Rat Infestation in house

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Article in the Independent - Watch: 'I'm afraid for my kids' lives' - Family forced into one room as rat infestation takes over their home

This annoys me. It's making the front page of the Independent but the solution is simple:

1. They know where the rats are coming in. Buy a new vent and replace the old one. Probably €20
2. Buy some poison to kill what's left in the house. Storm is less than €20 for a kilo and is very strong.

If things are as bad as they say €40 would probably sort it. Yes the landlord i.e. the council in this case should sort it but I wouldn't be "afraid for my kids' lives'" for the sake of some effort and a small outlay.

Atoms for Peace

Leinster house will need a lot more than that to clear it out.

noodler

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Leinster house will need a lot more than that to clear it out.

LOL?

me_irl

News? Sensationalist?

Well I never!

Stroke Politics

Would the rats be coming in if there wasn’t something around for them to eati?

SEPT 23 1989

I'm getting weary of the poor and their tales of woe

Can nothing be done with them?

begbysback

I hate rats

D3V!L

You you go as far as to say it's a crisis ??

kona

People are getting lazier and dumber. Which leads to brain donors like this sponging off people who actually have removed their finger and work

Donal55

Stroke Politics wrote: »

Would the rats be coming in if there wasn’t something around for them to eati?

Exactly. Would be interesting to see how many have bins in the housing estate.

my3cents

We get rats coming in the house every winter as soon as the temperature drops. We can here them at night running around in the roof for a few days before the results of the rat bait kick in.

Just checked the bait station in the roof last night and it needs topping up as they've eating 5 blocks of Storm. Big deal we live in the country with animals and feed around the place and the rats like it warm so they are bound to come in.

If they are in a town house I dread to think the state of the place if the rats are finding enough food to eat. At home here its over generous feeding of our chickens the seems to attract them.

glaswegian

aye,it's those bloody poor people again having the neck to have food thats causing the problem.

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

wakka12

poor family. I hate hate hate rats ugh just even thought of them has me all jittery and anxious. Can't imagine having them in your kitchen near your food or hearing scuttering while you're trying to get to sleep

wakka12

Even though I feel bad for them I find all the jabs at 'the council' seriously irritating. It is in no way their fault nor is it their responsibility..but of course in ireland everything is the governments fault

SEPT 23 1989

wakka12 wrote: »

poor family. I hate hate hate rats ugh just even thought of them has me all jittery and anxious. Can't imagine having them in your kitchen near your food or hearing scuttering while you're trying to get to sleep

They gnaw on the walls and scratch always scratching

mojesius

Getting a couple of terriers would sort that out.

wakka12

mojesius wrote: »

Getting a couple of terriers would sort that out.

Then the terriers who've been chewing on rats all day give the little kids a big lick on the face

mojesius

wakka12 wrote: »

Then the terriers who've been chewing on rats all day give the little kids a big lick on the face

Good for building a strong immune system!

Donald Trump

There's always rats!

mad muffin

Would no one thi k of the childers? They have such inept parents

Odhinn

Kenya Glamorous Chrysanthemum wrote: »

Article in the Independent - Watch: 'I'm afraid for my kids' lives' - Family forced into one room as rat infestation takes over their home

This annoys me. It's making the front page of the Independent but the solution is simple:

1. They know where the rats are coming in. Buy a new vent and replace the old one. Probably €20
2. Buy some poison to kill what's left in the house. Storm is less than €20 for a kilo and is very strong.

If things are as bad as they say €40 would probably sort it. Yes the landlord i.e. the council in this case should sort it but I wouldn't be "afraid for my kids' lives'" for the sake of some effort and a small outlay.

Now and again we've had mice and rats in the house over the years. We put down traps, few dead mice/rats later we had none. Seeing as those rats pictured aren't wearing balaclavas and carrying armalites, I'm a bit confused as to why they haven't done similar.

bonzodog2

kona wrote: »

People are getting lazier and dumber. Which leads to brain donors like this sponging off people who actually have removed their finger and work

:eek::eek:

RayM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I'm getting weary of the poor and their tales of woe

Can nothing be done with them?

Kill the poor and feed them to the hungry. Two problems solved in one.

Just looking at the video attached to that article - those rats are what my dear late granny used to refer to as big mothafuckin' bastards. For a start, there's too much stuff in that little garden for rats to hide behind or crawl under. Rats don't like wide open spaces. They need to find somewhere else to put the bins and then move the oil tank right up against the wall, so they can't hide behind it. And then power-wash and disinfect the whole place. And what's that wire coming out of the vent for? That needs to go too. Replace the vent, cover it with wire mesh and they rats can no longer get into the house. I'm surprised the council and the pest control experts didn't do all of this.

I had a mouse infestation a few years ago and managed to sort it out with a combination of cheap poison from Woodies, wire mesh, brillo pads, disinfectant and a harshly worded letter, warning them not to return.

lightspeed

Im curious to hear the thoughts of the die hard vegetarians out there on the subject eating rats?

Would you be offended at the thought?

Stroke Politics

lightspeed wrote: »

Im curious to hear the thoughts of the die hard vegetarians out there on the subject eating rats?

Would you be offended at the thought?

Tastes like chicken....

Capt'n Midnight

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I'm getting weary of the poor and their tales of woe

Can nothing be done with them?

I have a modest proposal ...

Prune Tracy

D3V!L wrote: »

You you go as far as to say it's a crisis ??

Yes I would Kent.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I'm getting weary of the poor and their tales of woe

Can nothing be done with them?

glaswegian wrote: »

aye,it's those bloody poor people again having the neck to have food thats causing the problem.

The criticism of them is the way they're not bothering to do anything to sort it out themselves (just going to the paper instead, meanwhile the danger of what they're being exposed to increases) - it's the council's/government's fault. Nobody should ever take responsibility for themselves - "can't someone else do it?" (Simpsons predicting the future again). Who said anything in relation to their income (apart from ye)? Strawman.

Shur we all have food obviously. More attention to waste disposal and crumbs falling is needed if there's enough to attract rats.

wakka12 wrote: »

Even though I feel bad for them I find all the jabs at 'the council' seriously irritating. It is in no way their fault nor is it their responsibility..but of course in ireland everything is the governments fault

Exactly.

Lia_lia

I don’t really understand why they don’t sort it themselves.

I live in a rented house (not council) and we had rats a few year ago. They were coming in through a hole behind our washing machine and coming into the cupboards that we store cleaning products in under the sink. There was a small bag of dog treats in there, that’s what they came in for I guess. We killed 4 of them with traps.

Anyway, we let the landlady know that we would sort it ourselves and if it didn’t work we would let her know. So we pulled out the washing machine and filled the hole they made with loads of wire mesh and covered with it expanding foam. Never had trouble since. Cost a few euro.

Nettle Soup

Stroke Politics wrote: »

Would the rats be coming in if there wasn’t something around for them to eati

This. It's always this. Find the food source and you will sort out the rats.
Find the food source.

Hannibal_Smith

Them boomtown ones are the worst

Nettle Soup

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

Them boomtown ones are the worst

Yeah it was worse when they got freedom of the city

Hannibal_Smith

Nettle Soup wrote: »

Yeah it was worse when they got freedom of the city

At least we got it back in the end!

Hannibal_Smith

Did I just give my own joke a thumbs down?:o