We had a mouse invasion about 20 years ago and found that the only thing that worked was poison blocks. When a mouse dies somewhere inaccessible, though, it doesn't stink for long.
Black rats are very rare in teh UK. Will certainly be brown rats (rattus norvegicus) - the Norwegian Rat.I'm a bit surprised to read that.
[confused daily mail reader]
Comin' over 'ere, displacin' our indigenous black rats... hang on a tick. Black, did you say?
[/confused daily mail reader]
Aggressive rats are quite a challenge for most cats, I would say. I'm sure I have related elsewhere on these hallowed pages the sad experience of our dog, who had his nose bisected by a rat one day.
My own experience of squirrels confirms this.
Maybe one has to be human-sized before a rat is fazed.
I thought that rats were supposed to be intelligent - Albeit maybe not in a Likelihood / Severity kind of way.QuoteMaybe one has to be human-sized before a rat is fazed.
Maybe they're as crap at risk-assessment as sheep are?
Cats need to be a bit wild to learn how to kill rats. That BBC program showed that.That makes complete sense.
rats are sufficiently devious that they will let/encourage a weaker rat to take a new foodstuff and only when that rat doesn't die will they tuck in themselves.
I should have said 'maybe you can borrow a proper cat?'
cheers
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Like this?
Rats won't attack humans unless they're cornered or threatened. Apparently, a big source of them in urban areas are those stupid areas of garden decking people seemed enamoured with. They love making nests under that stuff.
Don't use poison. Post-Brexit, rats will be a valuable protein source, and you may need to keep some aside for bartering with an allotment-owning neighbour or a FOAF who keeps chickens.
Don't use poison. Post-Brexit, rats will be a valuable protein source, and you may need to keep some aside for bartering with an allotment-owning neighbour or a FOAF who keeps chickens.
<Discworld> Rat onna stick? </Discworld>
Don't use poison. Post-Brexit, rats will be a valuable protein source, and you may need to keep some aside for bartering with an allotment-owning neighbour or a FOAF who keeps chickens.
<Discworld> Rat onna stick? </Discworld>
With ketchup.
Don't use poison. Post-Brexit, rats will be a valuable protein source, and you may need to keep some aside for bartering with an allotment-owning neighbour or a FOAF who keeps chickens.
<Discworld> Rat onna stick? </Discworld>
With ketchup.
You disgust me, its english mustard. What else?
Don't use poison. Post-Brexit, rats will be a valuable protein source, and you may need to keep some aside for bartering with an allotment-owning neighbour or a FOAF who keeps chickens.
<Discworld> Rat onna stick? </Discworld>
With ketchup.
You disgust me, its english mustard. What else?
Yebbut only the supermarket own-brand - there's no way I'd waste Taylor's on a rodent kebab. :demon:
Don't use poison. Post-Brexit, rats will be a valuable protein source, and you may need to keep some aside for bartering with an allotment-owning neighbour or a FOAF who keeps chickens.
<Discworld> Rat onna stick? </Discworld>
With ketchup.
You disgust me, its english mustard. What else?
Yebbut only the supermarket own-brand - there's no way I'd waste Taylor's on a rodent kebab. :demon:
This Unit has had French's Spicy inna-squeezy-bottle recommended to it, as it disguises the taste of the rat. It's also as pikey as Rogerzilla's old Beemer ;D
Don't use poison. Post-Brexit, rats will be a valuable protein source, and you may need to keep some aside for bartering with an allotment-owning neighbour or a FOAF who keeps chickens.
<Discworld> Rat onna stick? </Discworld>
With ketchup.
You disgust me, its english mustard. What else?
Yebbut only the supermarket own-brand - there's no way I'd waste Taylor's on a rodent kebab. :demon:
This Unit has had French's Spicy inna-squeezy-bottle recommended to it, as it disguises the taste of the rat. It's also as pikey as Rogerzilla's old Beemer ;D
French on an English rat!!!!!
Frankly, I'd prefer the wasps. At least they die in the winter.
Frankly, I'd prefer the wasps. At least they die in the winter.
Not when they start coming through a crack in the ceiling plasterwork, you wouldn't. All the tree rats do is scamper around in the middle of the night. Well, they're probably up to other squirly crimes as well but that's not my problem unless it was them that b0rked the magnetic filter on the heating system.
[1] O'Brien, R. and Bernstein, Z. (1999). Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh. New York: Aladdin Books.
Saw a strange sight today. As I was driving past a farm cold store I spied a commotion in the gutter. About a dozen rats stopped what they were doing in the gutter (dust bathing?) and disappeared into the long grass. I don't think I've ever seen so many rats in one place before.
I believe I have recounted somewhere on these pages the occasion that our dog and I killed 21 rats in my dad's heap of chicken shit & straw during a half-hour spree. The dog was armed to the teeth and I was wielding a cricket bat.
I believe I have recounted somewhere on these pages the occasion that our dog and I killed 21 rats in my dad's heap of chicken shit & straw during a half-hour spree. The dog was armed to the teeth and I was wielding a cricket bat.
Did you then head to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for it all to blow over?
I believe I have recounted somewhere on these pages the occasion that our dog and I killed 21 rats in my dad's heap of chicken shit & straw during a half-hour spree. The dog was armed to the teeth and I was wielding a cricket bat.
Did you then head to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for it all to blow over?
I had to google that and it worked.
They are now getting water leaks in the kitchen under the bathroom. This started when my father started fiddling under the bath, so hopefully that’s the cause. Google tells me that rats & mice will chew through pipes to get to water. :facepalm:
It also appears that many household insurance policies exclude damage caused by animals. I’ll have to check theirs.
I thought Vitamin K (not C) was the antidote to coumarin rat poisons like warfarin but I'm a rusty doctor.
Vitamin K is abundant in trendy 'superfoods' like kale and broccoli.
Then I worked in an animal feed mill. Let me just say, we had rats we'd only approach in a battalion of forklift trucks with makeshift armour and weapons.