is there an alternative to rat bait?

[startinghandle]

is there a successful alternative to rat bait

 

[CornishTone]

12 bore filled with rice and plenty of time on your hands?!

 

[Ian1890]

Mk4 Fenn traps. I rarely use any bait these days, instead have a dozen tunnels with traps in around the perimeter of the buildings and normally catch about 50-70 rats over the course of the the winter. Not much good if you have a mouse problem though.

 

[Laminated]

A bigger furrier thing with 4 legs that purrs

 

[Still Farming]

H bomb

 

[Dry Rot]

Mk4 Fenn traps. I rarely use any bait these days, instead have a dozen tunnels with traps in around the perimeter of the buildings and normally catch about 50-70 rats over the course of the the winter. Not much good if you have a mouse problem though.

And I think you are meant to get the traps down before the rats arrive as the first arrivals act as scouts and lay trails where it is safe to run. Don't know if that is true but it does seem to work and if they are left, they are certainly very hard to catch.

 

[capfits]

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&s...FjABegQICBAB&usg=AOvVaw2V5IcuH0lQ_5--r62Ph5bF

 

[Roy_H]

Go on YouTube and search for "Mousetrap Monday" . I think that guy has tried every rodent trap ever invented! ( Some are great some are not so great)
https://www.youtube.com/user/historichunter

 

[CornishTone]

A bigger furrier thing with 4 legs that purrs

Or a good Jack Russell!

 

[muppet]

Had good sucess with well placed glue boards in the grainstore and workshops. Just need to be really carefull that non targets can’t get stuck on them.

Bought some fenn traps but the springs were to strong for me to set!!

 

[puppet]

Shooting, gassing, trapping, drowning, terrier or felling with anything handy. Tried them all.

 

[yellow belly]

Traps

 

[betweenthelines]

Shovel

 

[Brisel]

 

[bovrill]

I'm sure I once saw someone on here volunteering their services with an air rifle for vermin control
And the best bit...... it was free

Seriously though, I've had reasonable success thinning the population with an air rifle when they first move into an area. It's the big ones you tend to catch out in the open in the early evening, and poison takes care of the rest.

 

[Nithsdale]

Air rifle and a red torch... if you're brave enough to sit about in the shed in the pitch black.

Was shooting ours just before lambing, getting on great style. Heard something to my side, swung the torch round and 2 of the biggest feckers I've ever seen were sat about 10ft away just watching me I didn't feel so confident after that

 

[steveR]

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Cracking Patt!!

 

[Slippery Slope]

Size 12 welly boot and very quick reactions

 

[topground]

is there a successful alternative to rat bait

No.

 

[Brisel]

Cracking Patt!!

I lifted that image from Google. My Patterdale is a great killer but is brown & spends the rest of its life sleeping next to the Rayburn or wood burner