Really sorry re your situation. The only long term solution is to get a cat or two. My sister currently has rats visiting her back garden and has rent to kill boxes out now to kill them off. She unlike me is not an animal lover but realises the only solution is get a cat and let it live in her garden shed. I personally keep cats to deter mice and never have a problem. A slightly wild cat is best in my experience as a previous poster said some are better hunters than others.
Keep replacing the poison each morning untill they stop taking it.
If everyone got a 'slightly wild' cat to deter rats, there would be no birds left too.
If everyone got a 'slightly wild' cat to deter rats, there would be no birds left too.[/QUOTE
Slightly wild cats exist anyway, so it is just a matter of re-locating one - zero net impact to Birds though it is true that some will die due to the cat. In my mind it is a matter of whether you are willing to live with the rodents rather than have a cat. A jack russell as another poster says is also a possible solution, cats just take less maintenance.
By the way it was the bird feeding tables that attracted the rats to my sisters garden. In case anyone else spotted it yes I did start a thread " Feed the garden Birds" during the recent snow
Just get rid of the decking if it is causing a persistent problem with rats,
Nope this is wrong. Rats tend to store/stockpile freely available food. The key is to put the poison out every 3-4 days even if it is taken soon after you put it out. They are more likely to eat it then. I think the Storm containers give the same advice. 2 to 3 weeks of that should kill them off.
Slightly wild cats exist anyway, so it is just a matter of re-locating one - zero net impact to Birds though it is true that some will die due to the cat. In my mind it is a matter of whether you are willing to live with the rodents rather than have a cat. A jack russell as another poster says is also a possible solution, cats just take less maintenance.
By the way it was the bird feeding tables that attracted the rats to my sisters garden. In case anyone else spotted it yes I did start a thread " Feed the garden Birds" during the recent snow
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