F’n rats

[Alchase]

I used Victor Trapper T-Rex traps with peanut butter in the bait spot. Work great!

I always wanted to get a couple of Rat Terriers and let them go to town. Every six months or so, my uncle would have this guy with a pack of 6 ratters (some rat terriers and some Jack Russels) and let them go ballistic in his barn. We would sit up in the loft and watch the mayhem. Snap, shake, and on to the next one, 

[vandeman17]

We have caught a handful of rats in our rental house using this method https://fivegallonideas.com/bucket-mouse-trap/

[pianoman9701]

We live very close to a feed mill. The two outside cats are proven hunters. Unfortunately, sometimes they bring their catch in the house and drop it, still alive. I, too, hate rats.

[Ridgeratt]

This is rich!! 


https://www.amazon.com/HUX-EYE-Window-Entrances-Anti-escape/dp/B01LX505F0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01LX505F0&pd_rd_r=4YTM7MSBTK1F1724QPDE&pd_rd_w=xPJL6&pd_rd_wg=1EN6s&psc=1&refRID=4YTM7MSBTK1F1724QPDE&linkCode=ll1&tag=bubabamousetrap-20&linkId=41047aa8299ce65ba9dcb538b0da444c

A humane trap and then the disposal method.


This trap is a “humane” trap – meaning it doesn’t kill the mice. You’ll have to drive them out to the landfill or something to release them. Or feed them to your snake.

It’s also the best performing humane trap on the market, although it still doesn’t perform quite as well as kill traps do. If you want to try it out,

[Fastass350]

We have caught a handful of rats in our rental house using this method https://fivegallonideas.com/bucket-mouse-trap/

Oh yes the good ol 5 gallon bucket, my wife made one once and it sold me on it. I have one down at the shop but it doesn’t work as well as hers did

[TheSkyBuster]

Last years Norway:

I should get him back from the taxidermist by Christmas. 

 

[Fastass350]

Well I didn’t kill him last night evidently, checked in there tonight and couldn’t find him, then finally started hearing him thump. Found him inside a box with some small pots. That was fun since the box was not holding together well. Slid plywood underneath and a Rubbermaid lid on top and took it outside, wife slowly opened the box til we saw him. Clearly the 22 bird shot isn’t quite enough for them unless it’s point blank. But he’s gone now.

[2MANY]

A massive old groaner with a huge whisker rack.

[wadu1]

Better get that one scored it has B&C potential. Better yet get with @rasbo and get a thong made out of it!!

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Oh my! The old.thong .....  That was hilarious. 

[hunter399]

Well I didn’t kill him last night evidently, checked in there tonight and couldn’t find him, then finally started hearing him thump. Found him inside a box with some small pots. That was fun since the box was not holding together well. Slid plywood underneath and a Rubbermaid lid on top and took it outside, wife slowly opened the box til we saw him. Clearly the 22 bird shot isn’t quite enough for them unless it’s point blank. But he’s gone now.

Think that's a wood rat ,when they have fur on the tail.

[nwwanderer]

Bushy tailed wood rats are great fun, especially if someone else has them

[ThomMedic]

Just my two cents. I have seen what antifreeze can do to humans and animals. in our house. I began hearing rats between the walls. I would knock on the walls - that had no effect on them. So I scratched on the walls like another animal predator. That stopped them for a few hours but continued on. So, I dropped poison pellets through the electric outlets along the walls. That helped for a few years, but that became ineffective. Then I put a small bowl of antifreeze in the attic away from any pets. That was about four years ago - gone.

[Goshawk]

Use the old style rat traps or other traps, not poison bates.  The sick rats and mice stumble around outside and get eaten by owls and hawks.  Now you just killed the two things that were helping to keep their numbers down in the fist place. That's why old barns had owl shelves built into the roof line.  Just one barn owl feeding half a dozen chicks can go through two dozen mice/voles in one day. 

[link]

My two cents. You're feeding your cat too much.