What rat bait are people having success with? Currently feeding both of Mole Valley's own brand wheat based poisons to my rat population and they seem to still be very much alive! I'm worried about using bait blocks as we have two spaniels and the neighbours Jackrussell loose about the yard.
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Rat bait
- Thread starter A.R.
- Start date
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Neosorexa gold.
Jaguar bait blocks. No success whatsoever. They're just not eating the stuff.
snipe
Member
- Location
- west yorkshire
Single feed Poison from spaldings. Expensive for a bag but works and you dont need much of it. Just be careful where you use it, and don’t dispose of dead rats where any thing could eat them as it will kill them as well
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I like to change mine around, not use the same kind all the time.
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
are they taking the bait?...any maize about?.....blue mvf poison working here touchwood
Massive demand for these traps at the moment ! I’m guessing it because poisons ate harder to buy now but they must be effective?
i’m going to get one to try I think - if we could go poisonless it would be one less thing to have to satisfy red tractor on ?? and certainly safer re none target species
we have had more success with mouse traps than poison so this might be a good solution
i’m going to get one to try I think - if we could go poisonless it would be one less thing to have to satisfy red tractor on ?? and certainly safer re none target species
we have had more success with mouse traps than poison so this might be a good solution
this scares me as my labradors will eat anything !
Stevethemeat
Member
We had a big rat problem so get some tyres and place them round the farm tilted on a stone near rat areas put a lid across the top bit of ply wood feed normal cow sheep feed in them for a week or so till there visiting it every night to feed and when your sure there eating lots then change to wheat based poison but keep feeding every day lots untill they stop eating you find you hit them hard that way only way I find to get enough poison in to a large colony quickly enough to wipe them out to give you an idea I fed 10kgs in one station over 4 days last week they just stopped taking it and bodies are appearing
- Location
- Spilsby Lincolnshire
It all depends on active ingredients as with most chemically based treatments!! Some work on certain populations and not on others etc!!
spin cycle
Member
- Location
- north norfolk
davidroberts30
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
any bait joe public buys is crap
unless your asked for your farm assurance number or other pest handling certificate your getting the crap bait
i use vertox (profesional grade)from ratbait.co.uk and it will kill rats in 4 days
unless your asked for your farm assurance number or other pest handling certificate your getting the crap bait
i use vertox (profesional grade)from ratbait.co.uk and it will kill rats in 4 days
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I’m using Lodi Sapphire bait at the moment to good effect around the pigs, it is more expensive at around £45/10kg but it works very well
- Location
- Spilsby Lincolnshire
They work well as long as you check daily and remove your last victim, as dead rats scare others off for a day or two!!Massive demand for these traps at the moment ! I’m guessing it because poisons ate harder to buy now but they must be effective?
i’m going to get one to try I think - if we could go poisonless it would be one less thing to have to satisfy red tractor on ?? and certainly safer re none target species
we have had more success with mouse traps than poison so this might be a good solution
MattR
Member
Massive demand for these traps at the moment ! I’m guessing it because poisons ate harder to buy now but they must be effective?
i’m going to get one to try I think - if we could go poisonless it would be one less thing to have to satisfy red tractor on ?? and certainly safer re none target species
we have had more success with mouse traps than poison so this might be a good solution
seem to remember a TFF thread about these a while back where the general consensus was that they were useless? Might have mis-remembered though!
we seem to be selling loads on Farm Marketplace at the moment but I guess that’s no real measure of how well they work
I do like the idea on not using poisons on the farm at all if possible though with none target species and pets about
can’t hurt to try one....... will see if I can get a freebie sample out of Lucy ! ! (wish me luck !,)
MattR
Member
will be interested to hear how you get on, like the idea of them
chocolate paste works amazingly on the snappy mouse traps, do rats like chocolate as well ?
startinghandle
Member
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