How to Get Rid of Rats in Gardens & Ornamental Landscapes

[@BugzKiller]

Being in the pest control business for 35 years some states require you to put a weight like a brick or something on top of the bait station so it doesn't blow away in high winds. Some bait stations already have a block inside when you buy them. The ones I buy do not. So I put a brick on top of it. Just a FYI

[@Tirk82]

hi why not use snap traps in the garden area itself?

[@erichmacho5741]

Because that would be too cheap and they can't sell their product.

[@XtraOrdinar-y]

Because you will kill native species

[@KDlGG]

Snap traps if they’re getting food elsewhere are typically useless.

[@melindamcclain835]

Hurts other animals such as cats and dogs and can hurt children.

[@soniahayward5911]

Contrapest is what we are using. Just got some.

[@White_devil1980]

I’ve tried rat poison and anything else and they are not dying they are getting worse 😢 I’m half tempted to try molten brass or copper to kill them

[@liad4482]

I am having the same problem. Hundreds of dollars wasted on useless traps and poisons. Meanwhile, they are just multiplying like crazy

[@klubstompers]

​@@liad4482 Got to find where they are nesting, and eliminate the nest. If they are nesting in the ground, what has worked for me is gassing them, by sticking a hose in the burrow entrance and hooking the other end of the hose to an engine, like a lawn mower. You can also try flooding it out with water, or even sealing the entrance with concrete. You will never get them all if you dont find the nest, because they always leave the young in the nest, so there will always be more rats no matter how many you catch outside of the nest.This is why all the products are called "pest control" and not "pest elimination"

[@johncherry2205]

​@@liad4482 air rifle and nitesite, will eliminate them

[@liad4482]

@@johncherry2205 I like how you think! Gonna try that for sure. Thank you!

[@msambly5310]

my friend has just used dry ice (which is carbon dioxide in a frozen form) - the rats go to sleep, and you don't have to worry about other animals being poisoned (owls, pets). she just finished the first round, and will be watching to see if it worked like it was advertised.

[@gidget101]

Anybody try the cornbread mix with soda? We have a burrow under our house. They've never gotten inside the house but literally dug under the concrete of the garage and snacked on both car wires total of 5 times for over $1,000! If I use the soda I'm afraid they'll die under the house and we'll have bottle flies & stink!

[@Pitbullempirek]

Did you try this?

[@yukonjack.]

That works,, outside or even in the garage they decompose fairly quickly.

[@toddpower4674]

Get a cat

[@CocoChanelle-1]

Make a cake for them. Mix 2 tablespoons flour, raisins, pellet poison and sprinkle a little sugar on it on a paper plate. Put the plate out at night after 8 pm or pour the mix down the hole.

[@susankarpy9246]

Wait, what? Rats are blind? I thought that was 3 blind mice.

[@cheryllarkin1746]

❤

[@dangerpillow5234]

I just pour boiling water down a hole

[@MultiDemara]

Does it kill them? I want to do this

[@dangerpillow5234]

@@MultiDemara Most of the time it does, but sometimes they escape with major burns

[@dangerpillow5234]

@@MultiDemara it’s not the most effective way to do it either, so I wouldn’t recommend it. Maybe for small amounts, like 1 or 2 of them

[@MultiDemara]

@@dangerpillow5234 Thank you!

[@samuraioodon]

@@dangerpillow5234 how deep are the holes usually?