Rats!!!

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Permalink Reply by Dane Chauvel on September 17, 2013 at 7:50pm

If you go to an agricultural feed store (you'll find them in Ladner, Delta, Cloverdale and Pitt Meadows), you can buy (like Hawk rodent control bait chunks) poison and a (Tomcat) bait trap and that will address your vermin problem. Or you can get a cat.

Permalink Reply by Caroline on September 18, 2013 at 6:49am

Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Arianne Albert on September 18, 2013 at 10:25am

It's true. Once we got a cat the rats went away...

Permalink Reply by Caroline on September 19, 2013 at 7:38pm

I'm allergic to cats :(

Permalink Reply by Caroline on September 19, 2013 at 7:39pm

I've gone and gotten a bunch of rat traps including the black ones you mentioned. It's war!!!

Permalink Reply by Duncan Martin on September 19, 2013 at 9:56am

Hire Farley Mowatt!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKMBk3js7e0

Permalink Reply by Caroline on September 19, 2013 at 7:39pm

Ha ha ha

Permalink Reply by Terence Chung on December 13, 2013 at 11:25am

I have toxic industrial rat glue from Asia, not the Realkill from Home Depot, those are weak-sauce. If you don't mind polluting the Delta landfill, I am willing to barter for fresh eggs.

Permalink Reply by stephanie st loe on June 2, 2014 at 9:29am

My very old wood shingled house has always had rats. I had a rat problem in my chicken coop but solved it with a mesh floor. Vancouver is loaded with rats. A rat can get through a hole the size of a quarter. Sheet metal cones (like dogs have on their heads after they go to the vet) around your fruit tree trunks can help. Compost and feed containers with very tight lids help. I just tore out my basement ceiling and found lots of rat poo and many untouched packages of rat poison. I have a humane rat trap with a blob of peanut better in it-6 months, no action. I have 2 cats who occasionally catch a rat, but are not getting rid of the problem. My next steps are to spend the summer looking for tiny openings where the house meets the foundation and where pipes go in and out and stuff them with steel wool and caulk. I am going to try again with the poison-this time mixing it with peanut butter and putting it into 2L pop bottles with the neck cut off to give an 1.5" opening (don't want the cats getting into it.) Also going to caulk tightly around the pipes going into the wall under my kitchen sink. I tried sticky traps and accidentally caught one of the cats. Anyway-had rats before chickens. Pretty sure getting rid of your chickens won't get rid of your rats. Good luck