Rats

Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
I have a solution to your problem that I used for around 10 years, no bait , no resetting , no maintenance needed. Find and cut a 40 gallon plastic barrel in half, set a long length of plastics 4" down spouting propped up to it. (You will find rats love to investigate a pipe and go up to the top end.) Then make the top 18" into a swinging hinge with a small magnet to hold the pipe firmly in place until the rat walks to the top, then it will suddenly give way and drop the rat into the barrel then swing back to re-set ready for the next one. Dispose of the rats as you feel fit. Mine worked for years in that configuration without any alterations and cost NOUGHT.
better in this current thread ?
 

Hfd Cattle

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Hereford
Where did you get yours from?
China .....via Amazon ..... took a day or so before I got quantities as I had the ramp on the one bin a bit steep but after I altered it the traps worked well .
I smeared peanut butter on my flap to entice them in but I gave two traps to a friend and he put a piece of threaded bar right through the wheelie bin about three mm in front of the flap and put a dollop of peanut butter on bar just in front of flap and put grease all along the rest of the bar so that if the rat managed to jump onto the bar he would still fall in . They have caught quite a few but they weren't overrun with the buggers like I was .
 

pellow

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Location
Newquay
China .....via Amazon ..... took a day or so before I got quantities as I had the ramp on the one bin a bit steep but after I altered it the traps worked well .
I smeared peanut butter on my flap to entice them in but I gave two traps to a friend and he put a piece of threaded bar right through the wheelie bin about three mm in front of the flap and put a dollop of peanut butter on bar just in front of flap and put grease all along the rest of the bar so that if the rat managed to jump onto the bar he would still fall in . They have caught quite a few but they weren't overrun with the buggers like I was .
Thanks, I've just had a bus load turn up here and the pest guy is not sorting it out, going to give this a try
 

Daddy Pig

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Location
dorset
Has anyone tried one of these ?
 

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Steevo

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Location
Gloucestershire
Has anyone tried one of these ?

I have a feeling @Clive may have used one but I could be wrong.
 

Clive

Staff Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
Has anyone tried one of these ?

yes - they are very good ime

i got given one when Farm Market place started selling then, it was very good so I bought more !

avoids all the issues of buying and using poisons

 

Clive

Staff Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
Man I do work for has one similar, nailed to a tree next to his house. Uses it to catch squirrels. Worked on rats when put near the chicken run, but only for a while...think they learnt to stay away from it.

yes - you do need to move them when kill rates drop off ……. they do learn
 

Daddy Pig

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Location
dorset
yes - they are very good ime

i got given one when Farm Market place started selling then, it was very good so I bought more !

avoids all the issues of buying and using poisons

thanks. will order one
 

Bald Rick

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Location
Anglesey

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