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does Ultrasonic Pest Repeller works?
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Brainonska511
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You're probably better off putting some rat traps down (the snapping neck kind) with a little peanut butter. After you kill them off, try and find where they were coming in and seal off the entrance.
You are best getting one of the live catch traps like this.
http://www.naturalcollection.c...ts302/s302p17533-1.jpg
Please avoid those sticky traps, they are horrible for the mouse. Live catch traps with trap doors are the best. The animal is caught a live and you can release it in a humane fasion outside.
http://www.naturalcollection.c...ts302/s302p17533-1.jpg
Please avoid those sticky traps, they are horrible for the mouse. Live catch traps with trap doors are the best. The animal is caught a live and you can release it in a humane fasion outside.
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I hate to say this, but rats can be smart enough to loot and/or avoid traps. If you have no pets or know you can reliably keep your pet(s) out to the garage, poison pellets (no traps, the rats take them as food) are the nuclear option.
They work with extreme prejudice. It you wish to commit genocide on a resident rat population, poison pellets will do the trick. Rats that die in walls on other inaccessible places will not smell much in the winter and be dessicated enough within a week for zero smell to remain, in any event.
If you do use poison, however, please be responsible with it.
Or, lol, you could acquire a terrier like a Jack Russell and let him loose in there. Terriers were bred as ratters! It's in their genes, and they are never more happier and engaged than when they be breakin' them some rodent neck.
Or . . . or . . . get some soft cast lead for your .22 and go to town!
so it can run back inside, brilliant!
the sticky traps are messy, i usually drown the mouse/rat after using them.
DrPizza
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Give me a break. They're frickin rodents. Kill them. Letting them go just means they become a problem for someone else. And, as far as rodents go, they're pretty destructive.
OP, I agree with Perknose. I personally would recommend Havoc (sp?) poison. They also make a plastic case you can put the poison into so that other animals (dogs, cats) can't get to the poison. Rats are smarter than most people think. I nailed one or two with the snap traps, but then the rest learned not to touch those traps. Avoid the sticky traps - not for the reason that ICRS gave, but rather, because while they're good for catching mice, they pretty much suck for rats. You'll end up with rat hair, but no rat.
We've tried the ultrasonic repellants - they sucked too. They may be effective for keeping them away in the first place. But, once they "move in" and find a food source, they stay. Thus, at this point, you'd just be wasting your money. Step 1: eliminate the food source. Step 2: poison. The reason I recommend the Havoc, is that when I used it, about 5 days later, all the rats went out into the yard, seeking water. They didn't die in hidden places (thus, not much bad smell in the barn). I just walked around and smashed all their little heads in. (which was more humane than letting them suffer a lingering death for an extra hour. I hope that makes ICRS happy.)
Don't be discouraged if they only nibble a little bit of the poison at first. Rats will often sample their food before eating it. If they get sick immediately, they cease eating the food. Hence the reason for a poison that takes several days to work.
Another method that works: 5 gallon bucket, drill a hole through it for a dowel near the top. Insert dowel through so that the dowel can spin around. Fill the bucket about halfway full of water. Position the bucket somewhere so it's easy for the rats to get to the top of it. Do something to entice the rats to head out onto the dowel. As smart as they are, they seem to enjoy company when they're drowning. Without the dowel; just in water buckets, I've found 3 or 4 rats that have drowned together overnight, simply trying to get a sip of water. (our animals ignore the water if there's a drowned rat in it.) I've never seen one struggling in the water. They must really suck at swimming.
p.s. If ICRS would like, next time I have a problem, he can come and trap my rats for me. In the past month, our cats have caught no less than 40 mice & moles, 4 chipmunks (they bring them in the house alive, yayy; and a rabbit. But, no rats. (maybe I just don't have any anymore.)
Red Squirrel
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The live traps sound like a good idea, just bring them far out in the bush.
But if you go with a kill method use instant kill traps. The sticky ones are just plain retarded cruel. Poison pellets are not good either as other animals may get to them like birds, squirrels, chipmunks, loose pets, etc.
Or get a cat, at least they'll die naturally via food chain.
But if you go with a kill method use instant kill traps. The sticky ones are just plain retarded cruel. Poison pellets are not good either as other animals may get to them like birds, squirrels, chipmunks, loose pets, etc.
Or get a cat, at least they'll die naturally via food chain.
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I prefer glue trap because it produce higher result than other type of traps. But, poison is the best way to go if you don't have pets because it allow the rats to take the poison back to its young.
Capt Caveman
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DrPizza
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Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
The live traps sound like a good idea, just bring them far out in the bush.
But if you go with a kill method use instant kill traps. The sticky ones are just plain retarded cruel. Poison pellets are not good either as other animals may get to them like birds, squirrels, chipmunks, loose pets, etc.
Or get a cat, at least they'll die naturally via food chain.
Ironically, red squirrels and chipmunks are also rodents that you don't want in your house. Kill them too!
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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
The live traps sound like a good idea, just bring them far out in the bush.
But if you go with a kill method use instant kill traps. The sticky ones are just plain retarded cruel. Poison pellets are not good either as other animals may get to them like birds, squirrels, chipmunks, loose pets, etc.
Or get a cat, at least they'll die naturally via food chain.
Ironically, red squirrels and chipmunks are also rodents that you don't want in your house. Kill them too!
And cats are useless against rats, in case you didn't know.
Leros
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I agree with the poison motion. We had mice in our house last winter. We spent two months laying traps out every night. We'd catch a mouse about every other day, but they were reproducing faster than we we were catching them. After laying down $5 worth of poison, they were all dead within a week. No smells either.
lucky.
my landlord thought it would be a great idea to set out poison after we reported mice IN THE WALLS. 2 days after telling them, there was this terrible dead rat smell that wouldnt go away. that was a fun week.
those ultrasonic repellers did a whole lot of nothing for me but my issue was squirrels and a very large raccoon. I eventually trapped the raccoon.
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