rats!!!!

[EAGLEOWL]

me best rat catcher

[Adam Gray]

ok im actualy scared of rats, i know males sould not be but i am!!! i ahve seen tons of mice in my loft!! but they will not kill a pigeon right, i have a mouse trap but no catches il see if i can find a rat trap!!! but i might not find one, btw i took the nest mate into the yb section wich is new and sapatate from the real loft,

 

YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE RATS OR MICE ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR BIRDS. Mice will kill your pigeons not by eating them but with samonella affeting your pigeons in the various forms.  I don't know what part of the country you are in ! ask local farmers if they know any ratters in the area. You have to be proactive find the holes get yourself a generator attach a hose pipe to the exhaust pop down a hole and flush them out. Kill them before they kill your birds. Take them out with a garden spade.

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

i put the green blocks of poison under the loft a few days ago,

[Guest]

me best rat catcher

 

THATS A YOUNG OWL THAT IS IT NOT ITS NOT EVEN MOULTED ITS DOWN YET

[EAGLEOWL]

 

THATS A YOUNG OWL THAT IS IT NOT ITS NOT EVEN MOULTED ITS DOWN YET

 

your right but old picture hes now two years old still me best rat catcher ;D ;D ;D

 

 

[Roland]

 

YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE RATS OR MICE ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR BIRDS. Mice will kill your pigeons not by eating them but with samonella affeting your pigeons in the various forms.  I don't know what part of the country you are in ! ask local farmers if they know any ratters in the area. You have to be proactive find the holes get yourself a generator attach a hose pipe to the exhaust pop down a hole and flush them out. Kill them before they kill your birds. Take them out with a garden spade.

 

Rats are rare in Canada as you well know, they are actually Banned there, we should do the same I guess.

Raccoons etc. are tolerated by most, as they are night creatures and ...

[DOVEScot]

 

YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE RATS OR MICE ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR BIRDS. Mice will kill your pigeons not by eating them but with samonella affeting your pigeons in the various forms.  I don't know what part of the country you are in ! ask local farmers if they know any ratters in the area. You have to be proactive find the holes get yourself a generator attach a hose pipe to the exhaust pop down a hole and flush them out. Kill them before they kill your birds. Take them out with a garden spade.

 

We live on the edge of the country and it would be impossible to eradicate everything that is a carrier of ailments

[carl]

Im bringing this thread back to see if anyone has any other ideas how to rid of rats,at the end of the racing season we all start banging,building new lofts etc and also about 30 foot away from my allotment they have just clearded old allotments to put a new road through.back to the thread i have started to notice signs or rats getting into my garden leaving there mess on my paths etc,i have been putting posion down for 2 weeks now but still finding signs of rats,im using a spring trap and getting a few in there...my lofts are secure but im terrified they will get in,im also scared i will carry something bad into loft on my feet,as they carry alssorts....anymore help on this subject people

[Guest]

JUST KEEP SETTING TRAPS AND PUTTING POISON DOWN ALL THE TIME

[DOVEScot]

New one to me the other day

Fill a barrel with water for rats or a pale for mice......keep the water sufficient enough below the top, put oats or other floating food to attract them on the top of the water. They go in thinking it is solid and end up being trapped or drowned :-/

[EAGLEOWL]

Im bringing this thread back to see if anyone has any other ideas how to rid of rats,at the end of the racing season we all start banging,building new lofts etc and also about 30 foot away from my allotment they have just clearded old allotments to put a new road through.back to the thread i have started to notice signs or rats getting into my garden leaving there mess on my paths etc,i have been putting posion down for 2 weeks now but still finding signs of rats,im using a spring trap and getting a few in there...my lofts are secure but im terrified they will get in,im also scared i will carry something bad into loft on my feet,as they carry alssorts....anymore help on this subject people

 

carl this happened to me many years ago when they turned a wild field over to make a playing field for us kids ,all our gardens became infested with rats we were killing rats for fun shooting them flame thrower you name it we did it ,our garden had many beeding plants we would watch them carrying their bedding round the garden ,they then enterd the loft killing many birds in the end the loft had to come down sadest day of me life as a kid.as for carrying anything into the loft ,try having a pair of shoes trainers etc you can keep for just inside the loft then change on leaving loft that way you would be sure not to carry anything into the loft.

 

carl if you have birds on allotment why not try using a natural rat killer like placing a owl box on your allotments to encourage owls to take up home ,you might be lucky and get a pair of tawny owl move in ,these will help keep down vermin around the lofts for you .

 

all you can do is keep trying to kill them,but as we found out its nearly impossible no matter when you kill one along comes another

 

 

[DOVEScot]

 

carl this happened to me many years ago when they turned a wild field over to make a playing field for us kids ,all our gardens became infested with rats we were killing rats for fun shooting them flame thrower you name it we did it ,our garden had many beeding plants we would watch them carrying their bedding round the garden ,they then enterd the loft killing many birds in the end the loft had to come down sadest day of me life as a kid.as for carrying anything into the loft ,try having a pair of shoes trainers etc you can keep for just inside the loft then change on leaving loft that way you would be sure not to carry anything into the loft.

 

Aye maybe an eagle owl would solve all your problems ;D ;D ;D

carl if you have birds on allotment why not try using a natural rat killer like placing a owl box on your allotments to encourage owls to take up home ,you might be lucky and get a pair of tawny owl move in ,these will help keep down vermin around the lofts for you .

 

all you can do is keep trying to kill them,but as we found out its nearly impossible no matter when you kill one along comes another

 

 

 

[EAGLEOWL]

 

 

he better start racing tigers if eagle owls move in  ;D  ;D  ;D

[DOVEScot]

 

he better start racing tigers if eagle owls move in  ;D  ;D  ;D

 

You hardly look like you could tackle a pussy never mind catch a tiger lying like that, more likely to catch the cold ;D ;D ;D

[EAGLEOWL]

 

You hardly look like you could tackle a pussy never mind catch a tiger lying like that, more likely to catch the cold ;D ;D ;D

 

i will have you know its taken years to build a body like this ,my wife says its a temple might be ruins but what a body ;D  ;D  ;D

 

 

[carl]

 

carl this happened to me many years ago when they turned a wild field over to make a playing field for us kids ,all our gardens became infested with rats we were killing rats for fun shooting them flame thrower you name it we did it ,our garden had many beeding plants we would watch them carrying their bedding round the garden ,they then enterd the loft killing many birds in the end the loft had to come down sadest day of me life as a kid.as for carrying anything into the loft ,try having a pair of shoes trainers etc you can keep for just inside the loft then change on leaving loft that way you would be sure not to carry anything into the loft.

 

carl if you have birds on allotment why not try using a natural rat killer like placing a owl box on your allotments to encourage owls to take up home ,you might be lucky and get a pair of tawny owl move in ,these will help keep down vermin around the lofts for you .

 

all you can do is keep trying to kill them,but as we found out its nearly impossible no matter when you kill one along comes another

 

 

thanks for that one,I have flown from this allotment for 4 seasons now and only ever saw 1 rat passing through very old,now in the space of 3 weeks infested VERY BAD at the moment.Theres another 26 lofts on our gardens so im sure all will be having problems,im on the outer wall nearest to the new road and noticed the rats from the off.I fly pigeons quite well and am affraid this could ruin my chances unless i rid of these vermin FAST..

 

thanks for the help people

[DOVEScot]

 

thanks for that one,I have flown from this allotment for 4 seasons now and only ever saw 1 rat passing through very old,now in the space of 3 weeks infested VERY BAD at the moment.Theres another 26 lofts on our gardens so im sure all will be having problems,im on the outer wall nearest to the new road and noticed the rats from the off.I fly pigeons quite well and am affraid this could ruin my chances unless i rid of these vermin FAST..

 

thanks for the help people

 

Try this site for traps http://www.trap-man.com

[Guest]

I don't know if its been mentioned before, but anything like a rat infestation should be brought to the attention of your local council [environmental health] had a problem during no-pigeons days around 20 years ago, they came out, identified runs and laid down poison. Our garden adjoined derelict railway land in those days.

[DOVEScot]

I don't know if its been mentioned before, but anything like a rat infestation should be brought to the attention of your local council [environmental health] had a problem during no-pigeons days around 20 years ago, they came out, identified runs and laid down poison. Our garden adjoined derelict railway land in those days.

 

Depends if your council or neighbours are pigeon friendly, would be a great excuse to get rid of lofts if the thought there was a rat infestation

[carl]

I don't know if its been mentioned before, but anything like a rat infestation should be brought to the attention of your local council [environmental health] had a problem during no-pigeons days around 20 years ago, they came out, identified runs and laid down poison. Our garden adjoined derelict railway land in those days.

 

Hi bruno i did phone the local council and they sent someone straight out the nextday,the chap gave me some poision i already had.How long does this poision take to work as its now been 2 weeks and still signs.I have seen a drop in signs of these things..

[Guest]

When yi put poinson down you should also put down water as some of these poinsons make them look for water were they drink untill they actually burst open (puke)(puke)(puke)

[Guest]

 

Hi bruno i did phone the local council and they sent someone straight out the nextday,the chap gave me some poision i already had.How long does this poision take to work as its now been 2 weeks and still signs.I have seen a drop in signs of these things..

 

Its not instantaneous, I think the strategy is they take it back on themselves to the nest, then a bit of mutual grooming and the whole nest snuffs it. If they are still coming there's maybe further nests, so give environmental health a call again to let them know the problem is still there - they may search further afield for the source, and keep with the poison till they are all wiped out..  and make sure they have no reason to come about your place, no food scraps etc.