Who here is in the rat killing business?

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So I have this rat that's taken residence in my home. It's a big fella, like a baked potato with a tail. I called Orkin, and they laid some traps and bait, but it doesn't seem to have taken either one yet. It wouldn't bother me, except it's both intelligent and brazen. It has a tunnel network that rivals any made in history. and will come into rooms where I am. It runs from me, but it comes closer and closer. My mom's cat kept it at bay last night, but tonight she won't be there.
Does anyone have any experience with using a blowgun to dispatch rats? It stays out of machete range (and is frankly too fast to cut down anyway), and I'm starting to go nuts.
 
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Go to the hardware store and get a rat trap or two. (It looks like a mouse trap, but it's really big).

Get a piece of nice coarse twine, and tie a bit of it to each trigger.

Get a couple of marshmallows and put them on a paper plate. Microwave them for maybe 30 seconds or so, until they double in size.

As soon as you take them out of the microwave, quickly stir in a tablespoon of peanut better. When you are done, you'll have a golden, sticky mass of the world's greatest rat bait.

Get a small lump of this bait and put in on the trigger of the trap. Smoosh the twine into it so that it is deeply embedded. Make sure the bait does not interfere with the mechanism.

Let the bait harden fully, then place the trap near a wall, not in a corner or out in the open. Your problem will be solved by morning.
 
Awe forget the blowgun and have some fun 9mm with shot shells or use a .22lr pistol and next time he raises his head to take a peak at you, blow it off. Or you could just feed it. It is getting cold now so smell should not be bad in case it dies in the wall sprinkle your floor with deacon and let the little bugger et till he is content. About a wek later you will notice you miss him hanging around
 
MikeJackmin said:
Go to the hardware store and get a rat trap or two. (It looks like a mouse trap, but it's really big).

Get a piece of nice coarse twine, and tie a bit of it to each trigger.

Get a couple of marshmallows and put them on a paper plate. Microwave them for maybe 30 seconds or so, until they double in size.

As soon as you take them out of the microwave, quickly stir in a tablespoon of peanut better. When you are done, you'll have a golden, sticky mass of the world's greatest rat bait.

Get a small lump of this bait and put in on the trigger of the trap. Smoosh the twine into it so that it is deeply embedded. Make sure the bait does not interfere with the mechanism.

Let the bait harden fully, then place the trap near a wall, not in a corner or out in the open. Your problem will be solved by morning.
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. . . and they say you can not learn something new every day. I have used the peanut butter before on mice traps & it is #1, best I have found so far. But I have never heard of the marshmallow additive. Will have to try this out in the barns this winter.
p.s.: You could also turn one of your end tables upside down & make a figure 4 dead fall .... :)
 
I have noticed mice and rats will not chew through electrical or phone wires.

So, I always leave my cell phone chargers plugged in the wall outlets with the connectors on the floor.

They have stopped peeking out behind my cabinet. :p

I chucked a large sharp dart at one once. That was my one lucky shot. :p
 
Try some tricks. It works at my old house.

Let's catch some, then don't kill, just cut the tail and the ears, then let it go. It's scared to death and dare not come back.

For the rest, let's paint them in colors then release. The released want to reunite with the pack but other rats see the painted different and they fight each other to death.
 
hunglvq said:
For the rest, let's paint them in colors then release. The released want to reunite with the pack but other rats see the painted different and they fight each other to death.
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My side is literally hurting from laughter - that is just such a hilarious image to me :D
 
Killa! I did once with gecko.

In 2001, it was my sister birthday and I decided to do something impressive. I caught some gecko. I painted them with pattern. On the back of one, I wrote "Happy" and the others are "Birthday" and "to you". You know, their back is small, so at a readable "font size", I needed 03 of them to afford a full sentence.

After I blew off the candle and cut the cake, I released them. Out of my imagination, they fought each other, the old and the painted. Few days later, they all left my house.

This trick really works! Spray them with some perfume for more difference in smell. Hahaha!
 
My granny (she died at 94 years of age in 1980) once told me that they had a rat problem when she was a kid. Her mother caught one of the rats live, split its belly with scissors, poured in turpentine and let it go. Needless to say it went between the walls screaming. And that was the end of the rat problem. Apparently seeing one of their brethren in its death throes scared the rest that they decided that it might be a good idea to clear out.

She also said that if you have rats, you won't have mice and vice-versa. Her solution to mice was to mix some Plaster of Paris with some rolled oats and let them eat it. She claimed that when they died, they dried up and didn't rot or stink, which was a problem with other poisons, especially when they died between the walls.

My Pop's solution to rats in the barn was to float a layer of oats or another grain that will float in a seven or ten gallon bucket half full of water. The rats or mice think the bucket is half full of grain and when they jump in, they jump into the water and can't jump back out. I'm not sure how long the grain will float on water before it becomes water logged and sinks, but I imagine you could first float a layer of packing popcorn and pour the grain on top of that.
 
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Let's catch some, then don't kill, just cut the tail and the ears, then let it go. It's scared to death and dare not come back.

For the rest, let's paint them in colors then release. The released want to reunite with the pack but other rats see the painted different and they fight each other to death.
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Hung, you are nasty but it would be fun to see colorful rats running all around. Disneyland anyone?:p

The funny thing about pairing the pest and the nemesis by the old folks here:

If you got rats, snakes will come.
If you see elephants, tigers aren't far.
If you caught a lot of prawns, watch out for crocs.
 
My pa used copper pellets to pop mice when we had issues, though seriously a good dog or cat is probably your best bet. Even when you think you've isolated them in certain rooms by covering every concievable space, they still manage to get in and out. We caught a chipmunk in a toilet once, it fell in to get water and somehow the lid closed over it...
 
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