scoobeenut

As the title really, can anyone recommend a decent rat poison?

ditchmyster

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where are the rats?

legb4rsk

Cheaper than a divorce.Good luck!

Busterbulldog

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I had an issue a few years back. Poison didnt work,infact they ate the lid off the bucket to eat what wasnt left out for them.We had 2,rat 1 was eventually caught with homemade curry in a cage trap,rat 2 he was a ****,he required cctv set up in several locations,with trigger lights,learning his movements and eventually cornering and shooting.The golden rule is dont leave anything for them to eat,my problem stemmed from storing sacks of dogfood in the garage with door open.Even birdseed will attract them

scoobeenut

Saw a rat in the underground garage when I got in this afternoon. No food ever left in the garage but much stuff stored in there. No signs of rat runs or droppings so maybe just a roque but nevertheless would like to stop anymore coming in.

David Lock

If a rat dies on the premises the stink is horrendous. Better to try and trap the buggers. dl

LSherratt

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SX Environmental.

I order all our pest control products from there and they are very good. I can't remember the exact name of the poison I use, but can check for you tomorrow. We use it on our farm to keep rats and mice numbers down and it's very effective, albeit a little expensive.

SRSport

Needs to be this really. Bait and wait.

njkmrs

Got some from b and q which does the job ,but as said above ,if it dies where you cant get to it then it will stink like holy hell !!
Not pleasant under floorboards.
Go for a trap.

scoobeenut

I do have several that are way more powerful than this but I don't think I could put up with the ricochet in the confined space of my garage.

SRSport

Suitable back stop?
What do you have?

JohnnyBlaze

Have you rang council (environmental health)? They should come set traps for free.

Suresh

It took a couple of seconds before I twigged.

Leslie

I don't care if it sounds soft, but I would not be prepared to poison a creature since I do not like to think of it having a slow and nasty death.

I prefer to use a gun so that the animal is despatched instantly.

The rats around here learned pretty quickly and with Fearless Freddie's help they soon disappeared.

Les

SRSport

A Webley Alecto .22 although completely over priced would be perfect in close quarters such as yours.

ditchmyster

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Lol, one rat and you want to put poison down.

The answers already been given above, bait and wait is the best way, poison is a really cruel way to kill something even a rat, the smell has been mentioned but the ten million flies are just as bad.

And rat hunting is great sport, then you can make rat pie or stew and if theres more than one then rat a twoey

SRSport

If you have several that are way more powerful Im surprised you need to come on here asking the best way to deal with a single rat.

njkmrs

Lets not forgot Rats are vermin ,so lets not get all sentimental about them.
If they die foaming at the mouth who gives a F*** !!!

Busterbulldog

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/oth...s-Disease.html

njkmrs

Exactly

SRSport

I don't really like that post. No one is talking about being sentimental, just being respectful for an animal that feels pain. Of course they carry disease but they are just that - animals. They don't premeditate disease, they dont intend to harm, they are what they are and deserve the opportunity to die as humanely as possible.

I used to shoot them for a local farmer who was over run with them but I would never shoot unless I had a clear headshot. It saddens me to see youtube video of idiots taking pot shots at their bodies only to see them run off squealing and bleeding with a pellet hole in their side. They may only be rats but as a living creature the deserve better.

njkmrs

Get a grip Son !!

Busterbulldog

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A cornered rat is a very frightening animal, they are nasty,if theyre in yr property you have to kill them.A guy local caught Weils disease off his lager cans stored in a cool outhouse/toilet which rats go into from wc,he had to have his legs amputated.

SRSport

Thanks but you've made your opinions clear already.

SRSport

Which is why they need killing as soon as possible. I would prefer the most humane way possible to get the job done. If this is poison then so be it but if there is the option to trap and/or shoot it then I would always prefer that method.

njkmrs

Yep they can be pretty nasty.
Had one in my mums kitchen once and it was hissing as it stared me in the eyes sat on her work surface.We did dispatch that one more humanely.
A cricket bat!!!! Although it took two knocks to put it out

LSherratt

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What's all this nonsense about using air rifles and pellets and only going for a clean headshot? Get yourself a firearms certificate and a .22/250 rifle, then you wont have to worry

njkmrs

Lets get real though,who has the time to sit and wait for them to come foraging??
Not me.. put the bait down ,at their leisure,cough ,cough ,gone .!!!!

ditchmyster

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Lol, thats a tad overkill for a rat in the kitchen.

I had one in the back yard recently sat on the bird table, when i opened the back door it pegged it, got my air rifle out sat on the bed upstairs and ten mins later it was back, one in the head double bag it and bin it, job done.
No worries about dogs cats and kids with the poison.

some old dear who's garden backs onto ours seems to be breeding and feeding them in her jungle of a back garden,

scoobeenut

I have more than sufficient fire power to deal with a rat in this way but using it in an urban location such as mine would result in a whole lot of trouble (my garage is easily visible). Frankly even using an air rifle would probably result in me being surrounded with armed police and helicopters.

I have no problem poisoning a rat, they are the worse kind of disease ridden vermin and to be honest this is the only effective way to control the vast numbers of them in general. At the moment I have only seen one but you can guarantee where there is one then others will soon follow. Anyway got some “Rodine” now so will put that in the bait boxes and hope it sorts them out.