Rats !

[Spud]

has any one witnessed a young cat trying to kill a mature rat? my dad always tells me of how he saw this as a boy in Ireland, he said that it was one of the most amazing battles he has ever seen and it took the cat a bit of time to work out how to dispatch the rat and they fought for over 10 minutes but once it had killed its first rat the cat became a great rat killer and could kill them in seconds

 

[hillhead]

Our cats are like an armed force,lol.
teeth and claw brigade.....:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Mike]

i had rats living in my house, i'd just bought it and the lovely previous owners 'forgot' to tell us about the other inhabitants! i poisoned them all and stopped any more getting in by pouring concrete down the holes. i mixed broken glass in the mix (advice from a farmer as they can't gnaw through glass)

 

[White Room]

i had rats living in my house, i'd just bought it and the lovely previous owners 'forgot' to tell us about the other inhabitants! i poisoned them all and stopped any more getting in by pouring concrete down the holes. i mixed broken glass in the mix (advice from a farmer as they can't gnaw through glass)

I like that

 

[Dan]

I have rats very near where I live but we (inc' the neighbours) have poison bait boxes along the path at the back of our gardens. My house is between the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal, the distance between the two is less than half a mile. I doubt we'll ever get rid of them but we as a small community (there's only 12 houses near me) seem to have it sorted so far. Bait boxes are the future neale lol Get on it lad. It takes the poison back to the nest which works well. Homebase sell DIY ones (apparently very near;ly as strong as council ones) but you can have three courses of council bit boxes for free, per property.

We wouldn't be so bothered as our dogs would sort 'em out if they managed to spot them, however when we try to feed the birds (we have nests in trees along with our own feeders) we tend to find traces of vermin and we'd hate to think we're encouraging them.

 

[White Room]

The thing about rats teeth is the fronts keep growing and they need to gnaw to wear them down...I used to keep rats, only fancy rats mind you.

 

[Rob Z]

My grandad always kept cats in the barns and outbuildings, and only gave them one bag of cat food per month (or whatever it was). They had to go after rodents if they wanted enough to eat. It worked pretty well.

 

[doit4u]

We live next to open farmland and had a problem a few years ago with them pinching the peanuts the missus put out for the birds. Then they got bolder and started chewing their way into the garden shed to get to the bird seed and peanuts so war was declared.

Bought bait from a farmers store and that was very effective. Also bought the wife some galvanised dustbins for christmas to put the feed in. They will recolonise an area so periodically have to put more ont. If I find a hole in the garden I pour some down there and cover with an old paving slab to protect other animals.

Have also had them getting in the compast bin. They burrow up from the bottom which is open and just sits on the ground so if I find any evidence I put an old plastic lid on the top of the pile for their delectation. The bin has a lid so no problem for othe animals.