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Hi all
I am new on here so please go gentle.
We have a small farm of about 300 acres and this year we are over run with rats.
I am looking at getting my ticket to purchase some stronger poison I see LANTRA do a e learning course "Rodent Control on farms" but at the bottom of the page it says "please note this course is not part of a qualification to be a pest controller" but I am not looking at becoming a pest controller just want to thin our rats out and need the certificate.
Could anyone please advise what to do or who to speak to.
Thanks Rob
Some good chat about rats in this thread.
If you’re using blocks loose then they’ll carry them away and probably not get eaten. Use a bait box or wire through them to fix them.we are fighting a loosing battle against rats
sometime ago I posted a thread here saying I was in local merchant and the woman serving at counter was telling customer that to buy rat bait from next year a certificate would be needed, I have just been there and the guy at counter was saying the strength of all rat bait is going to be...thefarmingforum.co.uk
Does anyone use the wire cage traps? There are a couple of old ones in the shed and I wondered about the best bait for them.
The single catch ones where the door closes and catches one rat or the multi catch ones?Does anyone use the wire cage traps? There are a couple of old ones in the shed and I wondered about the best bait for them.
it's a bit galling when my mate from Bournemouth just goes down to BandQ and buys it without any checkups and he lives in a residential street.
The DIY store bait is very weak. Different stuff to farmer bait.
We are having a rat epidemic at Mrs Fred's stables. I found the sachets worked quite well at home, but they really loved added peanut butter. We had a lad with a 177 and night scopes and he lowered them but couldn't get them all.
At the main farm, the rats have all disappeared and I have noticed a stoat patrolling round the buildings and I am certain he has lowered them along with the feral dove population in the barn.
We decided to do the online course so I could deal with the stable problem and I found the Mole Valley one for £49 on their website which gives you a Lantra cert. at the end. They do a farm course, or a "Comensal rat" course, which apparently means for rats who live around human habitation. I only asked them about it on Friday, and the lady said do the comensal one as it covers farms as well and is more informitive. I haven't received the email course yet, but will report if it arrives soon.
Our white doves were becoming a problem as bad as the rats, but the ladies didn't like me shooting them. I think the problem may have solved itself.I hadn’t quite twigged that but now you make that comment, yes we have a lot less doves too.
it's a bit galling when my mate from Bournemouth just goes down to BandQ and buys it without any checkups and he lives in a residential street.