Big Rat in the Back Garden!!

peaceboi

Saw yesterday evening a big Rat in the back garden.
Saw it coming from underneath the decking area to lawn and goin back.
We have a med. sized back garden with a plastic shed in corner.
Its a semi detached property with no cats in the neighborhood.
Can someone give us ideas to kill them or get rid from our property?
Thanks

vertico

Get a jack Russell. Kill mice and rats for fun :-D

mattjack

We had a problem a few years ago with rats in the back garden.

There are traps for rats , you can get rat poison or my dad used leave food for them with ground up glass in it , apparently their blood doesn,t clot and they bleed to death.

Bear in mind should you poison or taint food with glass they may die under your decking .

In the end we opted for a Jack Russell ... no more rats , in fact no more nothing ..no plants , no cats , no birds hopping around.

garv123

Try some rat traps of get someone with terriers to see if they can get it.

Could lay out poison too but chances are it will die in a hole somewhere and stink the place out, if you do be sure to cover it where birds or other animals cant get at it.

charlie10

larsen trap and chocolate

jap gt

charlie10 wrote: »

larsen trap and chocolate

a rat will slip through a larsen trap not a bother

sniperman

someone with an air rifle maybe

deano2882

peaceboi wrote: »

Saw yesterday evening a big Rat in the back garden.
Saw it coming from underneath the decking area to lawn and goin back.
We have a med. sized back garden with a plastic shed in corner.
Its a semi detached property with no cats in the neighborhood.
Can someone give us ideas to kill them or get rid from our property?
Thanks

where u located im sure sum1 on here wud be happy to help...

Cass

peaceboi wrote: »

Can someone give us ideas to kill them or get rid from our property?
Thanks

You can lay rat traps yourself or call in a company to do it for you.

Most solutions here may not be in keeping with an urban area.

Tawny Owl

peaceboi wrote: »

Saw yesterday evening a big Rat in the back garden.
Saw it coming from underneath the decking area to lawn and goin back.
We have a med. sized back garden with a plastic shed in corner.
Its a semi detached property with no cats in the neighborhood.
Can someone give us ideas to kill them or get rid from our property?
Thanks

Where are you based I have a Rat Trap I can loan you it catches 5 at a time if that will help, but will depend what area your from I maybe too far from you.

deerhunter1

peaceboi wrote: »

Saw yesterday evening a big Rat in the back garden.
Saw it coming from underneath the decking area to lawn and goin back.
We have a med. sized back garden with a plastic shed in corner.
Its a semi detached property with no cats in the neighborhood.
Can someone give us ideas to kill them or get rid from our property?
Thanks

You can buy baited traps,simple to use,had same problem two weeks ago,got trap and got him that evening

peaceboi

Hi...we are in Tyrrelstown, Dublin-15.

DustyMan

Ahhhhh. They are supposed to make good pets! Maybe? Think outside the box! ;-)

dodderangler

How big of a rat we talking about here?
Size wise?
Your not too far from me I could help with the ferrets?

peaceboi

Hi..it was a med. sized one I guess. It Was big enough for me though ;(

peaceboi

Fellow boardie dickey82 have agreed to come down & help with his Jack Russell & rat trap. Hope we can catch it soon, will update soon.

Rigel

I use a couple of Rat Bait Stations from Woodies (around €10 each) loaded with 2 Storm stars all year round to keep the blighters under control.

dodderangler

Reason I ask is a large rat would be the dominant rat and is a bit of a challenge for a ferret to take on

mattjack

My JRT was showing off today , he managed to catch a starling and tear it apart in front of Mrs Mattjack.She,s not impressed.

HughF

Go to your nearest Woodies or B & Q store and buy Rat Poison. Put it in a pipe along the edge of a wall and sit back and let them kill themselves. They may well die under your decking and maybe there will be a smell but it is better than rats. I would also talk to your neighbours and get them to do the same

Oh and if there is one there are more around. Keep the poison in place even when they are no longer to be seen in case another comes along.

charlie10

jap gt wrote: »

a rat will slip through a larsen trap not a bother

http://www.maceoinltd.com/vermin-control-traps-snares/round-magpie-larsen-cage-trap/ not this one they wont i caught 5 rats in under an hour with it briiliant job

stoeger

big bowl of Porridge and mix with some hard wall works every time

Hunterjohnb

Poridge oatlets(cheapest variety) a spoon of sugar and some hardwall or similar powder filler,mixed together, put in a put in a piece of pipe during dry weather. Problem solved.