I’ve heard the longer the tale the smarter the Rat, but congrats & kudos u got the  it so little f_cker!🥳🎉🎊😄

Good Job!! Do they make those traps in a larger size that I could scatter around the state capital?

1 hour ago, Old guy44 said:

Good Job!! Do they make those traps in a larger size that I could scatter around the state capital?

Yes they do make bigger ones Dwight !! 

But the big problem would be selecting the right Bait !!!! 

Now just a bit of info for future !!!

i hunted the web for better ideas for catching the f—ker 

last night I bought extra traps for a total of 6 

baited them all differently , no peanut butter at all ....

honey , pumpkin seeds wallnuts almonds tomato and it was the trap with crushed up almonds that got him !!! 

So I learnt that one bait doesn’t suit all rats !!! For years I have been using peanut butter with great results ! 

This must be a new generation of rat that fancies Different nuts !!! 

3 hours ago, TboneWS6 said:

I’ve heard the longer the tale the smarter the Rat, but congrats & kudos u got the  it so little f_cker!🥳🎉🎊😄

Your right mate ! He had a really long tail. !!! Interesting !!! 

Hope this ends the prob's, but there are rarely JUSTA one of the buggers.  They go well on toast......

1 hour ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Yes they do make bigger ones Dwight !! 

But the big problem would be selecting the right Bait !!!! 

It’s a little like the roadrunner and coyote boys. We’re the coyote trying to catch the proverbial roadrunner.,so the sign over the bait pile of money should say “Free Campaign Funds”. No two legged rat can resist that bait. ..but ya gotta be quick!

This ad Justa showed up and I had to watch it.  Think I have to try this.

 

now thats bloody cleaver!!!! thanks JustA!!! i am going to try that. 

now i have the rat that got inside... and tonight will be a test to see if there is more!!!!

i am going to set some bait stations outside.

17 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

But the big problem would be selecting the right Bait !!!! 

For any politician born in the last hundred years the bait selection is obvious. MONEY 

Coming back to the original topic....

 

 

10 hours ago, Frosty said:

Coming back to the original topic....

 

 

frosty, i saw this post before i went to work this morning !!! i did not get time to watch it.

i was super impressed with his presentation and he is dead right !! dirty electricity !!! yes!!! bad !

evs.... dumb idea.

hydrogen. yes !! way better!

Way after we are all dead and buried there will still be idiots pushing dumb ideas and dumb people following them 🙄   

Hey Kiwi, I was talking to my regular mechanic today (who is also a farmer) and we got to talking about rodent problems. He said that the stuff he uses for the farm is great. "They love it!" he said. He didn't tell me what the actual product was (he was called away) but I got to thinking about it and perhaps you should visit your local farm supplies shop and ask their recommendation - I'm sure they will help you out with something that is irresistible to rats. If you have pets, then obviously you gotta take care where you put these things.

This is not good news either....

 

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

This is not good news either....

 

Been seriously looking at a few SUVs since December of last year and prices kept fluctuating with available equipment and in general. Opted to bite the bullet and build a Blazer, because it's the only reasonable mid-sized SUV with a V6, to lock in the current price. Had to remove some "nice to have" options from the build because of the chip shortage but happy it's finally started the build process at the plant. They said maybe "August" but I just hope I get it before the end of the year the rate my luck has been going   

12 hours ago, Fitzy said:

Hey Kiwi, I was talking to my regular mechanic today (who is also a farmer) and we got to talking about rodent problems. He said that the stuff he uses for the farm is great. "They love it!" he said. He didn't tell me what the actual product was (he was called away) but I got to thinking about it and perhaps you should visit your local farm supplies shop and ask their recommendation - I'm sure they will help you out with something that is irresistible to rats. If you have pets, then obviously you gotta take care where you put these things.

thanks Mate !!! i didnt think to do that !!! and we dont have any pets any more !!! 😔 Harry past away a couple of years ago now and the boss isnt keen to replace him justA yet.

but yes i will head down to wrightsons and ask them !!! cheers .... off to the beach today for a well earned break !!

5 hours ago, Frosty said:

This is not good news either....

 

now this is a good reason to buy an old car !!!! 

More bad news....thank you sir, may I have another!

 

Got home from the beach 

and justA as a precaution I set all 6 traps before we left !

guess the rats like crushed almonds 

Edited June 6, 20223 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Damn...this is gonna leave a mark.   And whatta headache...........

Ouch & 👍! As ur finding out pretty much always more than one! Good job thinning the heard! Keep up the good work! Make sure when u get the bait box’s they’re the big ones. I’ve seen some pretty sturdy & heavy duty ones for out side that pets can’t get at also somewhat kid proof. My son has a service who puts them outside around his house to get them before getting into the house. Seems to work great. 

8 hours ago, TboneWS6 said:

Ouch & 👍! As ur finding out pretty much always more than one! Good job thinning the heard! Keep up the good work! Make sure when u get the bait box’s they’re the big ones. I’ve seen some pretty sturdy & heavy duty ones for out side that pets can’t get at also somewhat kid proof. My son has a service who puts them outside around his house to get them before getting into the house. Seems to work great. 

yes mate, i really think i need to get onto setting up the baits around the property !! i am going to take Fitzy advise and go talk to the guys at the farm supplies store and get bait that they recommend 👍

human 3 !!!

rat 0 

 

and here i am thinking there was only 1 !!!! JustA did warn me that there would be more!

thats 3 to go now!!!

this one was in the bosses garge !! i saw it climbing the wall friday night so  i set a trap with almonds nuts and here is the result !!!

Edited June 11, 20223 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Not to make it seem more daunting but if there’s a nearby nest rats & mice have big litters often. Could be as many as 50!  I had a mice problem, I’m in the woods. Not sure the variety but they were bigger than the usual mice & smaller than typical rats. I started with traps & the sticky paper & got about 10 over a week or so. I started with the bait boxes but they were big enough they couldn’t get in the bait box’s. I’d see the bait boxes moved around but bait untouched. I started putting the block bait loose. I put it in my eve’s, attic & inside plumbing access hatches inside walls! Sounds radical but after about a month I stopped seeing their droppings anywhere in the house. Even stopped seeing them outside near the house in the woods. I would check on the blocks & see they’d eat the whole thing, sometimes the blocks disappeared overnite, I think they’d take back to the nest! Been a couple years & no sign of the vermin ever anymore. I still put the blocks out & check but never even see nibbles! I think I killed all of them in the whole county 🤔😂😂😎

Best of Luck, they R a PIA!

15 minutes ago, TboneWS6 said:

Could be as many as 50

Also as bad as Cane toads. Damn things…

8 hours ago, Ringo64 said:

Also as bad as Cane toads. Damn things…

Ok I'll bite. Whatsa Cane toad??  You know how much we like pic's.  

6 minutes ago, JUSTA6 said:

Ok I'll bite. Whatsa Cane toad??  You know how much we like pic's.  

Invasive species (no natural predators here) that multiply like crazy and poisonous by excretion on their body. Dogs love to chase them and attack them, kills them quick, unfortunately :’( . From down under, people brought them here for killing bugs on plantations. Didn’t work out lol.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad

It’s legal to kill them here as they run amuck.