Comments on: How to Kill a Rat http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/ permaculture on the new home front Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:23:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle wood http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-1628 Michelle wood Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:18:05 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-1628 I'm all tooled up for a full assault today these bitches are going down I got poison traps sticky boards oh and my pellet gun if things get nasty . Well I'm going I'n wish me luck x I’m all tooled up for a full assault today these bitches are going down I got poison traps sticky boards oh and my pellet gun if things get nasty . Well I’m going I’n wish me luck x

]]> By: Marc http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-1327 Marc Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:18:09 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-1327 @Billy Pool Rats are relatively intelligent creatures, and are cautious around new food items. A rat will nibble a little of a novel food, and come back for more if there are no consequences. Therefore, rat poisons are not designed as "single take" poisons, they are cumulative. This also minimises the risk of collateral damage to pets and wildlife- owls and other raptors take a fair number of rats, but the the poison from a single dose is not generally enough to kill them if they take a rat that has recently eaten poison. The same goes for cats and dogs etc. In general, predators will not eat an obviously dying rat, so the risk is mainly avoided by the time the rat has taken enough poison to kill it. @Billy Pool

Rats are relatively intelligent creatures, and are cautious around new food items.

A rat will nibble a little of a novel food, and come back for more if there are no consequences. Therefore, rat poisons are not designed as “single take” poisons, they are cumulative.

This also minimises the risk of collateral damage to pets and wildlife- owls and other raptors take a fair number of rats, but the the poison from a single dose is not generally enough to kill them if they take a rat that has recently eaten poison. The same goes for cats and dogs etc.

In general, predators will not eat an obviously dying rat, so the risk is mainly avoided by the time the rat has taken enough poison to kill it.

]]> By: Chris http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-1012 Chris Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:46:21 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-1012 I thought we had just one big rat but I went and got two big traps and got it but tonight I saw two more smaller ones but they are still pretty big how do I get them because they won't go to the trap I thought we had just one big rat but I went and got two big traps and got it but tonight I saw two more smaller ones but they are still pretty big how do I get them because they won’t go to the trap

]]> By: Hani Bathish http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-988 Hani Bathish Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:20:34 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-988 ...I meant inside the fridge from behind, where all the pipes are …I meant inside the fridge from behind, where all the pipes are

]]> By: Hani Bathish http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-987 Hani Bathish Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:18:49 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-987 We have a rat in our kitchen and it lives inside the fridge. I put out some poison (red gell-like capsules in wrapping) it did not seem to work, it ate the first three and left the rest. I put some special glue on a peice of cardboard, it got stuck apparently for a while but managed to wiggle free and left behind hair and glue everywhere. Oh and a lot of droppings. I am about to douse the kitchen with kerosin and set it alite, rat and all, what do I do? We have a rat in our kitchen and it lives inside the fridge. I put out some poison (red gell-like capsules in wrapping) it did not seem to work, it ate the first three and left the rest. I put some special glue on a peice of cardboard, it got stuck apparently for a while but managed to wiggle free and left behind hair and glue everywhere. Oh and a lot of droppings. I am about to douse the kitchen with kerosin and set it alite, rat and all, what do I do?

]]> By: Haruhi http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-965 Haruhi Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-965 Will the chipmucks eat the peanut butter too? Will the chipmucks eat the peanut butter too?

]]> By: Shorts http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-938 Shorts Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:16:25 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-938 How about a humane trap, then add a brick and drop it in a river, tie a rope to it so you can get your trap back after a day or so. Unless he can hold his breath he'll definitely not be a problem again! How about a humane trap, then add a brick and drop it in a river, tie a rope to it so you can get your trap back after a day or so. Unless he can hold his breath he’ll definitely not be a problem again!

]]> By: Billy Pool http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-864 Billy Pool Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:13:58 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-864 i got mine with poison too keeping it handy and also three traps baited bring it onMmr rat i got mine with poison too keeping it handy and also three traps baited bring it onMmr rat

]]> By: CT http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-861 CT Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:37:21 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-861 We called the council after seeing rats for the first time. Our next door neighbour keeps chickens and they take trips across our garden to get the feed, after disposing of 6-10 rats over 10 years, the most recent one TODAY after it ingested the poison and was flopping around the garden in a daze, i dispatched with a 177.cal BB to the brain. Triple bagged it and disposed of it in the trash. I know there is more to come... We called the council after seeing rats for the first time. Our next door neighbour keeps chickens and they take trips across our garden to get the feed, after disposing of 6-10 rats over 10 years, the most recent one TODAY after it ingested the poison and was flopping around the garden in a daze, i dispatched with a 177.cal BB to the brain. Triple bagged it and disposed of it in the trash. I know there is more to come…

]]> By: Billy Pool http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-803 Billy Pool Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:31:20 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/05/01/how-to-kill-a-rat/#comment-803 i have sat and watched a rat eat the rat poison i put out for the last three days, it keeps coming back for more and is even scraping the ground where i laid the bait. i thought it would have died after the first feed. i have since put a trap out with some chicken on it and the rat sniffed the trap and jumped back two feet. could the rat have sniffed the blood of a former victim. i have now sprinkled the trap and the chicken with the rat poison and hopefully i will get rid of the blighter. i have sat and watched a rat eat the rat poison i put out for the last three days, it keeps coming back for more and is even scraping the ground where i laid the bait.
i thought it would have died after the first feed. i have since put a trap out with some chicken on it and the rat sniffed the trap and jumped back two feet. could the rat have sniffed the blood of a former victim. i have now sprinkled the trap and the chicken with the rat poison and hopefully i will get rid of the blighter.

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