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re: Infestation of Rats in attic
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:46 pm to Yeahbuddy35
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:46 pm to Yeahbuddy35
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What is the best way to kill the rats without ending up with a horrible smell of dead animals in the walls?
we had mice in our attic last year. pest control wanted something retarded like 3 grand to fix it. they said we had some sizeable holes around the roofline/attic where they could be getting in and our weepholes were too big. they wanted to fill those in some and fill the other "holes" and change out all of the insulation - which was obviously the big ticket item. wholly unneeded IMO. I bought some more mouse traps and filled them up in a few days. haven't heard/seen any sign of them since then. also shoved some copper mesh in the weepholes to try and prevent intrusion. 50 bucks?
I did try the bucket thing. there was mouse poop in the bucket but no mouse. so they were either hanging out eating the peanut butter and not spinning off or they were able to get down and back out of the bucket. WD-40 your spinning rod. and maybe do something to slick up the bucket.
but yeah. in my experience a few traps will take care of your issue unless it's a true infestation.
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Posted on 11/16/22 at 1:30 pm to junkfunky
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so I tossed Bob Ross up there for a few hours when she wasn't home. Bob is a complete pyscho
Posted on 11/16/22 at 4:05 pm to tgerb8
I had a business in downtown Tuscaloosa a number of years ago. A few doors down was a space that had been empty for probably 20 years. When it was sold and the contractor started doing demo we got a rat infestation. I mean rat, not a mouse. Things were probably 12" from nose to tail tip.
We bought some heavy duty snap traps that had a base made from a 1x4". Put out 4 one evening and returned the next morning to no traps. We never found them. I dont know where they went. We bought more traps and screwed them to the floor. You could hear that trap get triggered from 50 feet away. SNAP!!! Ended up killing 42 over the next 2 months.
We also found that a small tootsie roll squeezed onto the trigger, then covered with a little peanut butter was impossible for them to resist.
To the OP, good luck getting rid of them.
We bought some heavy duty snap traps that had a base made from a 1x4". Put out 4 one evening and returned the next morning to no traps. We never found them. I dont know where they went. We bought more traps and screwed them to the floor. You could hear that trap get triggered from 50 feet away. SNAP!!! Ended up killing 42 over the next 2 months.
We also found that a small tootsie roll squeezed onto the trigger, then covered with a little peanut butter was impossible for them to resist.
To the OP, good luck getting rid of them.
Posted on 11/18/22 at 7:47 am to Yeahbuddy35
Rat snake will get rid of them
Posted on 11/18/22 at 7:59 am to alphaandomega
quote:I use a small amount of tortilla chips crushed in a bit of cheese.
We also found that a small tootsie roll squeezed onto the trigger, then covered with a little peanut butter was impossible for them to resist.
Posted on 11/18/22 at 10:24 am to Yeahbuddy35
If you live in EBR, the city will deliver free bait stations to you. Just contact EBR Rodent Control
Posted on 11/18/22 at 12:36 pm to wickowick
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Rat snake
I can see the thread now.
"Infestation of snakes in the attic"
First reply "bring in a honey badger"
Posted on 11/18/22 at 2:15 pm to Yeahbuddy35
I lived in a rental house years ago that got a rat infestation. I noticed at night they would come and go from a dogwood tree with a limb that touched the roof.
I sawed the limb down one day, and that night sat on the porch and watched them dive bomb to the ground because the couldn't get back in.
I'm not saying that's your problem, but definitely take an inventory of tree branches extending out to your house. This doesn't make a difference for flying squirrels, but can make a big difference for many other critters that can't fly.
I sawed the limb down one day, and that night sat on the porch and watched them dive bomb to the ground because the couldn't get back in.
I'm not saying that's your problem, but definitely take an inventory of tree branches extending out to your house. This doesn't make a difference for flying squirrels, but can make a big difference for many other critters that can't fly.
Posted on 11/18/22 at 3:44 pm to Yeahbuddy35
Buddy has his office in his horse barn next to where he keeps his horse feed. He swares by the ultrasonic devices to keep rats away. I have used them several times over the years since he told me this for bats, mice, etc. Don't laugh, but they even seem to keep wasps out of my moms garage. Just get ones with good ratings and maybe switch them up occasionally so animals don't get accustomed to a certain pitch (some devices switch between pitches automatically.
Posted on 11/18/22 at 8:46 pm to TBoy
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Get a box of Just One Bite II and throw it all over your attic. They will magically disappear.
I don't know why the downvotes, that shite works and they generally exit the house to die... I don't know why but they do.
Posted on 11/18/22 at 9:48 pm to SlidellCajun
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They were over 10 feet long and each one weighed over 15 lbs.
10’???
Posted on 11/21/22 at 12:30 am to ItzMe1972
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Sure it's rats and not mice?
Or squirrels?
Posted on 11/26/22 at 12:02 pm to TimeOutdoors
I have recently heard that strobe lights really work. I haven’t tried it.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 6:25 pm to alphaandomega
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Ended up killing 42 over the next 2 months.
I renovated a high school that had been shuttered for a few years after Hurricane Gustav. There were rats, snakes, and lord knows what else in those buildings. I wore my snake boots when we walked down the site.
Called a pest control company we had a lot of experience with. Guy came out and went inside. An hour later, he calls up and says “Mr Prez, you got yourself a problem here.”
He put out every trap he had. He came back the next day and changed almost all of them. I remember seeing this one rat that looked like a fricking small armadillo. It got caught by a snap trap and drug itself about 15 feet down the hall before it died. Took a full week of daily service before we stopped getting multiple hits. Was about a month before it was serviceable.
Some things it’s worth paying someone to do.
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