Rats and C02

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Have a bit of a rat problem in the garden. I've laid storm and it's been taken down but a month later and after filling in holes they are back again. I have a cylinder of Co2/Nitrogen mix. Can I pipe this down the holes to put them to sleep humanely? Has anyone tried this before?

kay 9

The co2 be probably a quick fix. We usually keep poison out until it's no longer taken.

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I'll keep up with the poison as well as trying the gas so.

bogman_bass

It would depend if you have the exit holes filled or not

RobertKK

A number of years ago had a major rat problem in one old farm outbuilding that contained hens, the rats liked their food...
So moved the hens out and put out rat poison, the blue blocks, they kept disappearing, took 36 before the problem disappeared.
I never saw so many rats in my life as back then, need to lay more poison at the moment as some rats seems to have taken up residence for the winter.

OP, the problem could be the number of rats rather than the poison being the problem.

893bet

RobertKK wrote: »

A number of years ago had a major rat problem in one old farm outbuilding that contained hens, the rats liked their food...
So moved the hens out and put out rat poison, the blue blocks, they kept disappearing, took 36 before the problem disappeared.
I never saw so many rats in my life as back then, need to lay more poison at the moment as some rats seems to have taken up residence for the winter.

OP, the problem could be the number of rats rather than the poison being the problem.

Had ye the block tied down with wire? So the rats couldnt take it away and just nest and store it?

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I originally placed 6 blocks total in two locations. I screwed them to a plywood with a cover over them.

bogman_bass wrote: »

It would depend if you have the exit holes filled or not

I was assuming that it's a heavy gas so it will settled low and replace the oxygen. Therefore no need to block any holes. The rats won't know what's happening and will pass out and die from lack of oxygen.

Farmer Pudsey

Effects wrote: »

I originally placed 6 blocks total in two locations. I screwed them to a plywood with a cover over them.


I was assuming that it's a heavy gas so it will settled low and replace the oxygen. Therefore no need to block any holes. The rats won't know what's happening and will pass out and die from lack of oxygen.

Six blocks not a lot. Put in 3'' tube through wire and keep refilling until they stop. At start of season I usually put 4-5 in each tube on wire and keep refilling

Nekarsulm

If you happen to have access to a Ferguson 20 with the TVO engine, its exhaust fumes are just as effective as any other gas.............
but in reality, a rat infestation could easily take away 5kg of poison before they start to die.
The upside is that they will have a reserve of poison stored in old walls and tunnels, etc. and future migrations will find it and die also.

Brass Tag

Shifting a bale of straw last Saturday by hand. Disturbed a rat in the process. Rat scuttled in behind a piece of galvanise leaning up against an earth bank. Found the hole he ran into.
Got my garden hose. Shoved it well down the hole and packed around it with few shovels of soil. Left it running full blast for an hour.
Put poison down later that day. It hasn't been touched so far.
I'm assuming I managed to drown the whole lot of the fukkkkrrs!!

Mac Taylor

Brass Tag wrote: »

Shifting a bale of straw last Saturday by hand. Disturbed a rat in the process. Rat scuttled in behind a piece of galvanise leaning up against an earth bank. Found the hole he ran into.
Got my garden hose. Shoved it well down the hole and packed around it with few shovels of soil. Left it running full blast for an hour.
Put poison down later that day. It hasn't been touched so far.
I'm assuming I managed to drown the whole lot of the fukkkkrrs!!

Think of the water.....think of the water:D not only will the animal rights crowd be after you so will the water protestors

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Ha, tried water before as well. Hasn't seemed to work.