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Rats
carbore:
I have been trying to trap some for ages with little luck after we got a load in our pantry/barn over chrsitmas. The traps need to be set for some time. Mine are humane cage traps with a little extra holse so the babies can get in. cost about £15.
Id phone the council and keep the bins etc secure (no bird feeding, not outdoor pet feeding, no compost heap)
If you do shoot, trap of find a dead on then dont pickit up, use pliers or something and dispose of it well. beware dog/cat bringing the corpse into the house.
Finally if you do poison them beware that if they are in the house (roof/floor etc) and die they will stink!
Thrasher:
We have scrabbling in our roof space, could it be rats? I've seen a few squirrels up on the roof near the chimney could it be those?
I used to think it was birds, but the most noise is about 3am or 4am, which is before the birds wake up.
If it is rats :
1. What the hell are they eating in a loft?
2. How did they get there :)
landraver:
I live on a working farm (we have the farmhouse & some land). About 8 years ago we started to get a problem with rats around the place because of the building work (piles of stone are a perfect home for the little ----s). I tried trapping & shooting & bagged quite a few (didn't want to poison as we had/have barn owls nesting) but it wasn't enough. Solution.... cats. Got a cat (have a few now!!) they live in the garage, keep the feeding to a minimum & I haven't seen a rat in years. I know there will be some about but the cats do a crackin' job.
Panda:
--- Quote from: Thrasher on March 13, 2008, 13:24:07 ---We have scrabbling in our roof space, could it be rats? I've seen a few squirrels up on the roof near the chimney could it be those?
I used to think it was birds, but the most noise is about 3am or 4am, which is before the birds wake up.
If it is rats :
1. What the hell are they eating in a loft?
2. How did they get there :)
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Sounds like rats to me. An ex-girlfriend of mine lived in a top floor flat and had them running around in her roof space, I'm told they can climb walls, drain pipes etc she had the land lord sort it out they used poison which killed them but then left dead rats in her roof which then meant she then got magets, not nice but in the end it all cleared up.
So I think that the council will come out and lay traps for you or if not i have a few rifles you can borrow and we can see how good your new eyes are. ;) :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
SimonHarwood:
--- Quote from: Thrasher on March 13, 2008, 13:24:07 ---We have scrabbling in our roof space, could it be rats? I've seen a few squirrels up on the roof near the chimney could it be those?
I used to think it was birds, but the most noise is about 3am or 4am, which is before the birds wake up.
If it is rats :
1. What the hell are they eating in a loft?
2. How did they get there :)
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1. You would be surprised... The insulation from your electric cables is a good one. (They might just be nesting though.)
2. Up the inside of your cavity walls most likely.
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