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Hunting Having a bit of an issue with the rats

I’d be looking at sewers / pipe work drains etc too as mentioned. Under sink cupboards looking for greasy marks from fur and tell tale droppings.
Cheap trail cams are a good idea to check movement in gardens at night.
 
Wayno-81 said:
I’d be looking at sewers / pipe work drains etc too as mentioned. Under sink cupboards looking for greasy marks from fur and tell tale droppings.
Cheap trail cams are a good idea to check movement in gardens at night.
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Actually just seen you already are doing this
 
Feel for you must be terrible. I used to live in the country and as soon as the weather changed was overrun with field mice, they chewed through wires and plastic piping, even messed up my daughters toys was glad to leave the place, my terriers were great at catching them in the house!
 
I live near a canal so always have the odd rat probing for new pastures. I live trap then shoot them, I never leave the patio door open unattended. My neighbour uses a trap that shoots a bolt via a CO2 cartridge, I wouldn’t use one incase a hedgehog wanders in as I have in the past and definitely wouldn’t poison them
 
i hate to tell you this but you said they are cable chewing thats very dangerous .i know a house owner had squirrels in the attic chewing light cables and his house was set on fire (luckily no major damage done)if they chew right through a cable then the 2 ends start getting close to each other they cause sparks to jump the gap.the person i knew had to have the attic cables going to room lights a switches run inside metal conduit cost him a good few bob
 
Any holes you find fill them with wire wool as they can’t chew through wire wool that is what a Mitie employee told me when a friend had a rat the size of a small dog in his house
 
colda said:
Working on that, it’s looking like they are coming up the wall cavity in the utility room, we recently had the flat roof replaced and as such the ceiling hasn’t been done yet leaving the top of the walls exposed and clear access into the loft, will be going a bit mad with expanding foam very soon
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That won't even slow them down for long, you need to close the cavity tops with cement, preferably mixed with broken glass & find out where they are getting in at ground level if that could be where.
 
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That sounds like a nightmare. We had one get in to the attic a few years ago that was bad enough, after a shoddy upvc guy did a bad job on the doors never got into the house though. Blocked its access and a load of poison in the attic. The amount of sh!t left I ended up removing all the insulation and replacing found the bugger decomposed in some of it.
Not cheap but get the professionals and as already stated be vigilant because of tbe diseases. Good luck
 
chocolate spread mixed tuna fish will get them to the traps and if you can get the trap into a box with a hole at each end like a tunnel that can work good they love going into tunnels --where gloves to keep your sent down as much as possible --you can also set the box up just with bait in for a day or so when they get used to eating it then put the trap there --they can be shy at first they don't like new things about --but as said the entry points are the most important to block off --soon as you get them sorted from the house --make up a feeding station with a back stop down the end of the garden and get shooting
 
Peddy said:
I live near a canal so always have the odd rat probing for new pastures. I live trap then shoot them, I never leave the patio door open unattended. My neighbour uses a trap that shoots a bolt via a CO2 cartridge, I wouldn’t use one incase a hedgehog wanders in as I have in the past and definitely wouldn’t poison them
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Never heard of that type of trap, did he make it himself ?
 
the madspread said:
i hate to tell you this but you said they are cable chewing thats very dangerous .i know a house owner had squirrels in the attic chewing light cables and his house was set on fire (luckily no major damage done)if they chew right through a cable then the 2 ends start getting close to each other they cause sparks to jump the gap.the person i knew had to have the attic cables going to room lights a switches run inside metal conduit cost him a good few bob
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Appreciated, I’m ok with electrics, damaged cable has been replaced and will be inspecting/replacing as I go. So far the only ones they’ve had a go at were in their way
 
Hw 100 kt fan said:
Any holes you find fill them with wire wool as they can’t chew through wire wool that is what a Mitie employee told me when a friend had a rat the size of a small dog in his house
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The one access point that I found got filled with wire wool (infused with clove powder and a good amount of Dave’s Insanity sauce) then plastered over
 
junglie2022 said:
That won't even slow them down for long, you need to close the cavity tops with cement, preferably mixed with broken glass & find out where they are getting in at ground level if that could be where.
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Think you’re right, I was liking the idea of having a couple of nights off and if/when they got through, at least I’d know where
 
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