Re: Rats !

In article <dn7ngr$nlg$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Mark" <a@xxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I came home yesterday lunch time to find my chickens in the middle of the
> field sharing there
> dog biscuits with a rat. The rat proceeded to carry on with its dinner up to
> the point where
> it feared for its life. It then exited stage left.
>
> There is nothing i can do to stop rats in the country i know but should i be
> worried?
> I know there they will come where there is food. But as the chooks are free
> range
> there is not a lot i can do really???
>
> I have been to th elocal store and they dont have any in-humane rat traps
> left so ill
> have to wait to get one.
>
> I have another problem tho. I have a rather cute hedgehod that hang out in
> my garden
> ever since i ring fenced the chicken area (think i fenced him out)
> I dont mind him ,he's ok, dont want to get him in the rat trap.
>
> Answers on a postcard please...
>
> Mark.
>
>
>
>
>

Only way to really control rats is with poison bait.
Used PROPERLY, other animals will not get it.
I have yet to poison a dog or a chicken (or an emu) and I've been
poisoning rats for years.

Chances are, if you see ONE rat, there are at least 20.
Humane traps don't work that will. One, they breed WAY too fast, and
two, they are very smart. Once you trap a few, the other learn and won't
go near it.

Rats are bad. They eat a lot of feed, carry diseases and do untold
amounts of property damage. Kill all that you can!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson
.

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