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2 hours ago, Baldbloke said:

.... two of them were doing acrobatics off the suspended feeder....

 

....What is the preferred best method for dealing with them?....                                                               

 

eeeeeerm...... how about separating the food and the rats?

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If they are out and about, a good PCP air rifle will take them out effectively. Shoot a little lower than the ears head shot as this should dispatch them effectively. Other than that, if they are facing you then between the eyes and ears and through the body works well. Body shots are generally not good enough unless you have a 12 bore!

I have used poison a year or two ago and it did work but be careful nothing else can eat the poison. I now only get one or two after the bird food in the winter.

If you are over-run, a Jack Russell is as good as it gets, they will take them on the nape of the neck and shake violently and just go at them one after the other - awesome ratters!

 

 

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Just now, Rough Hewn said:

If you can find the nest,
An old saw with no bar and a very oily petrol mix.
Full revs produces a very nasty cloud, aimed down rat hole.
Then you watch the terriers work.

Fairy liquid bottles filled with petrol . 2 or 3 of you squirt down the holes . Pop a match in .  Dull thump !  Any that run out can be shot or let the terriers deal with them .

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Just now, Rough Hewn said:

If you can find the nest,
An old saw with no bar and a very oily petrol mix.
Full revs produces a very nasty cloud, aimed down rat hole.
Then you watch the terriers work.

 

Believe me, normal 2 stroke mix blended with a healthy slug of diesel is infinity better!

 

You will turn your garden into a passable reincarnation of an '80s TOTP studio.

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3 hours ago, Bolt said:

 

eeeeeerm...... how about separating the food and the rats?

If the chickens can access the food the rats certainly can too. They actually jump over a foot to get onto the suspended feeder. Unfortunately work and other commitments don’t allow feeding them at specific times of day. It has to be ad lib.

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4 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

If you can find the nest,
An old saw with no bar and a very oily petrol mix.
Full revs produces a very nasty cloud, aimed down rat hole.
Then you watch the terriers work.

The place they are living is under a shed. They also have bolt holes either side of a walled garden wall so not easy to be both sides at once.

we used to use farm irrigation to do rabbit warrens. Amazing how many came out half drowned.

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3 hours ago, Stubby said:

Fairy liquid bottles filled with petrol . 2 or 3 of you squirt down the holes . Pop a match in .  Dull thump !  Any that run out can be shot or let the terriers deal with them .

Favourite trick for an underground wasp nest too?

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My parents cat is a prolific killer of all small wildlife.
Multiple kills everyday.
However it has strange rules.
If it's inside the house, he won't lift a whisker.
Which was a particular problem when a large brown rat stayed for a few months one winter.
"Rodney" would pop out at all times of day and night,
the cat would completely ignore it.
One spring day the rat left.

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