Rat issue
 

I have been using my tractor the last few days and after fueling up I checked the oil and coolant. Dam rat chewed up my coolant cap and top of the reservoir. I’m picking up a new reservoir tomorrow but how do I deter these bastages? It’s usually park the tractor in my shed. I hate using rat poison because I have Horned Owls on my property and don’t want to kill them too. Any ideas out there?

goodnature rat trap, a little pricey but they REALLY work well. I loan mine out to the neighbors now that I do not have a problem anymore.

Squirt this around the tractor when you park it...

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snakes, cats, more owls.

rat traps

I’ll try the wolf piss first. A lot cheaper then the good nature trap. But….. $169 is better then having the wiring destroyed by rats.

And weasels. They go into the burrows after the bastages. I have never seen a rat population dissappear as fast.
Getting them to show up might be a bit of a problem.

Best
Les

Used cat litter.

Spread around.

pick one..or 2 or..

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rat+traps+drowning

I tried several live-catch traps and none of them worked so I went to the old fashioned snap trap baited with a Slim Jim and that got every one of them.

The Slim Jim can be pressed onto the little prong so it can't be removed without triggering the snap.

I also set up a trail camera so I could get an idea of how many I was dealing with.

Got a Ratt problem? BTW... good god 80's music videos were horrible.
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I have one of these and they are brutally efficient.

Mr Kat was doing his best and would often bring me their carcasses but some of the rats were huge...

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I have two cats but they are garage cats. My tractor is parked in my wood shed that doesn’t have a door. I’m going to try the water in the bucket method. I’ll report back.

I just saw about 2 days ago an add on Linked In of all places for a rodent trap that you put on the top of standard 5 gallon bucket like you might get a the home dep. The trap was a lid with a ramp, you spread some bait like peanut butter and whatever on the underside of this lid. The lid had like a trap door that only opened one way (down). Varmint goes up ramp, steps on trap door area, once it gets too far onto the door it opens down the slams back shut. If I had only know this question would come up on here I would have been more alert to recall the name/make. Maybe do a search on linkedin??

Name and place of shelter please 👏

Stone cold killers

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I would move out....if I had that many rats/mice (Video) :eek:

I suspect you could fix that problem pretty quick with

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borrow a JACK RUSSELL for a hour or so

That’s a rat problem!! I have maybe two…. I think.

If you hang around an animal shelter and offer to take one you are a hero.
Try the same thing around a women's shelter! Not good!

Best
Les

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Finally got him. He stole one of my gloves that I left on my tractor and the wire to my temp gauge also on the tractor. Patience grasshopper!!!

Try using a piece of Slim Jim next time. Push it onto the prong. More reliable than PB.

Slim Jim? Like what you buy at 7/11

there have been a lot of escapees for PARF recently...

Seriously, how about some snap traps with peanut butter?

5gal bucket

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Correct.

I buy mine at other stores though like Walmart. They make shorter ones like this......divide into 4 pieces and use one piece per trap is what worked for me.

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I also use a trail camera to see how many rats there are. I have set as many as 5 snap traps overnight and ended up getting 3 rats. One of the traps disappeared! I finally got rid of them all but the trail camera was instrumental in surveillance in order to monitor things.

I’ve been thinking about getting a trail cam because I also have a bear problem. Not too bad a problem yet as he just comes around once every two weeks to raid my garbage . Trail cam for the woodshed sounds like good advice.

Buttercup is a stone cold killer....

I bought two of these. They work pretty good and at $65 are a decent value....

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I've used the "walk the plank" with good success. 5 in one night was the best haul. Now i just leave a bucket with water and the SOBs jump in it to get a drink.

Those traps are hit and miss. Rats get smart

My cats are old, fat and lazy. They even let the ducks eat their food. So, I had to catch the rat myself.

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I stumbled across a youtube of a guy in the UK shooting rats with a high quality scope on an air rifle. Head shots at about 15 - 20 meters. Looked lots of fun.

It's just reminded me of when I was about 15. A friend said Friday night bring the car, the .22, alcohol and some girls. Far out. A convoy of us drove out to a country rubbish dump and spent the night rows of six shooters in row - ready aim fire shooting rats. Next six shooters up!. Kissing etc young females, drinking huge amounts of booze. Zero gun handling safety. Suddenly a chainsaw rev's up and a free falls down.

Ah, to be young irresponsible and stupid again + the girls thrown in again. Sigh.

stone cold killer