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Rat in back garden advice

  • 08-10-2017 3:04pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭


    Visiting my mother this morning she said she seen a large rat run under the garden shed and the 2 dogs make a run for the shed every morning there let out ,

    What is the best way to get rid of it/them ? is rat poison an option with the dogs or will I get some traps ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭jeepcj


    I too had a rat in the back garden with dogs, poison is a no go, i used the sticky pads, they worked well


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭amber2


    Could use the wax blocks bait there’s a hole in the middle of them just tie them on under the shed where the dogs or anything else cannot get at them or you can nail them on a piece of timber so there easily removed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    jeepcj wrote: »
    I too had a rat in the back garden with dogs, poison is a no go, i used the sticky pads, they worked well

    thanks for the reply , dogs coudnt get under the shed as their too big , can the sticky pads be bought in the likes of woodies ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,266 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Will be more than one rat. Could use rat traps, same as mouse trap only they are way bigger. Set them up where dogs can't get them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭Huawei Gallagher


    Be warned, Rat can pull poison block outside which can then be eaten by Dogs (I watched my Dog licking the poison block one day, didnt hurt her.) .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭joeker03


    pudzey101 wrote: »
    Visiting my mother this morning she said she seen a large rat run under the garden shed and the 2 dogs make a run for the shed every morning there let out ,

    What is the best way to get rid of it/them ? is rat poison an option with the dogs or will I get some traps ?[/QUOTE

    I would use Rat traps i use chocolate as bait Works great They breed quick you will know when you catch one if it young there 5 or 6 more and mother


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭sky6


    There's never only one Rat usually a family. Get Traps or poison and keep the Dogs in for a few Days. on the other hand, if you leave the dogs out, the Rats might move off on their own.
    You will also need to fill the Hole or anywhere else they can use for shelter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,679 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    I use a combination of things, live traps very effective and safe.
    Snap traps I prefer the wooden type with strong spring.
    Poison as a last resort if all else fails.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    It’s too dangerous to use poison when you have pets. You can be as careful as possible but they may pull it elsewhere or it can be taken by birds, just not worth the risk.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭MaryMD


    jeepcj wrote: »
    I too had a rat in the back garden with dogs, poison is a no go, i used the sticky pads, they worked well

    Another vote for the sticky pads they work brilliantly!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭sootie


    ahhhhhhhhh ! rats ! brings me back to easter when i wasted two full weeks of my life trying to get rid of a family and all their extended family. To say i was driven insane is an understatement ! I got good old fashioned rat traps from a corner hardware... like large mouse traps. was terrified setting them at first but became so used to it i was dreaming about it. my buggers had babies / teenagers who were too small for the rat traps but too big for the mouse traps ! they are as cheeky. sticky stuff like choc and honey makes it harder for them to take the bait and leave. anything plastic from woodies etc is a waste of money in my own opinion. in the end i went with poison. down the hole. ill tell you it took the whole bucket to work. they kept eating it. i put a cage thing around the hole so the pets couldnt get at it. i filled the hole with expanding foam at one point i was so insane with these lads. they only went and built a different hole lol after they left and i eventually calmed down i got myself a female tabby cat. not a pet...you know the type, would take the face off ya. she now patrols the garden with an iron paw.

    god rats and their arrogance really get me !!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Put down loads of white pepper on rocks. They sniff it, sneeze, then bash their heads off the rocks, and die.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,182 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Seen these videos on Youtube, they look awesome and no poison.



    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bucket+rat+trap


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    Gael23 wrote: »
    It’s too dangerous to use poison when you have pets. You can be as careful as possible but they may pull it elsewhere or it can be taken by birds, just not worth the risk.

    This , one of our cats ate a rat/mouse a few years ago that had obviously ingested poison previously, the way the cat died was not pretty.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭intro


    Just remember that glue boards are completely illegal and you could end up being prosecuted for their use.

    If you are in Dublin (and possibly Sligo and Cork?) the HSE will treat gardens and houses for rat infestations free of charge. They will not treat commercial premises and rented houses.

    If you have a rat burrow under a shed then you will be treating this till the cows come home. You may kill the present occupant but the next wandering rat will have a ready made home.

    Generally these burrows occur when there is no prepared base such as hardcore or slabs under the shed. You need to fill the burrow and put a base in if possible (which is usually a big job between emptying the shed and moving it etc).

    Other possibility is that there is a broken drain or AJ under the shed.


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