HomeBrew2
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Can't you just flood the building with propane. Propane is heavier than air.
How to Get Rid of Rats?
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MrJimi
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HomeBrew2 said:
Thats a good idea, can we try it at your place first? propane is expensive here.
Hmmm? whats wrong with this idea
Jim
dmccarty
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HomeBrew2 said:
There is a person here at work who is into Hot Air Ballooning. She stored a couple 100# tanks of propane in her garage which also had gas water heater. Been doing it for years.
Early in the am a few weeks ago her house blew up. She had been in the garage at 10:00ish and did not smell anything. Then a few hours later boom! Her bedroom was over the garage.
I think what saved them was the garage door blew out which kept the explosion from mainly going up. Her house was a total loss. The garage side of the house was in pieces. What did not blow up burned up. She and her family are lucky to be alive.A group of people went to the house, well house foundation, last week to pick through the rubble pile for belongings. The house had already been torn down. They did find some photos, jewlrey, and of all things unbroken light bulbs!
The last I heard the don't know what caused the fire but they are thinking it was the propane tanks.
Later,
Dan
rich_ncal
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I use the poison outside in my sheds. I never see any dead rats but judging from the droppings it seems to work.
Some of the poisons make the rats thrust for water. So they may be leaving in search of water. If you use poisons in the house you could find dead mice or rats under your refrigerator searching for water in the drain pan.
Some of the poisons make the rats thrust for water. So they may be leaving in search of water. If you use poisons in the house you could find dead mice or rats under your refrigerator searching for water in the drain pan.
EddieWalker
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I hate the smell of dead rotting rodents as much as the next guy, but last year my mouse situation was getting pretty bad. Golfgar and his wife were here visiting and we had a mouse walk right past them!!! They told me about the poison that causes the mise to get really thirsty, but no amount of water will satisfy there thirst. They leave the building looking for water and die off in the woods someplace.
I went to TSC and bought the poison the guy there said does that. Sorry, I don't remember what it's called. And I put it all around my house. It was eaten fairly quickly, but I never saw one dead mouse. I aslo haven't seen a single living mouse since then either!!!!!!!!
My parents are here visiting right now and have put some of there stuff in my storage area. My mom bought some mouse poison from walmart to put in the storage areas just in case. Kind of like using mothballs. You just put it out automatically.
So far, it hasn't been touched.
Poison is the most effective method there is to get rid of a population of unwanted critters. Trapping them just thins the herd, but does nothing to eliminate them.
Good luck,
Eddie
I went to TSC and bought the poison the guy there said does that. Sorry, I don't remember what it's called. And I put it all around my house. It was eaten fairly quickly, but I never saw one dead mouse. I aslo haven't seen a single living mouse since then either!!!!!!!!
My parents are here visiting right now and have put some of there stuff in my storage area. My mom bought some mouse poison from walmart to put in the storage areas just in case. Kind of like using mothballs. You just put it out automatically.
So far, it hasn't been touched.
Poison is the most effective method there is to get rid of a population of unwanted critters. Trapping them just thins the herd, but does nothing to eliminate them.
Good luck,
Eddie
Spark_man
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A friend of mine was having a real problem with rats in his detached garage. He didn't like the idea of using poisons because he was afraid of his dogs getting ahold of one of the dead or dieing rodents. So, he looked all around and found their burrows - they usually dig underground burrows. In all, he probably had about 7 holes. He poured 5 gallons of gas in each one and then covered each with dirt, tamping it down real good. That was over a year ago and he hasn't seen a rat since.
A herd of good, hungry farm cats or a bushel of black snakes might do the trick too.
A herd of good, hungry farm cats or a bushel of black snakes might do the trick too.
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MrJimi
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After all the junk I burnt in the garage yesterday and the D-con rat poison, today I have no sign of rats? yet. We will shut off the garage motion detector for awhile and I want to get a security camera to watch what happens in there in the dark, that should be boring to say the least, these cameras work in the dark with sound and are not that much, $39. and we can use it when we go camping and set it in the windshield and watch the nite life, still sounds boring LOL
Eddie, your Africa cam is good, I found one in Key West at Hogsbreath saloon that is live also and fun to watch. link below
Hog's Breath web cams in Key West, Florida - Bar Cam, Stage Cam, Raw Bar Cam
They have a live band on the evenings and again=boring
Jim
Eddie, your Africa cam is good, I found one in Key West at Hogsbreath saloon that is live also and fun to watch. link below
Hog's Breath web cams in Key West, Florida - Bar Cam, Stage Cam, Raw Bar Cam
They have a live band on the evenings and again=boring
Jim
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Get a Jack Russell Terrier. Strange dogs way too hyper for me, but they sure love to mangle furry things up to twice their size!
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roxynoodle
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Oh yeah, rat terriers will go through them like you wouldn't believe. I once watched someone's grab rats left and right, break their necks and toss them aside.
One note on the poison... some rats get so thirsty they will chew holes in your car or tractor seeking fluid. They may chew through your AC or even your fuel tanks. It is not a bad idea to leave a 5 gal bucket of water out to prevent them from damaging anything. Plus you will come out in the morning and find at least 5 drowned rats in the bucket.
One note on the poison... some rats get so thirsty they will chew holes in your car or tractor seeking fluid. They may chew through your AC or even your fuel tanks. It is not a bad idea to leave a 5 gal bucket of water out to prevent them from damaging anything. Plus you will come out in the morning and find at least 5 drowned rats in the bucket.
Inspector507
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My Mom always used a mixture of Corn Meal and Plaster of Paris in a plate.....they ate it and she found them all swelled up and stiff the next morning.