glass22 0 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hello. I've been posioning rats and mice in a couple of sheds we have for a few months. They once ate a 4kg tub of rat posion in a week. However now the bait boxes are not being touched. I leave them for a week check again and they've not been touched. Any ideas how I can make them take the posion? I know theres rats and mice in the sheds as I saw one, and we have droppings. Thanks. Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 after that amount of time, could well be bait shy Quote Link to post
glass22 0 Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 I think I'm going to try spreading peanut butter over the poison blocks, and see if that has any effect. Quote Link to post
Matt 160 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Adding an 'attractant' like peanut butter to an approved bait is technically an offence. I would try a different bait formulation and active and see what happens. Quote Link to post
00taz11 39 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 what about traps mate Quote Link to post
jaegervulpes 0 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 when that happens with me I do a half and half mix of 2 different poisons i.e half rodex and half slaymore and for some reason they usually go mad for it after that. Quote Link to post
gnipper 6,877 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Get the terriers in to thin them out a bit first and then put poison down, 4 kilo in a week there must have been a few about. Quote Link to post
RatSnatcher 0 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 They may be storing it, have a look around.....4 kg Quote Link to post
bignoel 14 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 try sticky boards Quote Link to post
peter009988 1 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Get the terriers in to thin them out a bit first and then put poison down, 4 kilo in a week there must have been a few about. :stupid: Sounds like the best thing to do Quote Link to post
glass22 0 Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I don't think terriers would be any good, as where I think their nesting is extreamly close to a main road, so I think it would end up with more dead terriers than rats. With sticky boards would I have to kill them or would they be dead? Quote Link to post
bignoel 14 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I don't think terriers would be any good, as where I think their nesting is extreamly close to a main road, so I think it would end up with more dead terriers than rats. With sticky boards would I have to kill them or would they be dead? in some case's yes most die from struggling to free there selfs thriu the night Quote Link to post
RatSnatcher 0 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Can you be more specific on what these sheds are for.......and what bait you were using, I would be more inclined to proof them then go and bait where you are thinking they are coming from, I would also be sweeping up any feaces and looking to see if you start to get fresh faeces around, 4kg is a lot of bait.......you may of dealt with the main problem and just have a few stragglers left behind.....stick some traps down Quote Link to post
Matt 160 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I'm going to sound like a stuck record here, but here we go anyway.... You've got rats in some 'sheds'. You don't tell us anything about these sheds; what they are used for, how big they are etc. 4kg of bait in a week would be alot of bait in a small garden shed, but not much over a period of months in lets say, for example, poultry sheds. You haven't told us what the bait formulation is. If it's blocks, and it's disapearing, it could just be bait translocation, which will be putting non targets at risk. For goodness sake people, it's one thing dealing with an odd rat in your garden, its quite another when you have a serious infestation. For the sake of your health, and that of any children and livestock, GET IN A PROFESSIONAL! It needn't cost a fortune, most councils offer free or subsidised services. You are also legally obliged to control any rats on your property - even if you are a tennant. Now if you want some of the professional pest controllers on here to tell you how to cure the problem on the cheap, I think you'll be out of luck. Quote Link to post
TOMO 29,231 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 AS above you probly just have a few straglers left. and as mat said change baits, in fact for good control i always belive in yousing difrent baits . its a pain carry a few difrent ones round , but like any good pest control a multi pronged attack is best. also bait boxes , although they look good and profesional , and all my contracts have them , look for other areas that are SAFE to bait, under piles of rubble, or rubbish. under pallets, in there burrows if there are any, dont just look to the boxes. Quote Link to post
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