Pack Rats

[jbrumberg]

Rats and mice do not appear to like the smell of spearmint, but it does not appear to stop them for long. Machmeter62 is correct about most of those poisons (Coumodin/warfarin). Cats work best for all their pro's and con's (I have one.). Jay

 

[DrainPondDesign]

Try one of those newfangled ball bearing mouse traps, as in Tom Katt

Trouble with rat poision is that it is not target specific & I would never - ever use or keep M&M size poision where children (or chocoholics) might find it.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Kendrick]

Erm havent you guys heard to leave out a cup of coke for the critters... they cant burp or fart.. they just go kablooie

 

[Double Orange]

Cheap Home Brew Rat Poison......Mix peanut butter and portland cement...Rats love it! Rat can't throw up... they eat the mix drink water and it harden in their system. And it works!!

 

[cityfarma]

Just as an aside, take care with the poisons as they may also kill other animals. By this I mean those that eat the rat corpses. They can kill your cat, dog or any other animal or bird. Eagles are magnificent birds but find it hard to fly when they are dead!

In the interest of the environment, please think about the consequences of your actions.

Cityfarma

 

[cityfarma]

Cheap Home Brew Rat Poison......Mix peanut butter and portland cement...Rats love it! Rat can't throw up... they eat the mix drink water and it harden in their system. And it works!!

Is this what you would call "terminal constipation"?

Cityfarma

 

[cmhyland]

Get a cat...

A female cat as they are most often better hunters. Have her fixed and she will not spray or have kittens... She will bring you dead rats and mice for your veiwing pleasure.....

If you don't like cats... Get a Jack Russell Terrier.... They'll catch the rats...

Terriers have been bread for hundreds of years as rat killers... That is their whole reason for existance...

Regards,
Chris

 

[SkunkWerX]

If your machine is outside, I don't have a good solution.
If it is inside, and you have electric outlets try the Sonic Blaster type of devices.

They work better as a repellant, and less effective if you already are infested.

My last house was 50 years old, had two crawlspaces. I trapped all the critters I could, then placed the Sonic repellers in the crawlspaces, they worked.

FastFwd: Built my pole building almost 4 years ago, bought a box of 3 Sonic repellers, placed them at opposite ends of the building. So far, so good.
Proof? well, the best i can offer is that I left a partial bag of grass seed out, in the open. It stayed there for 4 to 6 months, nothing ever touched it.
My shop is next to many acres of woods and field, so, if they were going to come in, they don't have to go far.

 

[IH3444]

The poison I was told makes the rodents thirsty, and they head for water?

Cumatin, heart paitents know it as blood thinner that the doctor prescribes.......

 

[daTeacha]

Warfarin -- usually found under the D-con label -- is specific to rats and mice. A dog or cat would have to consume several times it's body weight in dead vermin to begin showing the effects of warfarin. A kid would have to eat several pounds of the little green pellets.

Moth flakes and moth balls are not the same stuff. One is paradichlorobenzene and the other is naphthalene. I don't recall offhand which is which, but if one doesn't work, try the other or both. I've always had good luck with mothballs. They work on squirrels, chipmunks, and 'coons too.