Baking Soda vs Rats - Part 2 - 6 Month UPDATE!

A follow up to how the baking soda mixture has been doing this past 6 months since I implemented it to control the rat population at my farm. Mix the baking soda with an equal amount of sugar or pancake mix, etc. If you like this video please Subscribe, thank you! #rats #bakingsoda #farming #pestcontrol

[@Willy12927]

Appreciate your concern for only dealing with rats and not any other animal. 50 years ago when my wife and I bought our farm there was an old chicken that was infested with huge rats. I happened to mention this to a colleague of mine who owned oned a very large farm in the county next to ours. She said we needed a really good ratter and she had just the one for us. So one day she brought us the tiniest little cat that I think that I have ever seen. Her paws were not much bigger than my thumb nail. I just laughed at the sight of this cat and said there was no way that this cat could take cre of our rat problem.She laughed back and said "Just wait." She was so right.This cat was a ratinator. In no time the area around that old chicken coup was littered with dead rat bodies. Along with this little cat and several Have A Heart traps we totally eliminated our rat problem to the point that along with a cat and traps our mice and rat population is now under control. I am definitely going to try the meal and baking soda method.

[@OleYankeeFarm]

Sounds like an amazing cat! I have two cats that hunt my barn. My yellow tabby kills quite a few rats but my black short-haired prefers killing the sparrows that nest in the barn. Thanks for the comment!

[@lauras.2706]

I don't have a farm just a house near a creek, and a mother rat moved in and had a litter......... so far I've zapped 2 with a Ratzapper and caught 7 more in snap traps. So that's 1 adult and 8 babies in about 2 weeks. I caught the mother first in a Kat Sense jaws of death clamsehll and hoped that was it but then the babies started to come out into the kitchen at night. What an insane journey this has been for the past three weeks. I do NOT want to use poisons, tried the RatX natural "poison" but they don't eat it. I also found that the Kat Sense jaws of death snap clamshell is amazingly powerful, but the babies didn't set it off because they weren't heavy enough. So then I got the JT Eaton rat clamshell jaws of death which was a better size for smaller rats. I have no idea how many more but I think at least two, I HOPE. I was adverse to using the baking soda idea at first because it sounds like a horribly painful way to go, but I'm getting tired of this and I think it's time! Ratzappers have worked well with mice and a couple of rats. It electrocutes them instantly. Get it on Amazon and also the other traps.

[@normski32]

Thanks for the great advice 🙏

[@kellyschweinsberg1646]

Awe thank you so much! Appreciate it for sure

[@PATRICIO2020]

My dad used milk powder whit plaster, when rats eats the mixture usually works instantly, when ingested and mixed with gastric juices, it dries them inside and they do not emit odor.

[@missmintchip82]

Is it equal parts

[@MaryR-ry5xf]

Whats plaster?

[@user-ht9kw6po1h]

probably powdered plaster @@MaryR-ry5xf

[@OleGit1497]

Do you mean plaster as in drywall plaster powder?

[@Doobie603]

Plaster of paris and yes equal parts

[@kaylafenderson4395]

Thank you!! I appreciate farmers that don’t use rat poison! It’s a fresh of breath air when someone understands the negative effects it makes in all aspects! I work in a veterinary hospital and we see animals on the daily that have rat poison toxicity. I will be trying this on my homestead!

[@speedfreak8200]

You said fresh of breath air ❤️ 😅

[@Lisa-Lipz]

Would this work on rabbits

[@user-gh3hm4me4k]

baking soda and jiffy cup cake mix works great -I add ground up nuts that were throw away but the jiffy mix works great thank you

[@PotooBurd]

Great video!

[@l-gool_t]

Great info..thank you.

[@OleYankeeFarm]

Thank you for the comment!

[@ZXLMaster]

Baking Soda reacts violently with the stomach acid of the rat to produce gasses at a greater rate than the rat is able to expell them. Rat bursts and dies.

[@nt75]

And then you got rats rotting in you walls.

[@ZXLMaster]

@nt75 True. Several weeks after the Rat looses all moisture, the smell goes away too.

[@speedfreak8200]

Supposedly they get thirsty and travel outside to get a drink of 💧 water.I have good results with both methods.Baking soda/dry plaster of paris

[@abbieabbie6818]

Well I got a smart rat. It wouldn't eat anything with baking soda on it

[@ZXLMaster]

@abbieabbie6818 If you really want it to unalive itself, try a Rat trap with a bait hood. A grain of fire ant bait mixed in with crunchy peanut butter could be a winner.

[@numberoneduchess]

I saw this on another site and tried it. I discovered that mice had moved in. How, I don't know. They were chewing my plastic containers to get inside. So I created a mixture of cornmeal and soda as instructed. I haven't seen signs of them since, so they must have died. I just hope it's not where I can't get to in order to remove them, like in the walls. Thank you for this info. I'm sure others will appreciate it as much as I did. It really works.

[@michaelzimmerman9221]

Honey cornbread and baking soda works great!

[@KAdams-yp4ds]

Doesn't the moisture activate the baking soda so it doesn't work anymore?

[@judyedwards7597]

Thanks for the update! I tried this after seeing your first video and, combined with removing food from the area at night, our rat numbers have seemed to be less. I have never caught anything in the snap traps...they are wiley critters.

[@OleYankeeFarm]

I haven't had much success with the snap traps either. I bought an antique trap at a flea market that is basically a smaller version of the ratinator and have caught many in it.

[@juliasummers3]

We had a BAD rat problem. It takes a few days and feeding to kill them. Cornmeal muffin mix in the boxes...Jiffy...I think and same amounts of baking soda worked wonders. We put up cameras and watched them eat like crazy. After about 3 weeks, we haven't seen a rat in the cameras. We found dead rats in the yard! And the smell was there, so I got oil burners, and that helped.

[@wallstreetbetscom8821]

Here is how to catch any mice/rat or many rats guaranteed. ALL OF THEM. Every time. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 1. Mix palm oil no stir creamy natural peanut butter (skippy kind, must be this only) with some toasted sesame oil until a little runny. Then mix this with some chicken scratch (the mixed grain by the pound at the feed store) 1 Victor Rat Trap. Repeat. Done 🙂 It never ever fails, the bait formula is like an irresistible magnet🧲 I caught 10 rats back to back in a friend's motorhome in one night, rebaiting 3 traps when nothing else worked for months 😉

[@AmatureAsmr]

I am dealing with a mice problem now and I mixed baking soda with peanut butter and formed it into balls and placed it where I saw activity and it’s been a few days and I haven’t seen any

[@sirmatt6143]

I was just about to ask this… I have a mice problem .. thanks

[@yamnjam]

I'm glad I stumbled on this video. Our neighbor is mentally disturbed and has rodents/insects galore, so now we struggle with them too. The snap traps are being set off but rarely catch any, now I've got glue traps and have caught a few. I've tried poison but they go die somewhere in the house and it reeks. The main thing they like is my dog's kibble. They are chewing through the plastic container to try and get to it! Maybe I can grind some up and add in the baking soda, plus some sugar. I'll try anything at this point. Too bad nobody has invented rat birth control lol. Thanks for the video.

[@rhinomite5203]

Posted this same comment on a lot of others pages, but 5 gallon buckets with a gallon of water and a drop or 2 of dish soap works really good. And the carcass is super easy to toss out and nothing will be affected by water or tiny but of soap. Also when it gets cold the water may freeze but will thaw. Summer heat, just keep checking and keep a gallon or so. I keep 8 of these around my acreage and it works really good year round. No poison, no carcass dead in a wall, and you don’t have to handle, just pick up bucket by handle and toss out for others or in trash. It’s worth a try

[@haroldbrooks4235]

Well at least you have a valid excuse for your problem. I just have dirty neighbors.

[@user-tt2lg5kg1t]

Maybe the rats are mind controlling the neighbor?

[@acrinsd]

Just an FYI, the baking soda is activated by acid, so stomach acid or vinegar. Water will barely activate the baking soda, so no need to put water out.

[@hortons1967]

Water works fine. Its a home made alka seltzer. Burp... Burp... Burp...

[@evelynsantana928]

Put soda out to kill them faster .

[@sweetpea7455]

Plaster of Paris works great with water, it hardens the mixture in their stomachs

[@osamaali198]

@@sweetpea7455how do u make the plaster of Paris mixture if it hardens will it be to hard for the rat to chew I’ve heard of mixing chocolate too

[@sweetpea7455]

@@osamaali198 I’ve mixed it with jiffy cornbread, baking soda, dry oatmeal, fruity pebbles, or white or brown sugar. What I've found is the brown sugar and jiffy both have a level of moisture in them which leaves little hard pieces mixed In so it's best to let them air dry before mixing with the plaster. Fruity pebbles, & baking soda works best. Thanks to baking soda and plaster of Paris I'm pest-free! I made two separate mixtures and sat them around the house where there was activity and they just disappeared one day! No more mouse activity, no droppings, no nothing, and the mixture was undisturbed after a short time.

[@chrisc3118]

Nice video! I want to try this, but will a predator die e.g. racoon, owl, eagle, hawk etc. if they eat the rat that died of this baking soda mix?

[@user-tt2lg5kg1t]

Rats during winter will be looking for a food source since during cold weather they will need supplemental since things are frozen and no bugs, during summer they have plenty of food outdoors bugs, etc. During the summer they want a cool place in your walls.

[@LisaWestfall-er3lh]

We have a rare and mice problem I use baking soda mashed potato and peanut butter or what I see them eating like the dog food it was great so yes I would love to buy some of ur mixture to put around the house bc of the dogs that we have

[@eileengabellini6935]

Do you need to put out a water supply along with the flower and baking soda mix? Or does it work fine just the dry bait? Otherwise I think I’ll just try peanut butter and cornbread because it would have some moisture in the peanut butter is my thought. Do you have any advice for me? Thank you.

[@speedfreak8200]

Peanut butter & cornbread won't hurt them. Don't put any water nearby, you're overthinking this. Watch more videos.Dry plaster of paris also works well. The other ingredients are attractant

[@bigbadjohn2543]

I also use corn meal and baking soda

[@kouayang4146]

You did not mention how to mixed the baking soda with corn bread. How much water to mix it to stick together or you just mix both kind without water please let me know

[@OleYankeeFarm]

No water. 50/50 mix more heavy on baking soda. Just trying to give the baking soda a flavor or scent to attract them to it. Good luck! Thanks for the comment!

[@l.clevelandmajor9931]

Your mix needs to be dry only. If it is wet, the reaction of the baking soda will occur before the mix is eaten. You want the rats or mice to eat the dry mix, get thirsty, and drink some water. From there, the results are inevitable.

[@13poper]

It's Stomach Acid and sodium bicarbonate...like old rice crispy volcanos u use vinegar with..Insta Acid gas

[@cybertraining]

What about a combination of baking soda and plaster of paris. The plaster of paris bungs them up and then the baking soda does its job. Just an idea, I am fighting with dozens of the little b******, I have unfortunately used some poison lately, need results and the more non poisonous seem to need some time.

[@OleYankeeFarm]

You need to mix the baking soda with something they want to eat. My wife made peanut butter balls with plaster of Paris which seemed to work somewhat

[@lovejoi1289]

Buy some 100,000 mg vitamin D3 capsules, open and mix 10 capsules in each bait with enough peanut butter so that it's still creamy and place mixture on small ceramic or plastic plates. Put the baits out at night, and it's extremely important that you keep the baits away from small children and pets( cat and dogs). Make sure that you've found all entry points and close them and that your house is un cluttered so that you can find the dead ones easily. Your problem will be gone in less than two weeks. 👍🏻

[@sueelliott4793]

I have a mouse living somewhere in my room. How the heck does it find water?

[@OleYankeeFarm]

doesn't need water for this mixture to work

[@tommytong2854]

Install a very small mouse- sized water fountain with motion detector to turn it on. You’ll also need plumbing and drainage. .. but that’s what worked for me…😂

[@John_16.13]

How do you dispatch the rats when you catch them?

[@OleYankeeFarm]

The powder mixture kills them but if I catch them in a trap I drown them.

[@mreega4812]

Does this ratinator work for mice or are the space in between too wide to keep mice inside? Can someone answer that has experience

[@OleYankeeFarm]

It can hold mice

[@OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro]

Thanks for sharing this with us! Rats are cute and intelligent and, make great pets for some people. However, I didn't know how insanely they reproduce! A rat can become sexually mature in FIVE weeks!!😮 I also didn't know that a mating pair of rats can produce up to FORTY rats per year!

[@nt75]

Cute?..... You're fried!

[@timahlf694]

Bury a small foothold trap in the trail where it runs it should work.

[@joletty1793]

Interesting tidbit of information. Thanks!

[@badassuchiha4875]

does Corn Starch works too if I mix it with Baking Soda

[@TheFatesLieutenant]

Yes, though I use Cornbread mix (Walmart,

[@juniorb1853]

I added left over boiled eggs. It’s been 2 days and I have not seen the rats in the shed. I tried banging on the box where it made its nest and no sign of them. I think it’s dead. I’m scared of rats. lol

[@juniorb1853]

I added left over boiled eggs. It’s been 2 days and I have not seen the rats in the shed. I tried banging on the box where it made its nest and no sign of them. I think it’s dead. I’m scared of rats. lol

[@badassuchiha4875]

@@juniorb1853 that doesn't sound too Promising but IDK if Boiled Eggs makes ya Gassy but I'll try, Try... to take your word for it

[@joletty1793]

​@@badassuchiha4875I think he added boiled aeggs to mixture of baking soda and cornbread, cornmeal or flour mixture he made probably as an additional attractant.

[@factorydirecttacklecorpora1958]

Baking Soda, flour and reheat some bacon fat to a liquid, mix it up. Works fantastic!!!

[@OleYankeeFarm]

I would eat that too! 😂

[@user-tt2lg5kg1t]

Rule of thumb if you think you have 1 or 2 rats, then you probable have 20 or more, your only seeing the stupid rats. These little assholes bore tunnels in the ground and elude you.

[@sjbohag9476]

They ran off with like 10 lbs of apples in 1 night. I do not want rats exploding in my house.

[@silacka3114]

I have only one rat in my backyard, and i have been trying to catch it with no luck. I had baking soda, wheat flour and sugar at hand, i mixed 5 parts of baking soda, 3 parts sugar and 3 parts flour and a handful of sunflower seeds. I just put the bait mix out, now we just have to wait and see it the rat eats it.

[@OleYankeeFarm]

I had one left in my feed room that was eating the bagged high fiber hay. I put that hay in my antique trap and finally caught him. The 50/50 mix works on eliminating the core group but there are always outliers that you have to contend with. Good luck!

[@silacka3114]

@@OleYankeeFarm Bait mix has been eaten partially last night, i made 50/50 bs/pb today also, and put it near the hole, we will see if theres any activity tonight. If not, i think it would be clear indication that it worked.. but we will see, i keep updating the situation.

[@kingdavidson7430]

​@@silacka3114 did it work?

[@silacka3114]

@@kingdavidson7430 Well sort of. I thought there was only one rat, i got the first rat to eat flour, baking soda and sugar mix, and it disappeared, so i think it worked. But then, much bigger rat, the mother of all rats appeared. It will not eat anything with the baking soda, probably knows that the first rat got killed with that stuff. So it got bit more complicated, the big rat is very smart, it avoids traps, baking soda, and evything else. But i guarantee i will get it somehow, i dont want it to breed and create much bigger rat problem.

[@kingdavidson7430]

@@silacka3114 pellet gun

[@w.knudsen5570]

Ratenator? Do you have a link?

[@OleYankeeFarm]

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[@haroldbrooks4235]

Went back to Google & got 2 different answers from the same question. Mice can’t pass gas. So this will work.

[@classicG342]

It does work, especially if you sprinkle additional sugar on top of mixture as an added attractant. Problem: if it needs to be placed outside near a bedroom window, you may awake to hearing the critters literally Scream in agony. That hugely bothered me.

[@haroldbrooks4235]

@@classicG342 wow, never thought about that. I know how bad it feels to be gassy 😝

[@fishhuntadventure]

Steel trash cans are easier than using plastic which is the same as doing the same thing over and over expecting different results

[@OleYankeeFarm]

I haven't had any more attempts at my plastic can since I implemented the baking powder mix. Thanks for the comment!

[@4rsalways]

What happened to the other parts?

[@OleYankeeFarm]

There is a Part 1 where I first implemented the baking soda and explained the problem

[@misty23411]

Slice of cheese one side baking soda other plan square peace of cheese covered in baking soda on one side you want them to smell the cheese

[@OleYankeeFarm]

Great suggestion! Thanks for the comment!

[@vincentkosik403]

Rats are smart have a few that are around..using baking soda jiffy mix...they did not go near traps

[@OleYankeeFarm]

I had a couple that it took me awhile to get, but I got them (;

[@lauras.2706]

​@@OleYankeeFarm So good to hear that you finally did.

[@evelynsantana928]

The soda will pop them faster .

[@TheTransporter007]

I know someone who was so angry about a rat infestation and the damage they caused that he briefly considered emptying his live traps into a (running) woodburning stove. 😳

[@Steve30x]

I tried that mixture and I had it down for about four months but the rats had no interest in it.

[@OleYankeeFarm]

Switch out what you are mixing with the baking soda. I used a powdered milk in my latest mixture. Sugar works good too.

[@classicG342]

Add sugar and dehydrated potato flakes to the baking soda or plaster of Paris mix (instant mashed potatoes, but no water added).

[@doghairdontcarelindaniel7531]

I just heard add equal amount cocoa powder with sugar

[@OleYankeeFarm]

@@doghairdontcarelindaniel7531 sounds like a good mixture

[@johnwalsh3538]

Good idea but looking at some of the videos it barn needs to be cleaned up take away food and water from rodents and they will move to another property are location

[@OleYankeeFarm]

I still need to feed and water my farm animals. Rats are inevitable on a farm. I use this to control the population.

[@tammyfritschie1697]

My grandfather used an old chest freezer to keep the rodents out of the feed.

[@OGMann]

Not water. Stomach acid.

[@Tecalitlan1943]

My God this was not a how to video. It was just a bunch of combined stories. Never actually showed us anything.

[@OleYankeeFarm]

Thank you for the view and the comment. Have a nice day.

[@evelynsantana928]

Put some soda out to kill the mice and rats faster .

[@theteatablebyteatimecreati565]

Soda like baking soda or soda as in soda pop?

[@user-bq5lc1lg9m]

Cut the chit chat and just show the facts!!!

[@Ravikalavidh1259]

Instead of all these talk u bstrd have shown real time lapse of rat eating the baking soda in cage & deing who have helped us a lot

[@michelleevans8583]

will this mixture attract squirrels? I don't want to kill them .. BUT the rats need to die!! lol

[@OleYankeeFarm]

If you put it in the areas that the rats frequent, you shouldn’t have an issue with squirrels eating it

[@gr8fulwomn555]

squirrels are going crazy for it as I type. Dont know if it's killing them or not. it's been day 2. I put it out to kill the ground squirrels but I dont think it's working. I'm thinking of mixing with plaster of Paris also

[@OleYankeeFarm]

@@gr8fulwomn555 I would assume it would work on squirrels but I don’t have any personal experience with using the mixture on them.

[@gr8fulwomn555]

@@OleYankeeFarm The internet has both negative and positive responses with squirrels and nothing really, REALLY definitive. I am sitting here on day 2 watching the squirrels now. I switched to baking soda after not noticing a population decline with plaster of Paris. -It really did seem to work one time, but perhaps it was just a coincidence? Today the squirrels seem smaller. perhaps the parents have died and the kids are coming out to feed themselves. I hate the thought that I may just be feeding them. if it does work, it IS the most humane way to kill the squirrels that I can stomach.

[@doghairdontcarelindaniel7531]

Oh no not squirrels!!!

[@weknowhisvoice9296]

Turn to Jesus people he died for your sins. Repent of what the New testament describes as sin. Believe the gospel get baptized and obey the teachings of Jesus. The gospel and the teachings of Jesus are documented in Matthew Mark Luke and John. Jesus is the only way to be saved God bless you all. If you have faith in Jesus through your faith you will live life with him as your example.

[@danpedrick1686]

OK, so what kind of rat bait would Jesus use?

[@annettewilliams1531]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 exactly ​@@danpedrick1686

[@annettewilliams1531]

I need for you to call Jesus on his main line and ask him what prayer would he use to get rid of rats 😂😂😂

[@johnman559]

I don't suppose Matthew Mark Luke and John know how to catch rats do they?

[@cheyenne9118]

Why can't you just tell us now come on watch the whole thing and you don't even tell me how to mix it together won't watch another one

[@OleYankeeFarm]

Equal parts baking soda and sugar or pancake mix. I explained in the first video, sorry 😕

[@R0YB0T]

@@OleYankeeFarm Do you eat lead?

[@TampaBayContests]

Thank you❤

[@smilsmff]

This is click bait if there is zero evidence of killing them

[@OleYankeeFarm]

No click bait here. I notice a significant difference in loss of grain and an obvious decrease in rat activity as compared to before I implemented the baking soda mixture. Thanks for the comment.

[@OleYankeeFarm]

And Mopar or No car! ( I have a '73 Scamp)

[@l.clevelandmajor9931]

If you really want to know for sure, do your own experiment. As for the recipe, there are many, but exact amounts of ingredients does not matter, so long as you make sure the mix is at least 1/3 baking soda.