How can i get rid of rats,I've tried trap, rat poison but they keep coming back?

Question

I live in hostel room, in central india, they often disturb my sleep, during night they just play in my bed!

Answer 1

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Stack fire wood 18 inches off the ground and away from all buildings.
Birdhouses and seed should be on poles and in trays rats can't get.
Keep garbage can lids closed tightly.
Plant bushes so they will stay at least 3 feet from your house.
Keep yards and alleys clean. Take junk to the dump!
If you feed them, they will stay. Pick up fruit and vegetables in your yard.
Do not compost any animal products (fish, meat, chicken, cheese, butter). Keep lids tight.
Use only rodent resistant composters.
In basements keep any food in closed containers that rats can't chew through.
Cover all openings to your house. Rats can get into very small places.
Do not leave your pet food outside. If your pet doesn't eat it, the rats will.
Roof rats get into your house from tree branches that hang over the roof. Keep trees cut back and cover any openings in the eves.
Keep rats out of your sewer pipes!


Rats live in sewers and can follow the food in pipes up to your toilet.

Keep your kitchen sink rinsed clean and use garbage disposals as little as possible.
Rinse out your kitchen sink once or twice a month.
Use 1 cup of bleach (an alternative to using bleach, 1 cup of baking soda followed by 1 cup of vinegar) and rinse with boiling water.
Never throw grease down the drain.
Keep your toilet lid down when not in use.
If you find a rat in your toilet, flush it! (hint: squirt a little dishwashing liquid under the lid into the bowl, wait a couple of minutes then flush)
To kill a rat, use a rat trap!


The best trap is the large, simple, cheap wooden "snap trap." They are sold in hardware stores.

To use the trap:

BAIT IT with pieces of apple, potato, raw bacon or with peanut butter spread on a cotton ball.
ATTACH IT firmly to the ground or solid place to keep the rat from dragging the trap away.
PLACE THE TRAP near where you have found the droppings. Make sure the trap is safe from people, children, pets or animals who could get hurt from it.
POISONS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED for rat control, because children or other animals may eat it by mistake. Also, poisoned rats can die in hard to reach places causing a very bad smell.

DEAD RATS must first be wrapped in newspaper, or placed in a plastic bag before putting it in a tightly covered garbage can. Injured or sick rats must be killed, then wrapped and put in the garbage can. Try not to touch the dead rat. Use gloves if possible.

WASH YOUR HANDS WITH HOT WATER AND SOAP AFTER GETTING RID OF DEAD RATS! (even if you used gloves)

Answer 2

The environment outside the house must be bad, drains, rubbish, etc. ask the local authorities if they can help, even in India they must have some form of vermin control.
Use the rat traps, poison kills 'em ok but they go away and die somewhere you cant get to them, smell and cause more disease. Rats carry not only diseases but lice that can make you very ill. Get rid of them as best you can. If handling dead rats always wear gloves and wash your hands throughly after.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Firstly you have to make sure that any food sources are kept in airtight containers that they cannot bite through. Ensure you're room is completely clean at all times and don't eat in your room.

Secondly, block all the holes with expandable foam (commonly used in building refurbishments) or a mix of concrete and glass and perhaps stick pins in there too. It'll deter them as they have been known to bite through concrete in the UK! Also ensure that any gaps under your doors are blocked too.

Thirdly, use peanut butter in your bait and but the poison, traps etc along the walls etc where they'll run. You'll have to wait for approx 10 days to notice any difference.

Other than that, can you move elsewhere?

Answer 4

I've never been to India so I'm not sure if this will be any use to you but ferret poo is meant to be a very effective rat deterent. However you probably don't want it in you're bed!! If you can get you hands on some put it by the place of entry. It sounds mad but I know people who swear by it.

Answer 5

rats generally keep coming back because they smell food

try and cover all the food and left overs in air tight containers and no food should be on the floor, bins must be thrown out.

if they smell food, they will come !

also seal all the holes / gutters / drains before you sleep with a plastic bag, thats where they come from !

its a hostel not a house, so unfortunatley you can only control whats in your room.

rats are highly unhygienic creatures, bringing germs from the sewage into your living area, their excreta can cause diseases, so keep clean !

good luck.

Answer 6

I lived near a lake one time and rats kept getting in the house, I used everything but I finally moved. I would get a couple of cats, it might work, I got a cat one time and it helped. I also would put foil scrunched up in every hole (hurts their teeth) and put oil of peppermint on cotton balls and put them in any corners,around my bed (they hate the smell), seal up all food,good luck.

Answer 7

okay i was told that rats don't like chili pepper seasoning. i have used it sprinkling generously around the perimeter of my yard it seems to keep them out also, another method is to pour full strength peppermint oil at your door threshold and any other area you think they are entering from. in order to keep peppermint fresh soak strips of fabric or cardboard in the oil and place along the above mentioned areas. you can get the peppermint oil at a pharmacy or health food store.

Answer 8

rats huh..they are really difficult to get rid of.. the best thing u can do is find the source..find exactly how they enter ur home or room..n then try to block their entry, as well as use rat poison n other rat killing stuff...

Answer 9

Get a Rat Terrior.

Answer 10

Get either a cat or an airgun both are pretty effective. Failing that contact your local council if you are in the U.K. Do this first if you live in a council property.