Got rats !

[MCFCTrick]

We back onto fields and the river Roch is beyond them, so often see them around, but last year they nested under our decking and shed. We got a couple of those sonic repellent things from Amazon, and they haven't been back since.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

We back onto fields and the river Roch is beyond them, so often see them around, but last year they nested under our decking and shed. We got a couple of those sonic repellent things from Amazon, and they haven't been back since.

 

[MP71]

Shot about 25 this year so far. Nice .22 air rifle is all you need.

 

[yerwot?]

Weils disease is deadly, spread by rat urine, contact through wounds tiny or big , results in death. Bats spread rabies, cats kill millions of our song-birds, Jack Russell hairs are impervious to all known vacuum cleaners. So rats bats and cats, a bald jack russell for the rats, a vegetarian tom cat for the birds, to shoo them away, and a 24 hour lamp where the bats roost so they die of sleep deprivation, practical solutions to common problems are the way to go....

 

[Manchester33]

moved out to the country 2 yrs ago , always suspected we had rats (next door keeps chickens)
But just lately we’ve seen the buggers , several times .
I,ve tried traps , poison but only from the pound shop, seen 2 or 3 in the garden tonight ,want rid of them .
Does anybody here have an air rifle they want to sell for reasonable price ,powerful enough to see a few off?
Also any good advice?

Why would you move to Merseyside?

 

[allblackcitizen]

Semi retired..

I need to rethink my pets.

 

[mexico1970]

Weils disease is deadly, spread by rat urine, contact through wounds tiny or big , results in death. Bats spread rabies, cats kill millions of our song-birds, Jack Russell hairs are impervious to all known vacuum cleaners. So rats bats and cats, a bald jack russell for the rats, a vegetarian tom cat for the birds, to shoo them away, and a 24 hour lamp where the bats roost so they die of sleep deprivation, practical solutions to common problems are the way to go....

Our Jack Russell lived to murder the hoover the good lady wife still can't throw the gnarled head of a long dead hoover because the Dog perforated it so much it's almost translucent.

 

[aguero93:20]

No way. Bulldogs are shit for it, as are Manc terriers and Staffys nowadays. I'd put your bottom 2 at the top.

You haven't met my bulldog.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Weils disease is deadly, spread by rat urine, contact through wounds tiny or big , results in death. Bats spread rabies, cats kill millions of our song-birds, Jack Russell hairs are impervious to all known vacuum cleaners. So rats bats and cats, a bald jack russell for the rats, a vegetarian tom cat for the birds, to shoo them away, and a 24 hour lamp where the bats roost so they die of sleep deprivation, practical solutions to common problems are the way to go....

You protest too much.
Rabies in bats is only carried by one species, Daubenton’s bat.
There has only ever been 1 case of rabies transmitted by bat to human in the UK ever.
There have only ever been 16 bats found carrying it in the UK ever.

 

[idahoblues]

You haven't met my bulldog.

My cat would tear your sissy bulldog apart