I Got a Rat?

Beemerboy

Beemerboy

Just One More Coat
Ok its not in a car but coming into our kitchen....eatting the apples that I had out and who knows what else?

Since this is the frist time that I have ever had to deal with this....any ideas from you DC'ers.....Thanks for any advice that you have.

P.S.
He scarred the crap out of the wife this morning when she went to make lunch for our son...........LOL ;)
 
Is it a rat or a mouse? I have the odd mouse but not a rat. That would scare the $hit of me! We use warfarin and it kills them. Just google it.

Cheers and happy hunting.
 
get a cat!

that or put traps all over the house.

cat part seems more fun.

or even better,

get traps and then give it to the cat....
 
USA

I think its a rat...we have a large lot and I have seen some small ones in my garden area this last summer...I did get a quick look at him this morning...small rat or big mouse is what I'm seeing...Thanks for the advice
 
When I was in rural Japan, we had a little mouse eating through plastic bags in our cupboard and eating crackers, grains for baking, etc. My wife wanted it gone, but we didn't want the poison-dead smelly mouse in the wall problem.
So we got a Japanese mouse trap, which is the same as their giant bug trap, but bigger. Those who spent some time in Japan might say, "oh, you mean a dog," which is often what you need to get rid of the giant insects. But I mean the square, sticky cardboard that will trap just about anything.
We planted the trap with peanut butter in it. Snuggled in our nice warm bed, we sudden hear a clatter. I rose to the kitchen to see what was the matter, and a huge rat was stuck by the head to the trap and flailing around the kitchen. I told my wife a small but determined mouse was caught, and suggested she let me deal with it.
What do you do? The rat bared his or her teeth at me, and I took action. I filled a large bucket with water. I managed to push the rat into the water and shove a lid on the top. As the trap became waterlogged, the rat's flailing slowed. After 10 minutes, I decided it might be dead, but was left with the problem of disposing the "small but determined mouse" my wife didn't need to see.
So, I got dressed, and hiked into the woods, where I chucked the rat and its attached trap therein.

Good luck.
 
I had one in one place I was living in, you have to find out where it is getting in from,then patch that area with steel wool.

Good luck
"J"
 
Beemerboy said:
Ok its not in a car but coming into our kitchen....eatting the apples that I had out and who knows what else?

Since this is the frist time that I have ever had to deal with this....any ideas from you DC'ers.....Thanks for any advice that you have.

P.S.
He scarred the crap out of the wife this morning when she went to make lunch for our son...........LOL ;)
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I had huge problems with rats and mice until I found some devices that plug into wall outlets and emit loud high frequency sound waves (that humans can't hear). Apparently they disrupt the rodents to the point where they'll get out of dodge immediately. As I recall I got these plugins at Home Depot and they were $20 for 2 units. One unit will only handle 1 average sized room, so I put them in every room in the house. I know they work because the problem stopped immediately. I also got a cat for the outside work.
 
1've used peanut butter on the mouse traps and it works everytime, don't use too much if you try it sometimes the little rascals eat the peanut butter without setting off the trap. i like to catch em this way i know he's no longer around.
 
I used to get the odd field mouse in here Im using these bags full of poisened grain ,they love it throw a couple up in your loft too they have been known to drag the bags back to the nest .
It burns them from the inside out and the remains just disapear It worked for me I keep a couple of trays around just in case.
Jay :gun_banda
 
Thanks all I'm going with a trap and peanut butter this way if there is more than one I can catch those....if you poison them you run a risk that they will die somewhere in the house a rotting rodent would be something I wouldn't want to smell


Oh and the cat that I have...are you kidding he wouldn't chase a mouse to save his life.
 
Dave, I live right next to a creek so I know how you feel. We've had about 4 since we moved in about 7 years ago. The last one we had scared me too, I was sitting here at the computer (It's in the dining room, dining/living rooms share a vaulted ceiling), all of the sudden I heard something fall from the ridge of the roof to the bottom, it was the rat sliding down. It sure as hell scared me! :lol:

We usually put rat poison out, and after about a week the rat's gone and ends up on my dogs bed waiting to be eaten :eat:
 
Let me tell ya I had the same problem last year rats are very smart what you got to do is get em before they mate once they mate look out rat city go to home depot get some rat traps the wood ones not plastic you have to put the traps all around whe area where you see them DON'T SET THE TRAPS! just bait them but don't set them for a few days you need the rats to get use to them than after 4 days set them and BAM dead rats if you set them right away the rats won't go near them and you won't catch S**T!
Good luck! :band:
 
Update!!!

I set the trap out last night and put some peanut butter on it not set...they / he came and the trap was clean this AM...My neighbor said that valveda cheese is a good one for them...they have to pull a bit on the cheese tripping the trap...I'm going to set that bugger tonight...wish I had a motion controled CAM that would be good fun.
 
jason(england) said:
I used to get the odd field mouse in here Im using these bags full of poisened grain ,they love it throw a couple up in your loft too they have been known to drag the bags back to the nest .
It burns them from the inside out and the remains just disapear It worked for me I keep a couple of trays around just in case.
Jay :gun_banda
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The dead mouse will not stink. The warfarin turns them to dust. Trust me on this one. I used to set up a buffet in my attic every fall and they disapear into the pink insulation and all I saw was grey dust.
 
USA88GT said:
The dead mouse will not stink. The warfarin turns them to dust. Trust me on this one. I used to set up a buffet in my attic every fall and they disapear into the pink insulation and all I saw was grey dust.
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Maybe you saw the remains of rat fur after the bodies had decomposed, but Warfarin doesnt turn tissue into dust. Warfarin is the generic name for a drug called coumadin which is widely used by people with vascular problems, mechanical heart valves, certain irregular heart beats, etc. It's a "blood thinner" or anticoagulant; basically the rats die due to massive internal bleeding from overdosing on it. :wink: :buck:
 
Beemerboy said:
Update!!!

I set the trap out last night and put some peanut butter on it not set...they / he came and the trap was clean this AM...My neighbor said that valveda cheese is a good one for them...they have to pull a bit on the cheese tripping the trap...I'm going to set that bugger tonight...wish I had a motion controled CAM that would be good fun.
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Try rubbing some peanut butter on a short piece of yarn or string and tie that to the trap trigger...the smell and taste will be just as strong, but when he tries to tug.... :buck: :hang:
 
OK folks we have a customer!....Last night I set the with trap Kraft cheese. I got up this morning and BANG! we have a rat.


Thanks all for the help the waiting one day for the little begger to get use the trap I think helped.

I'm going to set the trap again tonight just in case he has a buddy or family in the area :D

DON

That a great idea for the next time with the yarn....the peanut butter seemed to easy to get off.
 
:yay Beemer,

That is deffinetly a rat. Congrats on your catch, i bet he was comming back for the peanut butter :lol:
 
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