Rodents in roof...Help!
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Early morning update
2 traps i set in the rear fired off and have caught 2.
Looking on the side camera ... I think I can see both traps have fired, can see 1 caught - not sure about the other yet.
Front I can see one has fired but does not ppear to be anything caught. Need to check the other one.
The other side are still both active.
I’ve been awake most of night and although I am hearing the odd noise from the loft area... I THINK it is not as bad as usual. The loft motion cam has not detected any movement through out night (would usually get a few recordings).
2 traps i set in the rear fired off and have caught 2.
Looking on the side camera ... I think I can see both traps have fired, can see 1 caught - not sure about the other yet.
Front I can see one has fired but does not ppear to be anything caught. Need to check the other one.
The other side are still both active.
I’ve been awake most of night and although I am hearing the odd noise from the loft area... I THINK it is not as bad as usual. The loft motion cam has not detected any movement through out night (would usually get a few recordings).
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So 8 traps 5 had triggered, killing 3.
The other 2 may have escaped I’m guessing.
I am not sure if the 3 are mice or rat.
X2 brown top and white underside
X1 grey
All small-ish
Have set the 8 up again for another night of slaughter.
Loft camera has not triggered at all over night and into this morning.
The other 2 may have escaped I’m guessing.
I am not sure if the 3 are mice or rat.
X2 brown top and white underside
X1 grey
All small-ish
Have set the 8 up again for another night of slaughter.
Loft camera has not triggered at all over night and into this morning.
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If you get caught killing an animal in that manner, you'll be in deep doodoo.
It's neither easy nor humane.
Why will i be in deep doodoo for quickly killing a rat that i've already half killed with a trap?
What's more humane? Letting a rat trapped in a snap trap die of dehydration over a period of days or putting it and the trap under a colander in a bucket of water?
Bearing in mind that the OP doesn't like the idea of a snap trap or poison, i suspect that he's not going to want to smash a rat over the head either.
I'm not going to attempt to explain it as I feel that I would be f@rting against thunder.
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Drowning would do that. That being said, its a rat and a rat that is already suffering extreme pain from being stuck in a spring trap.
Its a needs must situation in my opinion. I'd shoot or bludgeon a caught rat, but the OP is setting traps so chances are he will end up with a live one at that point.
Better that he causes severely unpleasant feelings for fear and pain for a short period of time than leave the rat to die slowly.
He's not going to get prosecuted for drowning a few rats that are already half dead. Its not like he's doing this commercially.
I’ve had my roofer over to patch up pointing on the roof and reseat my ridge tiles.
Next I will cover air vents with mesh.
Still no activity from the loft camera (maybe sleeping up there).
Will see what happening over night.
Thanks all
Next I will cover air vents with mesh.
Still no activity from the loft camera (maybe sleeping up there).
Will see what happening over night.
Thanks all
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Do the tails have hairs on them, or are they bare and scaly? Every rat I've ever dealt with has been grey/brown in colour and has a scaly, hairless tail.
As to prove being squeamish about controlling rats (e.g. "another night of slaughter"), it may be worth considering that they can carry a lot of harmful pathogens which can kill or disable you (most notably Weil's disease, but also other nasties like rabies), that left uncontrolled they reproduce copiously and that they damage crops and foodstuffs. Having been brought up in the countryside I have no compunction in dealing with vermin decisively, an attitude probably strengthened by having been bitten by a rat as a child
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Once you've gotten rid of them and have a period of no activity, don't leave the traps out indefinitely. The bait can end up attracting new rats to your property.
Or so my local mouse man told me.
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