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Rats in The house

the bom · 2013-03-01 22:39:34

Please help, going out of my mind, Ive rats in the house, its an old house with no proper sub floors or cavity walls, the walls are about 24 inches thick with stone and sand, which is dry and easily removed. Im in the house for 20 yrs without problems,They keep coming up in the same corner, Rentokill are useless the come…

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01-03-2013 11:39pm

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the bom

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Please help, going out of my mind, Ive rats in the house, its an old house with no proper sub floors or cavity walls, the walls are about 24 inches thick with stone and sand, which is dry and easily removed. Im in the house for 20 yrs without problems,They keep coming up in the same corner, Rentokill are useless the come and lay bait, Im laying bait, theres 20 different types of bait , paste, oats, blocks , powder everything on the market.Ive opened the corner where they are and surrounded it with a steel box with rat traps inside, last weekend I came home after being out, one of the traps had grazed a rat , there was a blood bath the wall the floor etc all spattered, My House has concrete foot paths to the walls and tarmac going 3mtrs outside that , theres no obvious signs of a hole, During the week I had 3 guys from rentokill walking around the house for half a day, they left bewildered, I got specialists in to put cameras into the pipes and gutters from the house , all seems perfect, Ive been up on the roof, into the attic and combed the whole house, which i know pretty well, theres no obvious entry point, yet the one corner is covered in rat poo with scratching and rooting going on in the corner, can rats go 4 meters under ground, I have small kids im afraid to leave alone,Im Not sleeping the night.Has anyone any suggestions, Would appreciate any help. Thanks.

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#2 01-03-2013 11:45pm
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Pest control discussion is allowed in the animals forum, so try there instead:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=240

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#3 01-03-2013 11:53pm
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mix you rat bait with peanut butter, they love it, after about four days mix a different bait with cooking chocolate, make some buns of the mix, run a drinking straw thro each bun, tie the buns with wire to a piece of steel, wood, or anything that cannot be moved by the rats, after another four days your rat problem is solved, also if you know anyone who keeps ferrets ask them to help out.

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#4 02-03-2013 10:21am
the bom

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Theres no problem with them taking the poison, its going faster than I can supply it, what I have to do is find the entry point.

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