i've got rats in my house

Mikey · 08-15-2010, 10:17 AM

i have rats in my house and they're eating the dog food and there's poop upstairs and I can hear them in walls..

I've got a trap setup, the plastic snapper guy but it's got peanut butter and dog food in it and ive set it everywhere (next to the dogfood, upstairs, inside walls etc..etc...etc...) and they are not falling for it

so how can i get rid of these rats
yahooka please tell me

farmergiles · 08-15-2010, 10:27 AM

They are pretty clever, they won't go for the traps if they can get food elsewhere. They are pretty good at beating the traps, either by tripping them then taking the bait, or just very gently taking the bait so the trap does not strike.
Tie the bait to the trap with wire and nail the trap to the floor, that makes it harder for them.
Get a metal bin, hide all food where they can't get at it.

Trapping rats is tricky.
Glue boards sometimes work.
Poison will work but you have to be very careful not to poison wildlife/pets etc.

Roach · 08-15-2010, 10:33 AM

I have squirrels...

and one contemptable roach.

Flamingnun · 08-15-2010, 10:36 AM

Get a cat, or better, cats.

Geeno · 08-15-2010, 10:36 AM

You need snakes to keep the rats under control.

Sir-Ex · 08-15-2010, 10:45 AM

Give this guy a call.

farmergiles · 08-15-2010, 10:58 AM

What does he do, hit them with his pipe?

The_Jester · 08-15-2010, 11:09 AM

hehe that's the guy in that terrantino movie who shot a bunch of jewish people hiding out in the basement of someone trying to protect a family. It's fiction, but the dude did a good job acting cold.

I'd just find wherever they are coming from and put a nice 98% sulfuric acid or 31% hydrochloric acid trap. Maybe make a nice dish of cheese or something, as soon as they trip the wire, flood the bowl with an acid and come back to bones, and melted organic matter the next morning. I wonder if rat souls are soluble in acidic solutions or if they'll precipitate out.

farmergiles · 08-15-2010, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Jester

I wonder if rat souls are soluble in acidic solutions or if they'll precipitate out.

Roach · 08-15-2010, 11:27 AM

YouTube - Amazing Rube Goldberg mouse trap

Sir-Ex · 08-15-2010, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Jester

I'd just find wherever they are coming from and put a nice 98% sulfuric acid or 31% hydrochloric acid trap. Maybe make a nice dish of cheese or something, as soon as they trip the wire, flood the bowl with an acid and come back to bones, and melted organic matter the next morning. I wonder if rat souls are soluble in acidic solutions or if they'll precipitate out.

as funny as that is, no sort of acid actually exists that could destroy a rat before it could get out of the bowl. Unless you made it impossible for the rat to get out of the bowl.. like a lid falls down after the acid fills it. Then yeah.. you'd have rat slurry.

hijabihippie · 08-15-2010, 12:31 PM

Keep your house scrupulously clean, put ALL food into containers & get yourself the biggest, baddest cat/cats you can find. Maybe somebody on the island has one you can borrow.

shai_hulud · 08-15-2010, 01:41 PM

kill them with fire

Grieves · 08-15-2010, 01:45 PM

clean your house you filthy hippie...

Kishar · 08-15-2010, 02:04 PM

if their big rats a cat will run but if their mice a cat should get rid of them in a few days unless you get a lazy ass cat. females are the best hunters.

Mikey · 08-15-2010, 02:10 PM

i live in my grandma's house
it's a fucking huge big ass mansion on the beach

absolutely filled up to the rim with grandma's shit

we only use the kitchen, one bedroom for our son and a big living room / our bedroom

so grieves, my house is very fucking clean thank you very much, it's just so fucking cluttered with my grandma in law's shit that we're not allowed to maneuver any of it anywhere, she's a fucking hardcore hoarder and we kinda are stuck living in her mess

Mikey · 08-15-2010, 02:13 PM

im gonna get a cat
a nice fucking cat
i love cats
but we have 3 dogs
but i'll make it work

Waves · 08-15-2010, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir-Ex

Give this guy a call.

r u implying that jews = rats??

Mikey · 08-15-2010, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waves

r u implying that jews = rats??

....the vermin???

oh no he di-in't

Sir-Ex · 08-15-2010, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waves

r u implying that jews = rats??

I'm not, but the character in question has implied so much. From his perspective, I figured if he's good at hunting jews, he'd also be good at hunting rats. He could psyche them right out of the walls with some flawlessly acted speech or something.

08-15-2010, 10:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mikey Seasoned YaHookan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: gulf islands bc Posts: 7,443 Thanks: 1,144 Thanked 2,246 Times in 1,475 Posts	i've got rats in my house i have rats in my house and they're eating the dog food and there's poop upstairs and I can hear them in walls.. I've got a trap setup, the plastic snapper guy but it's got peanut butter and dog food in it and ive set it everywhere (next to the dogfood, upstairs, inside walls etc..etc...etc...) and they are not falling for it so how can i get rid of these rats yahooka please tell me __________________ RIP Gov

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farmergiles Yahookan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sick of the hatred and the lies Posts: 7,793 Thanks: 2,280 Thanked 3,746 Times in 2,551 Posts	They are pretty clever, they won't go for the traps if they can get food elsewhere. They are pretty good at beating the traps, either by tripping them then taking the bait, or just very gently taking the bait so the trap does not strike. Tie the bait to the trap with wire and nail the trap to the floor, that makes it harder for them. Get a metal bin, hide all food where they can't get at it. Trapping rats is tricky. Glue boards sometimes work. Poison will work but you have to be very careful not to poison wildlife/pets etc. __________________ Cultivate a stoic calmness *Fuck the Monkeys* Every Kind of Vice

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farmergiles Yahookan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sick of the hatred and the lies Posts: 7,793 Thanks: 2,280 Thanked 3,746 Times in 2,551 Posts	What does he do, hit them with his pipe? __________________ Cultivate a stoic calmness *Fuck the Monkeys* Every Kind of Vice

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The_Jester The Fool Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 365 Thanks: 239 Thanked 178 Times in 98 Posts	hehe that's the guy in that terrantino movie who shot a bunch of jewish people hiding out in the basement of someone trying to protect a family. It's fiction, but the dude did a good job acting cold. I'd just find wherever they are coming from and put a nice 98% sulfuric acid or 31% hydrochloric acid trap. Maybe make a nice dish of cheese or something, as soon as they trip the wire, flood the bowl with an acid and come back to bones, and melted organic matter the next morning. I wonder if rat souls are soluble in acidic solutions or if they'll precipitate out. __________________ In LOVING kindness, The forum fool.

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hijabihippie YaHookan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,481 Thanks: 1,152 Thanked 655 Times in 515 Posts	Keep your house scrupulously clean, put ALL food into containers & get yourself the biggest, baddest cat/cats you can find. Maybe somebody on the island has one you can borrow.

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shai_hulud Om nom Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ab, ca Posts: 2,161 Thanks: 440 Thanked 600 Times in 335 Posts	kill them with fire __________________ "There are only three useless things in this world. Nuns' nipples, bishops' balls and an employer's praise without a raise."

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Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,077 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,552 Thanked 3,109 Times in 1,708 Posts	clean your house you filthy hippie... __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

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Kishar loading user title.. Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: subcutaneous layer Posts: 2,236 Thanks: 121 Thanked 223 Times in 156 Posts	if their big rats a cat will run but if their mice a cat should get rid of them in a few days unless you get a lazy ass cat. females are the best hunters. __________________ Those Americans who believed that we could live under the illusion of isolationism wanted the American eagle to imitate the tactics of the ostrich. Now, many of those same people, afraid that we may be sticking our necks out, want our national bird to be turned into a turtle. But we prefer to retain the eagle as it is--flying high and striking hard. "FDR"

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Mikey Seasoned YaHookan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: gulf islands bc Posts: 7,443 Thanks: 1,144 Thanked 2,246 Times in 1,475 Posts	i live in my grandma's house it's a fucking huge big ass mansion on the beach absolutely filled up to the rim with grandma's shit we only use the kitchen, one bedroom for our son and a big living room / our bedroom so grieves, my house is very fucking clean thank you very much, it's just so fucking cluttered with my grandma in law's shit that we're not allowed to maneuver any of it anywhere, she's a fucking hardcore hoarder and we kinda are stuck living in her mess __________________ RIP Gov

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Mikey Seasoned YaHookan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: gulf islands bc Posts: 7,443 Thanks: 1,144 Thanked 2,246 Times in 1,475 Posts	im gonna get a cat a nice fucking cat i love cats but we have 3 dogs but i'll make it work __________________ RIP Gov

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