I found a rat in my garden today, but was unarmed, and unwilling to take it on bare handed. Whilst I went to look for my cat (not a trained ratter unfortunately) the rat kindly stayed put. When I whistled for the cat (he was out somewhere) the rat made a dash for behind my shed. When the cat eventually turned up, he showed some interest in whatever was behind the shed, but emerged with no rat.
So, accepting that my cat is not a ratter, and neither am I, I'm looking for this forums hints and tops on ratting.
This is War. Last rat standing. Your rhb needs you --->!
Much Appreciated.
Originally posted by rhbI'd go for style. Cheese and a retro mouse trap.
I found a rat in my garden today, but was unarmed, and unwilling to take it on bare handed. Whilst I went to look for my cat (not a trained ratter unfortunately) the rat kindly stayed put. When I whistled for the cat (he was out somewhere) the rat made a dash for behind my shed. When the cat eventually turned up, he showed some interest in whatever was behind th ...[text shortened]... ps on ratting.
This is War. Last rat standing. Your rhb needs you --->!
Much Appreciated.
Originally posted by rhbNuke the bugger!
I found a rat in my garden today, but was unarmed, and unwilling to take it on bare handed. Whilst I went to look for my cat (not a trained ratter unfortunately) the rat kindly stayed put. When I whistled for the cat (he was out somewhere) the rat made a dash for behind my shed. When the cat eventually turned up, he showed some interest in whatever was behind th ...[text shortened]... ps on ratting.
This is War. Last rat standing. Your rhb needs you --->!
Much Appreciated.
Originally posted by rhbTempt it out with a slap up meal... You know pate de fois gras folowed by pan fried venison with red wine reduction and steamed treacle sponge pudding with clotted cream ice cream. Push the boat out and light the candles and then when its on the cheese coarse and slightly tipsy from the Chateau Les Ormes De Pez, beat its brains out with a shovel.
Some rules:
Me, my cat, my house, my shed, my garden: all to remain unscathed.
The rat: dead.
Answers on a postcard please.
P.s. How's it all going Phil? Still running from the couch? 🙂
Doing good rhb ... made it as far as the front door the other day then turned back.... Thought better of it!
I lived in a house that had an infestation with rats. The old man next door died and this young couple came in and bulldozed the overgrown backyard. They moved right in with us. It was horrible. I (actually my wife) had a couple of cats that were good mousers. But I remember one night getting up after hearing some comotion and found one of the cats and a huge rat in a stare-off.
I had these big rat traps that seemed like they would be fine, but one day I went down in the basement and found the trap set off with just a tiny bit of blood on it. The villian had gotten out of it. I took the trap to the hardware store and asked this old black man if he had a bigger trap that this one. I will never forget what he said: "Son, I don't know what you after, but it's bigger than life."
Anyway, I was getting obsessed to the point of taping a flashlight on a pellet gun and sitting in the basement waiting. Call me Ishmael. Dammit I was going to live in my house without rats. The last one I caught was 14 inches from nose to end of tail.
My wife said "Enough!" when I backed the car into the garage and turned it on to flush them out with the fumes. The other thing I did that concerned her was I was trying to run current into the rat trap to electrocute him.
In the end I should have listened to the old black man. We moved.
Originally posted by rhbDig a rat-proof trench around your shed and then set fire to it.
I found a rat in my garden today, but was unarmed, and unwilling to take it on bare handed. Whilst I went to look for my cat (not a trained ratter unfortunately) the rat kindly stayed put. When I whistled for the cat (he was out somewhere) the rat made a dash for behind my shed. When the cat eventually turned up, he showed some interest in whatever was behind th ...[text shortened]... ps on ratting.
This is War. Last rat standing. Your rhb needs you --->!
Much Appreciated.
I have a foolproof recipe for rodent genocide that was passed down to me by my father, and his father before him. Unfortunately he never taught me anything else, but here goes. It's easy and cheap or free depending on how much crap you have lying around your house.
Run a piece of string through a soda can or jar lengthwise. Put 2 holes in the top part of a five gallon bucket and tie the string can combo tightly across the top of the bucket. The can should spin freely. Put some peanut butter on the can, fill the bucket up part way with water and run a little ramp up to the string. Empty the bucket periodically and don't let anyone with strong animal rights feelings see this tool.
....one can buy an electric rat trap....it is a blue plastic shoe box like
item with a charge plate ( 4 batteries operate it )...you place the box
on a rat track ( along a wall or beside the wall of the shed ) and put dry cat food on the plate...the rat will eventually enter and be zapped
quickly to death...a red lit light blinks when the rat has been zapped and you just carry the blue box to the trash and let the poor zapped
critter slide out...it is clean..efficient..and all you have to do to check
to see if you got the critter is watch the red led light...cost $30.00 in
the states but you should be able to find it on the net....i used to beat
them to death with two by fours but got old and my wickedness drifted away...so now i depend on mr electric....