JDog Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 This is an old house and I have been expecting rats and mice to come into the house now that harvest is finished. Two nights ago there was a scuffling in the roof space that sounded like the migration of Wildebeest rather than rats. It kept me awake all night so yesterday I bought some strong rat poison and placed it in two large flower pots and inserted it into the two roof spaces. I have just looked up there and both pots have been filled to the top with fibre glass insulation and plaster from the underside of the slates. I am no expert in rat behaviour and I am assuming that they have covered up the poison so that they are not tempted to eat it. Could this be the case? If they do it again I will take a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Have a look at this link. It features domestic rats reverting to wild behavoiur, but gives a good insight into their intelligence. You have to load each section and it initially is a bit slow. Usually the right hand lower MB load in blue works best. You click the next section in the left hand titles to go to the next section.Found this a few years ago and it was fascinating. Takes about half an hour to watch it all if you get it loading at a reasonable pace for each section. http://www.ratlife.org/Home/0Main-frameset/Mainframeset.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pestbry Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Mice cover up poison baits up in lofts on jobs I do all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurchers Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) Rats bury the bait to use for storage but off the noise have you not thought it could be squirrels.they would eat the bait to but it is ilegal to use if it is them.just with you saying it was like wilderbeast as squirrels will bang about like doing the riverdance and trash your loft worse than any rats mate.ive done this for 34yrs and 9yrs for a big company before i rapped it in.im just going off experience from the noise you said. Edited September 14, 2014 by lurchers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 how clever are rats??? hmmmm...welll.....my ex missus had a degree...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionforangling Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) I'm sure you have researched poisons for rats but on a well known carp water that I have fished (you know which one!) there is a rat problem there. A cup full of sugar, bicarbonate of soda and flour all mixed together in equal quantities can provide a good alternative to commercial rat poisons. Rats cannot be sick evidently and that's just what the bicarbonate causes them to want to do, they die from internal organ failure. Might be worth a try if you have no luck with your current plan Edited September 14, 2014 by Passionforangling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 I'm sure you have researched poisons for rats but on a well known carp water that I have fished (you know which one!) there is a rat problem there. A cup full of sugar, bicarbonate of soda and flour all mixed together in equal quantities can provide a good alternative to commercial rat poisons. Rats cannot be sick evidently and that's just what the bicarbonate causes them to want to do, they die from internal organ failure. Might be worth a try if you have no luck with your current plan Thanks for the tips. I tried your recipe this morning. The first lot was so good I ate it myself. The second lot exploded in the oven. Am I doing this right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Thanks for the tips. I tried your recipe this morning. The first lot was so good I ate it myself. The second lot exploded in the oven. Am I doing this right? It should look like this Jdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistolgrip Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Rats are very clever they've been known to travel over a large expanse of water buy stowing away in the holds of ships even clingging to the bottom of cars and lorries hang on! I'm sure I've heard this before somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 It should look like this Jdog It did look like that which is why I ate it. Far too good for rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Was a bit sceptical myself, but have found a number of links on the web. We used to keep pet rats for the kids and very good too, but I wouldn't get within a bargepole lengh of a wild rat. I knew that rats and other rodents can't vomit or Rabbits. If your scones turn out that well you can send some over here. I can never get scones to turn out properly. Will have to use the cake version. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Rat-Poison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Put some of those blue blocks up, very effective and stay fresh a lot longer than wheat. Yes Rats in your ceiling space are noisy (very noisy) I had them. Most important thing is once they have gotten dead make sure the entry point is sealed, and also illuminate them around the external perimeter (I have traps outside and whenever I catch one more poison goes down) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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