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I have a rat/mouse in my house
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:40 pm
So this things is moving and getting into food in pantries and even on the counters at times. I have several sticky traps down and can't find to catch this little b*stard. My wife (No pics) is about to move out at this point. Any suggestions ?
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Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:40 pm to Ghost Hog
You have rats in your house
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:41 pm to Ghost Hog
Get a cat
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:42 pm to Ghost Hog
Can we get some pics of your wife? Might have a place for her.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:43 pm to Ghost Hog
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My wife
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:43 pm to Ghost Hog
Get rid of the sticky trap. Get one of the zap traps by Viktor from Lowes. Put some peanut butter in the trap.
Fail proof and a clean way to get rid of them. You're welcome.
Fail proof and a clean way to get rid of them. You're welcome.
This post was edited on 12/14/22 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:44 pm to Ghost Hog
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Any suggestions ?
Old school traps (wooden base with spring-loaded bar) are the way to go.
I tried those newer ones that trap them inside and they never fell for it.
Put some peanut butter on two of the old school traps and killed two of those bastards in one night. Haven’t had a problem since.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:49 pm to Ghost Hog
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Posted byMessageGhost HogI have a rat/mouse in my house
Why is Taylor Swift at your house?
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:50 pm to Ghost Hog
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Any suggestions ?
Yes, secure your soap. They'll come for that soon.
I've had good luck with basic Victor traps and peanut butter. The problem is that you'll just keep catching rats. Get a cat and the rats will stop coming into the house.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:52 pm to Ghost Hog
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Sticky traps
Made the mistake of using these once. Don’t run the Roomba. Terrible mess and almost ruined the Roomba too.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:53 pm to Ghost Hog
The old fashioned break a mouse's back snap traps are still the best. A little peanut butter bait and put it near the food they're getting after.
This post was edited on 12/14/22 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:54 pm to Ghost Hog
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have several sticky traps down
Get a real trap and place it along the baseboards and under the sink
Figure out where they are coming in and out and plug the hole.
Use peanut butter as bait, don’t use cheese
Posted on 12/14/22 at 10:55 pm to Ghost Hog
Get a rat snake.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:02 pm to Ghost Hog
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have a rat/mouse in my house
Throw a couple water moccasins in the attic.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:03 pm to Ghost Hog
I have a small dog and worry about the spring loaded traps or poison. The wife won't have a cat, and the dog wouldn't be very happy either.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:05 pm to Ghost Hog
Put the trap on the counter, not the floor. They are smart and you have to put it where they don’t expect it.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:06 pm to Ghost Hog
1) old school victor rat traps.
2) Peanut butter is fine, but use Slim Jim beef jerky. Rats can lick off that peanut butter w/o springing the trap. W/ the Slim Jim, it has that membrane around it, so they'll have to pull at it eat it. Much, much higher kill rate. Make sure before you put it on the trap that you squeeze some of the oil out and use it like a paint brush all over the trap. Really get that scent out.
3) Very important; When you set the traps, make that it is perpendicular and up against the wall of where you're going to set them, even places like under your sink. Make sure that the springing action is going towards that wall, because rats run along edges, and this will mean a quick kill. A whole lot less likely that you either miss it or just get its legs.
4) 100% do not use poison.
I've had my own pest control company for 14 years and have been in the business for 20.
Hope this helps:)
2) Peanut butter is fine, but use Slim Jim beef jerky. Rats can lick off that peanut butter w/o springing the trap. W/ the Slim Jim, it has that membrane around it, so they'll have to pull at it eat it. Much, much higher kill rate. Make sure before you put it on the trap that you squeeze some of the oil out and use it like a paint brush all over the trap. Really get that scent out.
3) Very important; When you set the traps, make that it is perpendicular and up against the wall of where you're going to set them, even places like under your sink. Make sure that the springing action is going towards that wall, because rats run along edges, and this will mean a quick kill. A whole lot less likely that you either miss it or just get its legs.
4) 100% do not use poison.
I've had my own pest control company for 14 years and have been in the business for 20.
Hope this helps:)
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:07 pm to Ghost Hog
Real spring loaded traps ... But put them inside a cardboard box with one end cut out... when it snaps the rat...just pick the box up and discard
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:15 pm to Ghost Hog
quote:About once a year we’ll get a mouse in the pantry. I move everything off the bottom shelf except the old school spring trap.
Put some peanut butter on two of the old school traps
I put peanut butter and a short piece of slim Jim on the PB. Works every time. Sometimes just the PB doesn’t work.
Don’t know about rats.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:26 pm to Ghost Hog
Screw sticky traps, get a real man's rat trap. The old fashioned kind. Put a spoonful of peanut butter on the trigger plate and put several around the perimeter of the room you see them in the most.
If they trip one and don't get caught, change the location of that trap because they won't go back that way again for a while. A good spot to set some is next to or behind the refrigerator. It's usually a narrow space that they have to navigate through to get around.
Like Fr33 said, there's probably more than one or two rats. Keep setting traps until you don't catch any more.
They are getting in somehow, and they leave a scent trail. You need to find the ingress and block it off.
If they trip one and don't get caught, change the location of that trap because they won't go back that way again for a while. A good spot to set some is next to or behind the refrigerator. It's usually a narrow space that they have to navigate through to get around.
Like Fr33 said, there's probably more than one or two rats. Keep setting traps until you don't catch any more.
They are getting in somehow, and they leave a scent trail. You need to find the ingress and block it off.
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