TomandJerry
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- Oct 1, 2013
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[Help] Can anyone recommend a decent rat trap?
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Tiberious Two
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is it for indoors or out. if indoors they have sonic plug things that repel rats also packs of poison
TomandJerry
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One or two for in the loft (found droppings under the insulation)
And a couple for outside where he believes they are coming in from
Actual rats? Or mice?
TomandJerry
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We are only going by the droppings, it could be either I suppose. What's more likely to make it into a loft?
The Maharajah of Sydney
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This was considered pretty effective in 1978
Not an expert, sorry, but have used these successfully for capturing mice.
(Actually, there's a bigger rat version on the same page)
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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We had a rat problem at our property during the recent cold spell. It was spotted in one of the ground floor flats. It could be heard overnight in the loft. They're pretty smart like that, they can squeeze up the inside of drainpipes. Got a pest exterminator in in the end. He set poison at strategic points. When he was confident the rat had gone, follow-up action was to install a one-way 'rat-flap' at point where rat was entering the property from the sewer system. No problems since. Whole exercise cost about £500
They're too smart for traps generally . . . .poison and/or firearms are the only reliable solution.
we've had one in our loft come from next door . . . . Its eaten load of bait ( nail it down, don't just leave it, or they take it and stash it . . . . )
we've had one in our loft come from next door . . . . Its eaten load of bait ( nail it down, don't just leave it, or they take it and stash it . . . . )
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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- Nov 18, 2004
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You can buy poison boxes for outside. In a loft you can leave trays of the small nibbly bits and bigger blocks tied to something with metal wire(so the rat doesn't take it away) .
Worth checking if your council provides it for residents, Lewes District Council does
Worth checking if your council provides it for residents, Lewes District Council does
Maybe Mousetrap would help :
Monkey Man
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A large rat trap with a metal arm is best. Plastic ones don’t always kill the rat outright whatever the manufacturers claim. Poison is all well and good but the rat usually dies in a place that’s difficult to access meaning weeks of stench and then flies.
All from my personal experience. Good luck.
All from my personal experience. Good luck.
I like this lot……
We get rats in the garden (house backs onto woodland and there’s a small stream just behind the fence).…….can’t stop them but any seen encroaching are fair game
- Jun 27, 2012
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If you have a rat problem then contact pest control from your local council. You might be in luck. I've used Lewes District coulcil for rats/ pest control teams in the past, and they will come round / investigate and sort . For free. (they might say its mice - depends on droppings , evidence of damage etc and get you to share photos). Don't think is available for all councils though.
www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk
Worth sorting though. Our one bit through the electrics underneath our dishwasher killing him and also killing the dishwasher which we had to replace.
Pest control services - Lewes and Eastbourne Councils
Read our guidance on who to contact for different types of pest control, including our own service for dealing with rats in your home.
www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk
Worth sorting though. Our one bit through the electrics underneath our dishwasher killing him and also killing the dishwasher which we had to replace.
North of Robertsbridge
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AmexRuislip
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We have one, he's a bit big and old for that now.
