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I went to my car the other day and behind my garage was a trail of rat turds, and I mean a LOT. I swept them away and two days later they're back. Ok now I'm pissed, I look for any entries into my house and could'nt find any. I'm think he (or they) are getting into my neighbor's dog food they leave out all night. There's also a large empty lot next to me; perfect for varmits to hang out.No more than an hour later I'm on Amazon looking at my options. Traps are out, whether they be spring loaded, electric zappers, glue etc., they're a no-no because I have a big phobia over rats! Field mice I can deal with but rats? hell no!
So after a little research on youtube and other places I decided on bait traps. Ideal for me since they eat all the want and wobble off somewhere (hopefully far from me):
both traps for $22
and bait:peanut flavored no less; 4 lbs for $25
Amazon delivered both on the same day, I had them both loaded and placed outside that evening.
Next day I went to check and no bites although the trap had been moved out of it's place. I returned the trap and placed a large 10lb brick on top of it. Couple days later still no bites but more turds notcied. Hmmmmm I thought, time to re-evaluate. I decided to give the little guy a 'little help' so I crushed one of the bait blocks and poured it inside the trap by the opening (don't worry-no stray cats or dogs could get that far in)plus it's behind a fence far from any common area.
Well the next day I couldn't believe my eyes, One of the traps was dragged all the way across the side of the garage into the grass and the other (with the ten pound brick on top) was emptied and brick laid half way off it. Needless to say I was delighted, so I repeated the process and placed both traps where they were.
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At least they are not mice.
Rats tend to poop in a designated area but mice lack the appropriate sphincter muscles and thus continuously pee and poop wherever they go.
Otherwise less scary though.
"mice lack the appropriate sphincter muscles and thus continuously pee and poop wherever they go."
I did not know that. Ya see... THIS is why I come here - I learn stuff. LOL
:)
We had an infestation a decade or more ago. The damned things have sticky goo on their bellies and can climb walls and reproduce like mad. A rat only needs a hole the size of a quarter to get it in the house. We had one die in the bathroom wall, and that meant a complete gut job and remodel of the bathroom. They're nocturnal, so there was a lot of lost sleep. Sorry....I didn't mean to freak you out further.
The smartest thing I did was to call an exterminator. For $600 he rid the place and plugged every hole he could find from under the house to the roof. Never had a problem since....and I know my neighbors have.
See ya. Dave
Why else would they bring those turds back?
I came home today and the bait stations appeared untouched and zero turds on the concrete. You can see the huge brick I placed on top of the bait station, the other morning it was tossed aside and the bait station was 1/2 way in the grass. My wife thinks it was a raccoon; I said if it is it's a dead raccoon now. Actually I haven't seen a raccoon around here although I've seen possums and skunks. All of em' can help themselves as long as they ski-daddle their asses away from here.My guess is the rat(s) live in that old wood pile seen in the upper right of the photo, and on the other side of the fence my neighbor's dogs and dog food.
I guess I should cut the grass too lol.
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I had a Big Momma Rat some years ago that was coming to feed under the patio bird feeder. This was during my recreational shooting days. Silhouettes. Pigs at 100 yards, Sheep at 200. Creedmoor position.
Loaded my Dan Wesson .357 with the 10" Very Heavy Barrel with Snake Shot early one Sunday morning and waited, just inside the slightly ajar sliding screen.
Cuppla hundred tiny ball bearings at 1400' per second blew the shit out of that Rat.
I LOVE metalic Silhouette. I had a TINY set of targets used with my Pellet Pistol out in the back yard.
Real quiet and kept my eye sharp.
And am jealous of the Dan Wesson.
The DW is now made by CZ but no longer the variety of the original issue.
Too much is never enough
Just don't shoot at the cars in the garage. ;-)
we have baits in the roof space.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
I didn't eat them though,
I see these wild turkeys all over the place, maybe next thanksgiving.
Make sure to keep them rats outside.
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