There's a rat in mi kitchen!

My Jack Russell is disappointed she hasn’t spotted any rats since we’ve moved to a town. They probably know she’s arrived so are steering clear.

I have been using the plug in sonic deterants, not sure if tbey work but I fear finding rats in my house , good luck must be horrible x

Katie59

You really should not poison rats in your house, the stink lasts for weeks, bait and trap them. OK for sheds and outhouses not the house.

This is correct. You run the risk of attracting more rats into your house if you attempt to poison them indoors.

A trap is the only answer if you don’t get a swift response from the council and I wouldn’t be bothering with a humane one.

My goodness, you are a brave woman.
I would have decamped to a premier Inn by now.
Hope you manage to sort it

Did you survive the danger if ratty over night miss a

Yes, a jack russell would sort it. Given the increase in infestations, the cost and time involved in pest control, maybe some young farmer could have a good business giving his terriers some work they love.

Ooh my spelling.
Eyes and phone combined..

I only know one person with a jack russel. and he be useless and more likely to poo on my floor and bite me.
You're right though, I need a terrier dog to do the trick.

Can you borrow a Jack Russell he will despatch the rat for you MissA
I sympathise, I hate rodents as well.

Ooh I live in fear of one jumping out at me or on me.
I'm not really petrified of them, it's just the thought of them in my home, scurrying around, building nests, even.

I know I've got mice in the garden shed. I know this because they ate through the cable on the garden fairy lights leaving me with dozens of 6" strands with just one light on each piece. Then they ate through the packets of seeds left over from last summer. Then one had the audacity to run over the back of my hand when I picked up my garden trug. My shrieks frightened the life out of my neighbours.

Ahh, thank you all. I think it's a losing battle really, the whole building is rickety, holey, and falling apart, and so is my flat.
and me!
As long as I can keep my flat clear of the lighters, I'll be happy.

I feel for you Miss A. Our whole Cul de sac had a problem a year ago. We tried calling the council, they charge £70.00 here for 2 visits but l was told it would be 2 weeks before anyone could come out.
We ended up paying £180.00 to a private pest control company. They came out numerous times until all rats had gone from our garden.
Unfortunately we have had to stop feeding the birds.
The other neighbours just put down poison but l was dubious as we have a dog and felt we needed professionals to come in.
Good luck Miss A, l hope you can get the council to sort out the problem for you.

Years ago we discovered a mouse in our laundry room. Probably due to the fact there was a lot of bird food in there, sacks of nuts and seeds.

We got humane traps and DH ended up driving to a local wood and let them run off.

My son, who would have been about 6 at the time was distraught. Convinced himself that Mr Mouse had a wife and family ( which was probably true) and they'd be separated. He got quite upset despite reassurances .

After a few days the traps were empty and we assumed we were mouse free.

Unbeknown to us our little man was setting his alarm for 4am, heading downstairs and releasing any mouse found, into the garden.

Good luck MissAdventure!

There are some horrible video reviews on Amazon.
I've just bought some snap traps.
I'm not sure they'll be big enough for "it" and I cant bear the thought of the job half done.

You're not wrong Katie59, the smell of a dead rat is almost as bad as having the damned things alive in the house. It's all pervading.

MissA I hope you get the problem sorted, and soon ? ugh!

Doodledog

Mr Dog has bird feeders in the back garden, and took to putting chopped up bacon rind on the soil around them when he'd just filled the feeders. I've told him to stop it in case it attracts rats, but he seems to think I'm talking nonsense. If we see one, I will chop him up and put him on the feeders!

Oh dear, poor Mr Dog. Mind you, I’d do the same to Mr M if that happened to us.

We had a mice problem not long ago due to our dear cat bringing them in through his catflap.?

Poor Mt doodledog will be chopped up soon enough

You really should not poison rats in your house, the stink lasts for weeks, bait and trap them. OK for sheds and outhouses not the house.

Chewbacca

That'll learn him Doodledog!

He needs learning?

That'll learn him Doodledog!

We’ve just come to the end of 2 months with a mouse problem.
The little critters defied every food stuff known to man. I think they laughed at the professional traps.
My OH caught them all by hand, 6 of them. The last one came out while he was cooking and he just happened to have a metal spatula in his hand: splat !

One thing I do know about rats through someone who studied them, is, they follow the same run from coming into a building to where they want to go.
You need someone with a Jack Russel.

Southend council said they no longer have an environmental health dept. Told to phone citizens advice ?

Mr Dog has bird feeders in the back garden, and took to putting chopped up bacon rind on the soil around them when he'd just filled the feeders. I've told him to stop it in case it attracts rats, but he seems to think I'm talking nonsense. If we see one, I will chop him up and put him on the feeders!