rat problem

Post by **ste860** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:43 am

any body know of a way to get the of critters away from my house,tried a cat and he just sits there ,think hes more scared than my mrs,ideas wanted or anyone know a terminater

JW · Post by JW » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:53 am

Seen sticky pad type things in a few places, told that they work - basically they attract the rat - he steps on it and gets stuck and dies.

Post by **komfortablynumb** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:48 pm

want to borrow my dog Judy?
Only slightly larger than a rat.
But eats anything.
God forbid anything should enter her hearing range.
If theres a shortage of eggs, then blame Judy.
She has eaten all the hens.
I keep telling her to only eat the cockerals.
Noisy buggers.
100 Baht a day. Negoitable.

Post by **niggle** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:21 pm

get a Jack Russel
As a derbyshire country boty - I can vouchsafe they'll beat a rat anyday and enjoy doing it too !

Post by **lindosfan1** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:36 pm

Get a Dog from Dawn some of those if it moves its had it. Plus they guard the house double whammy.

Post by **Guess** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:28 pm

A good terrier can work but will cost you.

Try another cat. Some have it and some do not. They are much quicker than any dog and much keener at finding the rats in the first place.

I have a lazy cat now but I had one before that would catch any rat. Trial and error I think.

Also rats learn fairly quickly. Once they know the cat is a killer they stay away.

There are other methods far too barbaric for me but they work.

Post by **PeteC** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:49 pm

This is what you do with the critters after you catch them. Yum, yum.

Pete

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:19 pm

prcscct wrote:This is what you do with the critters after you catch them. Yum, yum. Pete

Goes well with BBQ dog.

Post by **PeteC** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:23 pm

We've done 'rats on sticks' on here before so it's a PC safe subject.

Pete

Post by **kendo** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:38 pm

Those sticky pad things do work we buy them and put them next door at the mother inlaws we allways joke with the neighbours, doe's anyone want some rat pizza.

Kendo.

Post by **PeteC** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:50 pm

Seriously now, no rat jokes....there is a product sold by Bayer (Advanced) named "lakoominh" (in Thai script on the box) which contains 0.0375% coumatetralyl. Small gel packs and you put them behind your bushes, in any holes you find etc. They do the trick as they usually drag them back to their burrow and the entire family dines their last. Pete

PS: Not to be used if you have pets in your yard.

Post by **Khundon1975** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:55 am

Yep prcscct is right, we used that "Lakoominh" after a couple of weeks no rat problem.

Post by **Roel** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:41 am

Please give Khun Khundon1975 access to Nightcrawlers. please........

Post by **sandman67** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:17 pm

fry bacon in a pan with plenty of hard fat such as lard or even butter.

eat bacon

cut foam ball, or foam from a chair or cushion, into small finger nail sized cubes. Soak in grease, and allow to cool and dry. this makes the foam bits shrink as the fat cools and hardens

scatter round rat hole.

rats smell bacon, eat foam bits

stomach acid dissolves fat, foam expands, rat dies.

no chemicals involved

Post by **usual suspect** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:21 pm

In the back-end of the shopping mall,where ratty-stuff is, theres a box of rat-bait for sale. The bait is in the form of quite large tablets and seems to attract 'em and do 'em in quite famously. The box has the Union-Jack +
made in UK on it. good hunting.