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Chris51

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Have been under the bonnet in m/h and car. Have been putting poison down and they have been eating and coming back for more.Put traps bated as well.I need a poison that works...
Any info appreciated.
 
Also you could spray around the van with jeyes fluid. Don’t stop them but breaks their scent trail that they leave.
 
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Rat Glue Traps / Rat Glue Boards / Sticky Boards (Pest Expert) 6 Pack

These heavy-duty industrial strength rat glue traps (glue boards, sticky boards) are highly effective for trapping rats and rodent control.
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We had some success with glue traps. You will need to visit reguarly and dispatch the rats you catch. We used indoors but under cover might work outside.
 
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Rat Glue Traps / Rat Glue Boards / Sticky Boards (Pest Expert) 6 Pack

These heavy-duty industrial strength rat glue traps (glue boards, sticky boards) are highly effective for trapping rats and rodent control.
www.pestcontrolsupermarket.com www.pestcontrolsupermarket.com

We had some success with glue traps. You will need to visit reguarly and dispatch the rats you catch. We used indoors but under cover might work outside.
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Think they have to be covered so as other animals don’t get stuck on them.

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I've never failed with the bags of blue wheat, can't remember what its called. As you say they will eat it for quite a while, often because there are more than you think. Rest assured though eventually it will stop dissappearing.

Are you sure its rats? squirrels can do that sort of damage too. Eat though the main loom on my old Austin Maxi one winter. I was rather glad to see it go down the road if the truth be known :LOL:
 
Sticky traps - but check them several times a day.
 
Glandwr said:
I've never failed with the bags of blue wheat, can't remember what its called. As you say they will eat it for quite a while, often because there are more than you think. Rest assured though eventually it will stop dissappearing.

Are you sure its rats? squirrels can do that sort of damage too. Eat though the main loom on my old Austin Maxi one winter. I was rather glad to see it go down the road if the truth be known :LOL:
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One of the people who looked at my maxi when I was selling it pointed out that the sills and floor were both pretty good but not joined together!!!
 
big cheese off ebay worked for us but air rifle is more fun

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Those 'walk the plank' bucket traps are supposed to be good. You can see them working on YouTube. The rats get drowned ?
 
Any poison that you can buy without a licence needs to be eaten three times by a rat to kill it.

Best stuff we have found is the solid blocks.
You need to use garden wire through them to stop the rats simply caring off the poison, putting it in their larder and never eating it
 
Was told a long time ago that you can’t buy anything over the counter to kill them try your local council pest control you could probably buy something in France
 
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We bought box traps so the cats didn’t eat it inadvertently.
To be honest the most success we had was from a man who came with his terriers .. they went down the runs and killed a dozen or so with the rest fleeing.

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I bought a cartridge air rifle called Ratcatcher .22 about £180 it will kill outright at 75 foot this is a proven fact. Does the squirrels as well. It’s their own fault for nicking all the bird food.
 
Well I am not the only one with the problem, the bas---- have been eating the rubber under my car bonnet, eaten through the diesel primer pump twice. I keep feeding them poison. Going to get the blocks next week.
 
What about one of those metal fen traps for rats, a bit savage but would do the job.
 
Hell that's like a bear trap, will try a different poison first, they have taken the poison I put under the bonnet and the poison in the garage. Was going to change the car a couple of months ago, glad I didn't.
 
Luckily where the van is parked there are a big pile of boulders were weasels have lived for years. No problems with rats or mice :rofl:
 
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12 bore, you may kill and it's very satisfying.

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Seemingly there are more about since the lockdown due to not getting regular food scraps from usual sources like takeaways McDonald’s etc.
 
Google home made rat poison. Use either baking soda or plaster of Paris,works well and cheap. Any you can buy without a license is useless you are just feeding them.
 
Have these 2, don’t need a gun :smiley:
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We had a few rats when a chap kept horses in a paddock at the back of us, it had a large chicken shed so loads of them.
Only trouble is Mrs CC found a few dead rats at the back door
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Since the land has been cleared we’ve had no more.
 
Dead fall trap works well and safer than poison watch YouTube lodes on their it all i use if i have had a rat
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