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bikingdad90
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Looks like it was tampered with by naughty hungry rodents.
In all seriousness, get it under control and block up every hole you can find with mortar, chicken wire and wire wool. Make it really hard for them to get in the house.
If it is rats then I’d also get a CCTV gutter survey to check for breaks, some of these to put in your drain manholes https://www.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine...VyrTtCh1F6Az9EAQYAiABEgKxTvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds and also ring the water people to get them to bait the main sewers.
We had them earlier this year and they are clever buggers and ignored the peanut butter traps https://www.screwfix.com/p/pest-stop-easy-setting-metal-mousetraps-4-pack/43599 in favour of bait and then decided to die and rot inside a wall cavity. Bedroom stunk of egg for weeks while it dried out and then we had bluebells for another 3 weeks or so.
In all seriousness, get it under control and block up every hole you can find with mortar, chicken wire and wire wool. Make it really hard for them to get in the house.
If it is rats then I’d also get a CCTV gutter survey to check for breaks, some of these to put in your drain manholes https://www.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine...VyrTtCh1F6Az9EAQYAiABEgKxTvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds and also ring the water people to get them to bait the main sewers.
We had them earlier this year and they are clever buggers and ignored the peanut butter traps https://www.screwfix.com/p/pest-stop-easy-setting-metal-mousetraps-4-pack/43599 in favour of bait and then decided to die and rot inside a wall cavity. Bedroom stunk of egg for weeks while it dried out and then we had bluebells for another 3 weeks or so.
roley poley
Über Member
- Location
- leeds
the package does say "6x20g" so you were robbed pal take them back
neil_merseyside
Guru
- Location
- Wirral
Are they divided front to rear, it says six so should be physically six blocks, weigh them to be sure.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
We had a dead rat trapped under out conservatory. Awful mistake to lay poison. I had to cut a hole and get it out. One of the worst days of my life!
Very fortunately they are not in the house. We have had them down the bottom of the garden for a while and according to the experts deprivation of habitat and removing any food source is as effective as trapping, poisoning, or shooting.
Tried all of that .......but still they come. As Jeff Wayne might have said.
Using traps is hit and miss because they learn very quickly to avoid them. Shooting them is effective but you have to sit and wait and when you bag one the rest simply hide for a while and carry on breeding. I don't like using poison but it's a relentless fight to keep them under control. We have a pond and I have seen them watching me from under the bushes just waiting for me to feed the fish and move away.
Two weeks ago I put out two of these waxy blocks, went into my workshop and came back out almost straight away and one was gone. Not to be
put off I got a piece of thin dowel maybe 12'' long and skewered a fresh one to the ground. A hour later not only was the loose block gone so was the skewered one AND the piece of dowel.
Talk about taking the Pi55.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
There were 6 in the pack, but the rats ate them.
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
That's no surprise. Terriers were originally hunting dogs that were bred to go underground and kill rabbits, foxes and even badgers. They've got a nasty bite.
