Woodpile rats
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Every so often I get mice nests but no rats.
Are you stacking in a shed where they can hide? Otherwise stacking single rows outside will make things rather inhospitable for them.
Otherwise you need a cat and/or rat poision. If you go the poision route be aware that every other squirrell, chipmunk, etc in the area will be dead too.
Are you stacking in a shed where they can hide? Otherwise stacking single rows outside will make things rather inhospitable for them.
Otherwise you need a cat and/or rat poision. If you go the poision route be aware that every other squirrell, chipmunk, etc in the area will be dead too.
Jutt
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Just started getting desert packrats (woodrats) in one of the stacks close to my home. Will be using some old fashion spring traps to keep the population undercontrol.
zogger
Tree Freak
I have cats, plus those huge blacksnakes. Got no rats at all. I know there are some in the fields around us, but around the house and coop and barn and woodpiles..no rats.
Rats are the number #1 main prey animal for cats, they are just hardwired for them, they got domesticated just because of that and keeping grain stores thousands of years ago rat free, they catch/kill/munch em down like candybars.
Rats are the number #1 main prey animal for cats, they are just hardwired for them, they got domesticated just because of that and keeping grain stores thousands of years ago rat free, they catch/kill/munch em down like candybars.
Cheesecutter
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Peanut butter. They love the stuff and its non toxic.
Jutt
ArboristSite Operative
I'd like to get a cat or two for the backyard but we have a siberian husky which don't mix well with cats. Plus we have a big population of mountain lions around here that like to hunt house cats and dogs after dusk. But yeah, you're right my neighbor has a cat and its killed around a dozen packrats on his property this year. He keeps his cat in at night. His other cat was killed by a mtn lion a few years ago.
Jack Russel terriers may be a good option too as they were originally bred to kill rats in England.
zogger
Tree Freak
Yep, any of those little terriers would work, or some of the other breeds. Pygmy swamp wooky here is mostly cairn terrier, she'll nail a rat fast if she picks up on one while out walking around.
Funny as heck story, well, if you had seen it. So, one of my cats comes traipsing out of the woods with a rat, still wiggling. I am walking the dogs, they go over there in a pack, crowd around. Pygmy swamp wooky runs in like between their legs and come barreling out with the rat!
The poor cat looked dazed and confused though..like "what happened"???
Mountain lions, eeek! Ya, bring the little dogs and cats inside at night for sure! The coyotes are bad enough.
Ironworker
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They gotta live too.
GrassGuerilla
Olympic Piss-reving wanna be.
Use an airgun and have some fun with it.
Mmm, somebody's having Chinese food tonight. Hot braised rat anyone?
Neat rat rig. Tell us a lil bout it?
fastLeo151
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Get a cat...
Get those blue/green poison cubes at HD!! They come with this plastic little trap but throw away the trap and just get a bag full of the cubes! Putem in between the splits1 In no time gone!!
They have made a comeback in the last few years! Don't know why? Maybe all the Immigrants!! LOL
zogger
Tree Freak
Napoleon Solo, is that you? HAHAHAHAHA
That is the *coolest* one of those things I have ever seen.
spike60
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Had a woodchuck move in under the wood shed a couple weeks ago. Amazing how many rocks he was excavating from under there. Didn't really need that going on under my wood pallets. Dispatched him with a .22 last Saturday.
spike60
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You need a CatpackUse an airgun and have some fun with it.
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