have never heard that they still get used for vermin, well thats another thing i have learned the day.  ;D

[Guest IB]

no! not for vermin

 

I think you'll find they are illegal. They are deemed inhumane.

[Guest]

so if they are illegal then how can they advertise/sell them as vermin traps as for bieng inhumane ian what is humane about rats/cats eating your birds alive wait till you see the after math of a plague of rats moving thrpugh your loft not a nice site and i for one will do what is nec. to protect my birds

[Guest IB]

I still think Environmental Health should be given a call. If rats have suddenly appeared from the railway line (Bathgate line?) then the chances are that the ground works all along that line in the last year has decanted thousands of them to pastures new ... i.e. to adjoining land, affecting more than just yourself.

 

Network Rail has same neighbour responsibilities as every other landowner  - if the infestation is from their operations, 'polluter pays' for the clean-up. Environmental Health would enforce it. It would also help if they knew the scale of the problem.

[Guest]

dont disagree ian some will try  various ways what ever works for you