Comments on: How to Kill a Rat http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/ Leaving London and downshifting to become a full-time parent and rural homemaker Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:28:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: rat_lover_69 http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/comment-page-1/#comment-616 rat_lover_69 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:23:05 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-616 how about using a trap that is non-lethal and just leaves them in a box, which you can then pick up and transport to your local woodland area. surely thats a much more humane option? oh, and just to say, there is a BIG difference between wild rats and the kind you have as pets a.k.a fancy rats. how about using a trap that is non-lethal and just leaves them in a box, which you can then pick up and transport to your local woodland area.

surely thats a much more humane option?

oh, and just to say, there is a BIG difference between wild rats and the kind you have as pets a.k.a fancy rats.

]]> By: carrie http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/comment-page-1/#comment-558 carrie Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:45:41 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-558 Just found a site that confirmed what my husband heard at work - take peanut butter and baking soda and mix together. Is nontoxic to children, cats and dogs (we can all burp). Place out your bait traps and the mouse/rat will ingest and inflate. Non toxic but not necessarily humane... We have terrible gophers here in Texas - wonder if it will work on them. First I have to figure out how to get the bait down the gopher hole! Just found a site that confirmed what my husband heard at work – take peanut butter and baking soda and mix together. Is nontoxic to children, cats and dogs (we can all burp). Place out your bait traps and the mouse/rat will ingest and inflate. Non toxic but not necessarily humane… We have terrible gophers here in Texas – wonder if it will work on them. First I have to figure out how to get the bait down the gopher hole!

]]> By: dave http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/comment-page-1/#comment-471 dave Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:55:03 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-471 thank you im going to try to kill them thank you im going to try to kill them

]]> By: David Goodwin http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/comment-page-1/#comment-289 David Goodwin Wed, 07 May 2008 09:53:05 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-289 *sigh* We seem to have an annual rat problem - in that they came last year, and are back again. I didn't know they ate dog droppings, so clearly I need to clean up after my mutts somewhat better :-/ There are a number of places that sell poison online - I bought some last year, and put some down, eventually finding out that the one dog had started eating it :-/ This time, I've butchered an ice cream container with a rat-friendly-hole in one end which should help a little. Good luck getting rid of them, David. *sigh*

We seem to have an annual rat problem – in that they came last year, and are back again. I didn’t know they ate dog droppings, so clearly I need to clean up after my mutts somewhat better :-/

There are a number of places that sell poison online – I bought some last year, and put some down, eventually finding out that the one dog had started eating it :-/ This time, I’ve butchered an ice cream container with a rat-friendly-hole in one end which should help a little.

Good luck getting rid of them,

David.

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