How to outsmart a rat?

[hottyscotty]

I've got a bit of a rat problem. Supermarket traps aren't working and they're eating rat poison like candy. What other methods could i use that is commonly found in a home to trap these critters?

[Spooooled]

I've got a bit of a rat problem. Supermarket traps aren't working and they're eating rat poison like candy. What other methods could i use that is commonly found in a home to trap these critters?

big rat trap with peanut butter?

or a size 12 hook covered in peanutbutter

Edited June 12, 2012 by Spoooled

[The Incredible Hull]

You can buy these traps, that have a sticky substance on top, and the rat sticks to them, and cannot escape.

You can get it from supermarkets.

[Trapper Tom]

Hey Scotty

Simple get a cat

(ps the sticky stuff does work as well)

Cheers

Trapper Tom.

[mako2000]

One of the cage type traps works a treat, looks like a small possum trap. I had problems after a neighbour cleared out a very overgrown garden a few years ago. Must have caught 10 before i got rid of them. Once in the trap just drop the whole trap into a bucket of water until the rat drowns and tip it into a rubbish bag and in to the bin.

[hottyscotty]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-news/super-rats-big-ravenous-and-high-on-poison/story-e6freuzi-1226373061152

Looks like i'm not the only one having the same problem.

I didn't notice the sticky stuff at the supermarket. Gotta try look for it again.

I've thought of baiting a hook with peanut butter. You think circles would work better so they can't get off the hook?

[PRED-ATOR]

make sure you keep the sticky stuff away from dusty areas (obviously harder than it sounds) once dust sticks to the adhesive face, the rat can use it as a blanket and nothing will happen lol

[hookmeup]

get yourself a fox terrier, they love em, wont stop till they are gone, even bring them back to you to show off,better still you can hire mine off me ! at a special raider price of course !

[Shanemills]

Or keep a snake even in tank rats and mice smell them and go nowhere near your house.

[austral]

One of the cage type traps works a treat, looks like a small possum trap. I had problems after a neighbour cleared out a very overgrown garden a few years ago. Must have caught 10 before i got rid of them. Once in the trap just drop the whole trap into a bucket of water until the rat drowns and tip it into a rubbish bag and in to the bin.

+1:thumbup: