Infestation/Rat Trapping Product Suggestions?

Call Billy

Poison them.

http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/vi...m308-p-75.html

dont let the fuckers go after you catch them, kill them.

These are the best around. Just shut up, go buy them, use them and report back here tomorrow with "Oh! Thanks, Jait! I caught 263 so far."


Use peanut butter.


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First step is to figure out how they are getting in and seal it.

Fail there and you can kill them all you want you'll always have the problem. Foam and anything they can chew through does not work long term.

Then trap it up and kill them

I've never had more success with killing mice than when using the good old fashioned wood-and-metal snap traps. They're incredibly cheap, too.

Trollface_sl said:

we are in the process of sealing up one of the holes we found near the AC unit. It looks like a sloppy installation job that we never noticed when we bought the house...it's a pipe that connects AC unit to our house, which goes through our wall and it was not properly sealed...

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That's a good start, but the problem is they'll chew their way back in (even via another route if necessary). Once you kill a few more in traps, cut off their heads (kitchen scissors should work nicely) and stand them on tooth picks around the external areas of your house as a warning.

*Note* In Italy they use thumb tacks and popsicle sticks in the shape of crosses to hold the rats and space them every 12 inches around the entirety of the house's perimeter, so that's another option.

If you want to go real cheap, get a 5 gallon bucket, a plank, dowel, soda can, peanut butter, and some anti freeze.



The anti freeze will stop them from stinking the place up and extend the time needed to empty it. Cheap and easy!

Trollface_sl said:

I will definitely try that in our garage, where i think they were initially coming from. Tried searching for two products suggested but not really available in Canada.

Products of interest:

looks similar to Jait's suggestion

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I'm a total skeptic when it comes to this stuff. We had 1 mouse and nothing worked. I tried to be kind and use non-lethal shit to move it outside etc..etc.. Bought a sonic noise thingy to chase it out. Everything was a no go until I read the reviews on the trap I posted. I read how one woman thought she had one mouse, then caught 5 in 15 minutes using those traps. I saw it had 300 reviews and all of them were 5 stars. Didn't understand how a 1.50$ trap was superior to the expensive ones..

So I bought it.

Took it home, bought 2 packs of 2 just in case I had more than 1 mouse. Put peanut butter in them, loaded them. Set the first one down. Set the second one down. Set the third one down THWACK! First one caught the mouse. Didn't even have time to put the final one down. They really, really work.

As for the sonic/sound device, we use those in commercial kitchens. They're great for keeping rats/mice out, but they are line of sight only.


Oh, and PS. These traps I posted are WAY better than wood and metal ones. You want to avoid anything with a thin "bar", those kill the mouse but also squeeze it...well you get the picture. It's the exact same principle, except they wont decapitate the mouse or explode the mouse all over. No mess cleanups are a huge +. You can also reuse these traps very quickly and easily or just toss the mouse out with it.

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Bait your corners and walls at the base in out of the way places with gloves on. The blocks are an anti coagulant and a dehydrant. Mice get about 95% of what they need to drink out of their food, as such when they nibble on these they get insane thirst, leave to find water provided you dont have any ready sources for them indoors, and bleed out outside. Mice are cautious, so it may take 2-4 days of walking pass the blocks before they go in for the bait.

Each block kills about 40 or so mice or one rat. Traps are a waste because you never really see when you're getting control. Most traps kill one mouse, you can check your blocks to see when they're being eaten and where.

As for entry points, mice can fit into any space they can get their nose in and as such all they really need is the width of a dime to squeeze in. They key into air drafts to find entry points, cold air in the summer and warm in the winter. Get yourself some brillow pads, break em apart into some nice loose threads. Stuff your suspected entry points tight with the broken up pad and a screwdriver then caulk to seal, even if they rechew the entry points they'll tear their throats to bits.