[NSC] Rats.How to deal with them.

[Justice]

Get a Jack Russell...problem solved

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

We live next to an old disused railway line with associated woodland. Fortunately our two cats deal with mice, rats and other rodents, including squirrels as evidenced in the attached photo

 

[jakarta]

They prefer older habitats, I understand: derelict buildings, crumbling old sheds and the like.

How do they feel about living underneath cladding?

 

[symyjym]

Thanks for that [MENTION=756]The Antikythera Mechanism[/MENTION]

Suddenly don't feel hungry.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

How do they feel about living underneath cladding?

They love it. Amplifies their repetitive, droning mating call, giving the perception that they're louder than they really are.

 

[AmexRuislip]

They love it. Amplifies their repetitive, droning mating call, giving the perception that they're louder than they really are.

Ultrasound!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Ultrasound!

Always.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Always.

Touche

 

[Nottseagull]

That's just cruel. See how he would feel waiting for the same fate.

Why is quickly drowning them cruel?

 

[Juan Albion]

In a cage? that's not much use then

But he'd be safe if there were sharks in the bucket.

 

[Durlston]

The rats on the footpath/cycle lane near Sainsbury's are a real pest. They don't half scare the shit out of shoppers when they dash across the pavement. It's something the shop should take responsibility for although I can see it getting worse. They survived the winter, there's enough food dropped regularly to keep them going through the warmer months.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

We live next to an old disused railway line with associated woodland. Fortunately our two cats deal with mice, rats and other rodents, including squirrels as evidenced in the attached photoView attachment 105752

I got an infraction once for posting similar. Mind you, it was a human being in that one. Speciesists (mods).

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

We had a rat that got into the house last year - but only as far as the cavity wall. However, this gave him (or her) access to the loft. We got a guy in who put down something nasty for the rat to consume but his visits didn't seem to diminish. I worked out that he had to leave the house as there was no water (or food) supply. So I rigged up a simple 'barrier' on hole he accessed to get in. When this showed he'd left the building I filled up the hole and he couldn't get back in. (Note: the worst thing would have been to fill up the hole while he was still in: the idea of a dead rate lying in the cavity wall wasn't a good thought.)

Ratty had been with us for about 2-3 weeks and it was not pleasant. I wished I'd thought of my 'solution' a bit earlier.

 

[neilbard]

 

[rippleman]

1) Rent cellar beneath the House of Commons

2) Purchase quantity of gunpowder

3) Light fuse and retire to a safe distance

*Note to self. Don't send letter to member of House of Lords telling them to stay away from House of Commons on 5 November