Rats in the Roof

Get hold of a couple of these traps -they work very well. link here

Cheers

Saw a segment on TV Friday night, where Don Burke suggested putting small handfuls of ratsack mixed with peanut butter into plastic bags, tying off, and throwing several into the corners of your roofspace from the manhole.

If you're gone long enough, the smell should be gone by the time you get back home :-)

Fred

Try Tom cat blocks from your hardwear store slightly better than ratsak as it lasts years
It you don't like the idea of dead rats in your ceiling throw a heap of moth balls up there they dont like the smell
Cheers Kev

This is the time of the year for rats in the house, as they search out a warmer spot with the onset of cooler weather.
I found that rats are very picky on baits, and wouldn't touch Ratsack (warfarin). Bromakil wax tablets seem more to their liking, but even then, they can be picky. Then I resort to crushing the tablets and mixing them with peanut butter. The pickiest of rats still seem to go for this.
I place it on a saucer in the ceiling, near the manhole so it can be checked frequently.
Also check oustide spots like compost bins, or stacked timber, and place baits there, but where you pets can't get to them.

cheers,
Gerry

HELLO GARYTEE
If you live near a produce shop ask them for a grain mixture it soon gets rid of the little buggers cheers Bill.

(1) Dolphin big torch

(2) /Assistant Spotter

(3) Steady arms and hands

(4) .22 rifle with 'Rat shot' rounds


That's while they call them 'Rat Shot' for as they don't go through the tiles, ceilings etc.

You will be amazed at the results.

DD

Know anyone who keeps snakes? If so ask them for some droppings and put it in your roof cavity. Seriously.

WE had a big problem owing to a main sewer close by our property. I do not like baits and came across this electronic plug-in repelor. 4 in 1 have not seen or heard of the rats since. takes about three or four days before you get the result you want. I think it is called Pestek. Plugs into a power point and sends out a high pitched signal. safe for pets and birds.

I can vouch for peanut butter too..Even caught my own finger in it while applying the stuff...

Open the manhole. Toss the cat up....insert earplugs and go to sleep. Retrieve cat in morning,repeat as needed.

You need to get rid of any way they have of getting into the roof otherwise they'll definitely come back. I trapped the first lot of mice we had using the plastic catch alive traps they have at Bunnings, a month later a different colony had taken residence, being sick of them I used the bucket full of water, peanut butter and a jar to remove this colony. A month or two later we had rats take up residence, they weren't interested in peanut butter, ratsak throw baits, pellet traps or wax blocks (warferin or brodifacoum).

I realised they were leaving the roof at night and eating the neighbours chook food then using the plastic grease trap pipe to climb around the eave onto the roof and under the tiles so I removed the top section of the pipe. A day later the traps were gone and a few days after that it was all quiet at night. A week later until they realised they could climb the pipe that runs to our rainwater tank and so yet another colony took residence, I have since removed the pipe and re-stocked the bait stations (both the snap traps and poison) and now all is quiet and has been for about a month.

They always seem to take the talon pellets (brodifacoum based) from the bait stations first, they have never touched the ratsak throw packs, the wax blocks (warferin based) or the peanut butter snap traps. I would NOT use poison unless it's out of reach of pets and you're absolutely desperate to get rid of them, I always go out with my dog in the morning to make sure there are no dead/dying rats in the yard and do a second search in the evening.

read about Racumin here

Have tried all the other baits and found Racumin to be the most effective.