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Battle of the Rats
allen griggs
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I have been fighting the rats up here for 22 years. I am way out in the wilderness of the NC mountains, the nearest dumpster is 5 miles away, I think these rats are wild rats that live in the woods. I will wipe 'em all out, and then, four months later, there is a rat nest in the a/c blower fan of the Infiniti.
Or they are eating bread in the kitchen cabinet. GAME ON!
And back with the rat poison, and the killer traps, and the Havahart trap. Kill 9 or 10 of 'em in two weeks. Im Westen Nichts Neues. All Quiet On The Western Front.
And then, in four or five months, they are back! Three times they built nests in the a/c fan of the pickup and I fixed it myself, took an hour had to remove the glove box. Pain in the *.
One other time for the pickup and three times for the Infiniti, took it to the mechanic at $70 a pop, to get the rat nest out of the A/C blower fan. Rats destroyed a $150 air mattress. I have killed about 60 of these damn rats.
Well finally I got fed up when they built a big nest, in 3 days, under the hood of my shiny new Nissan pickup last September. That was the last straw. I bought these electronic rat repellers. These things really work. Got 5 in the basement, two in the crawl space, one in the dogtrot basement ant two in the carport.
Just go to Amazon and buy a $25 or $50 repeller, find one with four gold star reviews and buy it, I have about five different models.
I put these electric repellers in four months ago and the rats are gone!
Auf Wiedersehen!
The Ultrasonic Mouse and Rat Repellent. I like this one, just plug it in to a receptacle in the basement.
T3R Trans Ultra. It sets on the floor.
I don't know if one works better than another. I shelled out about $375 on Amazon and I plugged em all in on the same day, and, the next day the damn rats were gone. Best $375 I ever spent.
Or they are eating bread in the kitchen cabinet. GAME ON!
And back with the rat poison, and the killer traps, and the Havahart trap. Kill 9 or 10 of 'em in two weeks. Im Westen Nichts Neues. All Quiet On The Western Front.
And then, in four or five months, they are back! Three times they built nests in the a/c fan of the pickup and I fixed it myself, took an hour had to remove the glove box. Pain in the *.
One other time for the pickup and three times for the Infiniti, took it to the mechanic at $70 a pop, to get the rat nest out of the A/C blower fan. Rats destroyed a $150 air mattress. I have killed about 60 of these damn rats.
Well finally I got fed up when they built a big nest, in 3 days, under the hood of my shiny new Nissan pickup last September. That was the last straw. I bought these electronic rat repellers. These things really work. Got 5 in the basement, two in the crawl space, one in the dogtrot basement ant two in the carport.
Just go to Amazon and buy a $25 or $50 repeller, find one with four gold star reviews and buy it, I have about five different models.
I put these electric repellers in four months ago and the rats are gone!
Auf Wiedersehen!
The Ultrasonic Mouse and Rat Repellent. I like this one, just plug it in to a receptacle in the basement.
T3R Trans Ultra. It sets on the floor.
I don't know if one works better than another. I shelled out about $375 on Amazon and I plugged em all in on the same day, and, the next day the damn rats were gone. Best $375 I ever spent.
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I was disappointed with my covey of rat snakes and king snakes, they weren't keeping up.
I was very close to buying this automatic trap but I relocated the most affected vehicles, but I will buy this trap one day.
https://www.automatictrap.com/
I trap them, took in a barn cat, ...I have even shot them with my .22 pistol.
Cold weather drives then inside.
My best trap is a metal trash can with a handful of corn on the bottom. Mice jump in to eat but can't get out.
I get the satisfaction of squashing them or turning them over to Yellow Tommy (the barn cat).
https://www.deviantart.com/jocarra/art/Endless-Realms-bestiary-Giant-Rat-497596248
We may have to wait a bit! Don
Glad you found something that worked for you Allen..
NOT good----.
opened up the wall, cleaned out dead animals/nests and resealed all the entry points I could find. Washed everything down with heave dose of bleach and put out several of the sonic units.
So far so good this past winter.
And Rodney told me that he has an antique Mustang, and an antique Tbird, and he keeps them in the garage. Rodney told me that he has four receptacles in the garage, and he plugged one electronic rat repeller into each receptacle. This has been going on for 3 years, and he has had no problems with rats.
I know, it has only been 4 months that I have been rat-free, but these rats love to come inside during cold winter months. Good enough for Rodney, good enough for me. I think I have run off the rats.
However, believe me, I will give an update in a few months, especially if the M*&!$$#&%!! rats return.
Rats ate the new wires insulation, yes I said ate, have no clue how they kept from getting shocked. Every inch of new wire was stripped clean.
Research says the new wire might have something made of soybeans in it.
I think he sniped them all and had electrician run all the new wires in metal conduit.
Just a heads up on the rat control.
Simply eliminating the food source will likely accomplish the same thing. As I indicated, I have seen several ultrasonic emitters tested and they did not drive off anything.