I have four dogs that live in the house. This morning, I saw a rat, not a mouse, behind my fridge. I don't want to hurt my dogs, but I sure don't want rats in my house either!! Does anyone have any ideas on what I can use in my house that will not harm my dogs but will take care of the rats? I put traps in a room where the dogs can not get, but they have free roam of the rest of the house. Thank you for your help.
2007-04-19 01:38:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Well there are huge sticky traps...kills the rat, which if fido gets a hold of will be a sticky stiuation. Or the more humanine method is those expansive traps sold at the grocery store that you can release them into the wild. They now have electronic traps. (Go figure) If you chose to use rat poision then it may die in your house.
2007-04-19 01:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by bfavre4gb 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a Rat Terrier. I find dead rats in the back yard from time to time. He is polite enough to not bring his catch into the house.
We have a problem with roof rats where I live. I have heard them in the attic. They would get into the garage and rip into the bags of dog food, solved that one by getting plastic storage tubs to put the food in. Have never had one in the house. They were getting into the garage from under the house so I opened the trap to under the house and put Decon down there. Rats are a pain, but it is more scary to go into the back yard and see skunks, possums or raccoons that are as big as my little ratty.
And yes, rats make great pets. I have had a few.
2007-04-19 18:09:53 · answer #2 · answered by Tin Can Sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an Australian Bush rat at the moment and last week he leaped out of the housing when I had the door open. I bought a couple of live catch traps and modified them so the doors couldn't slam on his long black tail. I put a small lamb bone fresh from dinner on the hook in each of the cages, an hour later my little house guest was in there waiting to be released back into his housing.
Since you have probably got a pest species, you will need to either kill the rats or release them well away from yours and neigbours houses. Be aware that even though you have only seen one there could be more.
I rodent proofed my home, moved furniture, stuffed gaps with steel wool scourer. You will have to find out how the rats got into your home. If they are sewer rats, they may have come out of the toilet, keep the cover lid down when the loo is not in use, if necessary, put something heavy on it.
Cheers, Shona
Ratties don't just take your heart,
Ratties explore it like a maze,
Then make changes & shortcuts to suit them,
Just to better pull on our heartstrings...
2007-04-19 02:07:59 · answer #3 · answered by muscamalia 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is mean and I'm not proud, but I've done it and it works. Get a bottle of syrup or vegetable oil, dump most of it out so there's just a little in the bottom and leave the container open on the floor in the kitchen or wherever and the rat will be teased by the sweet scent and unbeilievably, their bodies conform to fit INto the bottle, but cannot get back OUT--it's an easy disposal method too...
good luck
2007-04-19 01:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by Kayleigh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
I hate to say this as I do not like to see anything get killed, but some respectable petstores will sell ratpoison that is harmless to dogs, providing of course they don't get to eat a boatload of it. Normally I would suggest humaine trap that will catch them but not kill or harm so you can go release them in the fields somewhere. But since you insist they are rats and not mice, the the traps might become a tat too big to stick behind a fridge, so you might not have a choice. Environmental agencies and councils often come and do the job for you for free, but I wouldn't be too sure of the poison they use being safe for your dogs. It's worth to ring your local council and inquire though.
Good luck
Kristel
2007-04-19 01:45:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Very easy. Go get a mid-sized humane trap. Put it behind the fridge with a bit of peanut butter in it. Always works and your dogs won't have a chance of getting hurt.
Humane traps work wonders,can be used thousands of times without ever having to buy a new one or 'work' on it,and they're easy to release,too.
2007-04-19 01:57:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you may "placed down" poison, you basically could placed the poison right into a sealed (locked) container, that has a rear compartment, that your dogs can not get into. placed the grain form poison into the rear compartment so as that the rats could consume the poison in situ, and not be waiting to hold it out as they might a block. maximum agricultural co-op form shops carry those packing bins. as quickly as you have baited the container, then you placed the container someplace which you dogs can not get to, like decrease than a shed.
2016-10-12 22:28:49 · answer #7 · answered by lorenzo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we used d-con. and it worked. but u have to keep buying it. and my chow chow she kills them. and even after they ate it. she didnt get affected. when ever my chow shes a rat she runs after it and kills it. i dont think that she likes them very much. but d-con will work. just make sure its not in a place that will be near ur dogs. like behind the fridge or in holes under sinks, tables, etc. anywhere.
2007-04-19 01:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd call in a professional. Rats! Makes me shudder!
2007-04-19 01:42:45 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Golden gal♥ 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
u should teach your dogs dat those rats are cats and cats are rats..... dat should do the tricks....... gd luck on trying
2007-04-19 01:51:23 · answer #10 · answered by mafiaso 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋