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Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

If I have to do this....what about my dogs and the neighborhood cats? My dogs would love to eat a dead rat. I worry about secondary poisoning

Yes, I believe poisoning is an issue for just that reason.

I prefer to not use poison for that reason and others.

I had something inside a wall 3-4 days ago. Based on the sound, I suspect it was a rat that was wanting to build a nest because I always heard it in one particular spot. I love animals, but mice and rats have to stay out of my home. I made a ton of racket at that spot every time I heard it for several days. After a couple of days, I remembered that there was some poison up on a shelf in the garage from the PO of the house. I tossed that under the house at about the same place that I heard the noise. I kept making a racket. Yesterday, I didn't hear any noise in that spot. I hate the fact that I've got poison under the house now, but it's better than a rat in the house. I'm not sure if I made enough noise to make it decide to move (seems unlikely to me) or it got into the poison (crap shoot), but I hope it's gone for good. I don't want the missus to hear it when she gets home tomorrow.