Rat advice!

[Skintagain 1983]

I'd have willingly spent £ thousands to have got rid of the b@stards. You can't put a price on your health or your sanity. But no-one and nothing managed to get it sorted for us in time. We moved on...

I do feel sorry for the young woman who bought the place from us though (and just a touch guilty if she is still getting these f*cking things) and just hope the bit of paper from the council actually means something for her. She seems to still be there 4 years on...

 

[glasfryn]

I want a cat, but will be moving to surrey in october (yay) so can't really get one

I have a humane trap, but they're in the cavity / under the floorboards so won't help. I also don't have a car, so can't exactly get on a bus with a rat! Quite tempted to catch the buggers and leave them outside in the cage to die of hunger!

Could get a big trap, but they cost money which i don't have, and i wouldn't like cleaning up the mess!

Will phone the council again tomorrow - and will use BG's tip!

Starting to feel rather itchy!

heres an original idea why don't you foster a cat for a while,and as long as you are in the Brighton area you can PM me and I will give you a phone number of someone who might consider you for fostering and you never know you might just hit it off and keep the little one and move with him/her to Surrey

 

[Don Quixote]

I remember we had mice and i came home one day to see my dad with something under his foot. "What's that?" I asked.
"A mouse"
"What are you doing?"
"Killing it."
Now that's how you do it.

 

[jakarta]

Just bought one of these:

B Rat Repellent, 0000003524459

Bit more expensive, but the other ones said they didn't go through ceilings / floorboards / cavities which is where the problem is! Haven't seen any rats running from the propert a la pied piper, however it might do the trick - if not, ratty's going to get poisoned!

It also said to put straight into a wall socket - i don't have one spare so have put it on one of my extension lead things! Also said put somewhere unobstructed, which is a bit impossible as i live in a single room with a desk / wardrobe / bed / bedside table in, which isn't exactly open plan!

Let's hope it does the trick!

Best of luck, I tried one & it was no use.

Mr Rat Zapper on the other hand caused rodent carnage....

I presume as a nurse you are not squeamish but the beauty of the Zapper is they are killed instantly without their blood & guts splurting all over the floor. No mess, you dont even have to touch them just empty into the bin or chuck over a hedge for a fox to dispose of.

Felt a bit guilty when we got a shrew one day, the joys of living in the country

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

heres an original idea why don't you foster a cat for a while,and as long as you are in the Brighton area you can PM me and I will give you a phone number of someone who might consider you for fostering and you never know you might just hit it off and keep the little one and move with him/her to Surrey

That would be brilliant, but i'm in southampton at the moment, and probably couldn't give it the life it deserves. Would get a lot of love, fuss and attention, but not much food! Also live between a river, and a railway track which backs on to my house - and would never forgive myself if moggy got squished!

 

[Hove Lagoonery]

. One day my wife was feeding our eldest who was in a high chair and a rat casually walked across the kitchen floor as if it was his home.

It was his home

 

[Biscuit]

f*** the heparin Laura, get a shotgun.