Anyone know how to get rid of rats in the backyard?

chris888222

GBAtemp's Flygon Fan
OP
Member
Joined
Oct 11, 2010
Messages
5,532
Trophies
0
Age
34
XP
874
Country
Senegal
Recently, there are MANY rats crawling into my cooking area (which is outside facing my backyard covered by a bamboo chick). There are just so many compared to before.

I don't have the spare cash to call an exterminator, plus I don't really want to use toxic on them because that'll likely contaminate the veggies in the garden. Is there any other way to get rid of these pests? Thanks.

Tried cats btw.
 

The Catboy

GBAtemp Official Catboy™: Boywife
Member
Joined
Sep 13, 2009
Messages
27,801
Trophies
4
Location
Making a non-binary fuss
XP
38,778
Country
Antarctica
I suggest if you don't want to kill them, you can try to trap them with humane rat traps.
If that doesn't sound like a good idea, you can always try getting a few cats. They seem to keep my yard free of rats.
 

chris888222

GBAtemp's Flygon Fan
OP
Member
Joined
Oct 11, 2010
Messages
5,532
Trophies
0
Age
34
XP
874
Country
Senegal
I suggest if you don't want to kill them, you can try to trap them with humane rat traps.
If that doesn't sound like a good idea, you can always try getting a few cats. They seem to keep my yard free of rats.
I WANT to kill them, the problem is my mom loves to plant at the back of the garden with her organic produce. I don't want to kill those rats with poison as it'll contaminate those plants.

As for cats, tried it. Didn't work. The cat simply waited for food instead of hunting for rats.


 

The Catboy

GBAtemp Official Catboy™: Boywife
Member
Joined
Sep 13, 2009
Messages
27,801
Trophies
4
Location
Making a non-binary fuss
XP
38,778
Country
Antarctica
Weird, most cats just kill for fun. I mean my cats literally just kill the mice for fun, they don't even eat them, they just kill them, tear them to shred and move on.

How about just more traps? There are non-toxic traps you can use.
 

gloweyjoey

who??
Member
Joined
May 7, 2010
Messages
842
Trophies
0
XP
300
Country
United States
I was going to suggest getting a cat or two, but you seem to have tried that. Usually cats will take care of them. Maybe it was just that cat that you had.

Some dog breeds, like terriers, have been used for rodent control
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 person

chris888222

GBAtemp's Flygon Fan
OP
Member
Joined
Oct 11, 2010
Messages
5,532
Trophies
0
Age
34
XP
874
Country
Senegal
Weird, most cats just kill for fun. I mean my cats literally just kill the mice for fun, they don't even eat them, they just kill them, tear them to shred and move on.

How about just more traps? There are non-toxic traps you can use.
I just started just now, hopefully it works!
Fingers crossed


 

Rydian

Resident Furvert™
Member
Joined
Feb 4, 2010
Messages
27,880
Trophies
0
Age
36
Location
Cave Entrance, Watching Cyan Write Letters
Website
rydian.net
XP
9,111
Country
United States
Heh, my suggestion is cats as well... it depends on the cat though. One that's been raised as a housecat is way less likely to go hunt small mammals, while one that's used to actually hunting (say, raised with access to outside with a hunting parent) is much more likely to leave you dead bodies as a present. For example my old cats were raised by us from kittens in a townhouse, and while they had access to the outside most of their time was spent inside. They rarely, if ever hunted anything. However their grandma (and their grandma's sister) were cats we adopted when they were about a year old already, and within two months those cats were bringing us dead moles (one of them walked up to me with a mole still wiggling in it's mouth).

But yeah if you can't borrow a hunting cat, then traps.
 

chris888222

GBAtemp's Flygon Fan
OP
Member
Joined
Oct 11, 2010
Messages
5,532
Trophies
0
Age
34
XP
874
Country
Senegal
Heh, my suggestion is cats as well... it depends on the cat though. One that's been raised as a housecat is way less likely to go hunt small mammals, while one that's used to actually hunting (say, raised with access to outside with a hunting parent) is much more likely to leave you dead bodies as a present. For example my old cats were raised by us from kittens in a townhouse, and while they had access to the outside most of their time was spent inside. They rarely, if ever hunted anything. However their grandma (and their grandma's sister) were cats we adopted when they were about a year old already, and within two months those cats were bringing us dead moles (one of them walked up to me with a mole still wiggling in it's mouth).

But yeah if you can't borrow a hunting cat, then traps.
I'm not too sure about hunting cats, but I know exterminators use them + cyanide. The thing is calling exterminators can cost up to hundreds of dollars and they might not do such a good job.

Guess my best bet is traps. I've set one up and now it's 1AM (over here). I hope when I wake up at around 7 there's at least SOMETHING inside.
 

GeekyGuy

Professional loafer
Former Staff
Joined
Jun 21, 2007
Messages
5,264
Trophies
2
XP
3,027
Country
United States
Well, a couple of preventative things would be to always keep your grass cut low -- rats are comfortable in overgrown yards -- and don't compost any types of meat waste. Keep compost away from your house/cooking area, and try to keep it in a secure bin.

If you're infested, though, you're probably beyond the point of playing nice. You'll likely need some type of professional help.
 

DCG

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Jan 1, 2010
Messages
697
Trophies
1
Age
32
Location
Schiedam
XP
935
Country
Netherlands
[Sadistic mode]
If you don't have any other pets or small children running around the house, you could always pull two bare wires ;)
As long as it's at least 3 A (7 was enough to kill a human, so a mouse should probably be dead with 2 or so) and 100V (dunno this one, but it should be able to at least penetrate the skin of a big ass mouse).
Mouse tries to cross the wires to get to your house and BAM, fried mouse ;)

But I don't think it is legal.... and it probably won't work when it's raining....

[/Sadistic mode]

hmm, I don't know how high a mouse can jump..
You could try to partialy burry a water bucket (so the opening is at ground level).
Trow in some warm flesh etc. mouse smells food, gets in and can't climb out ?
 

Blaze163

The White Phoenix's purifying flame.
Member
Joined
Nov 19, 2008
Messages
3,932
Trophies
1
Age
36
Location
Coventry, UK
XP
2,250
Country
You can get these ultrasonic things that plug into your wall sockets which send out a noise that rats and mice and stuff can hear but we and regular pets can't. Drives them mental. Like a never ending Justin Bieber concert to them. Keeps them away. I had the same problem where I used to live because the guy over the fence had a load of crap in his back yard, attracted hundreds of the damn things. And the cat was sod all use because she expected us to finish the dan things off after she dragged them into the house. The ultrasonic plugs kept them out pretty damn well so you might wana give them a try. They're dirt cheap so even if it doesn't work you've not lost much.
 

pyromaniac123

ส็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็(ಠ益ಠส็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็
Member
Joined
Sep 24, 2011
Messages
2,006
Trophies
2
XP
1,770
Country
What about a tactical nuclear strike?
 

ZAFDeltaForce

Specialist
Member
Joined
Sep 9, 2006
Messages
2,794
Trophies
1
XP
597
Country
Singapore
Call an exterminator, you can look them up Singapore's yellow pages or do a google search.

For my house, there used to be rats around. My dad bought this roach-motel-like cage that trapped rats that got suckered in. You could use those traps to set them free but my dad dumps the whole cage with its captive into a container of water.

Now there's hardly any rats around. My dad usually boasts that he killed the whole family lol
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 person

porkiewpyne

Report-er
Supervisor
Joined
Jun 8, 2008
Messages
2,492
Trophies
2
XP
4,506
Country
Australia
Get a rottweiler. Hunted down more rats than the cats combined in my neighbourhood. True story. Then again, that could just be my neighbour's rottweiler :\
 

pyromaniac123

ส็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็(ಠ益ಠส็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็
Member
Joined
Sep 24, 2011
Messages
2,006
Trophies
2
XP
1,770
Country
Recently, there are MANY rats crawling into my cooking area (which is outside facing my backyard covered by a bamboo chick). There are just so many compared to before.

I don't have the spare cash to call an exterminator, plus I don't really want to use toxic on them because that'll likely contaminate the veggies in the garden. Is there any other way to get rid of these pests? Thanks.

Tried cats btw.

Have you tried poison sting?

What about a tactical nuclear strike?

He can't, it will ruin the vegetables aswell...

Oh yeah :\
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
    Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo: One of the worst games I have ever played