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Rat Baits
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:03 pm
by CHARLTON34
Afternoon all, if you have used various product's what has worked best for you, plenty on the market bearing in mind that it's more difficult to get the stronger ones today. Any feedback from the members what's good or not, looking to source & keep on top of things in the future.
Regards Dave.
Re: Rat Baits
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:53 pm
by king
Had a few Rats coming around a couple of years ago, the whole area around me had a problem. I used the ones shown and they got rid of them.
Re: Rat Baits
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:35 pm
by CHARLTON34
Hello NeilA, yes the lady in the shop wouldn't sell me the stronger stuff without a license so not sure how good any of the products available will be strength wise, probably have to feed more together a result.
Thanks for your replies King & Neil, with the winter's being more mild & wet the last couple of year's I didn't want to have a problem so just looking to keep on top of thing's, what the saying your never more than 10ft away from a rat.
Regards Dave.
Re: Rat Baits
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:00 pm
by Buster121
king wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:53 pm
Had a few Rats coming around a couple of years ago, the whole area around me had a problem. I used the ones shown and they got rid of them.
That is what I use, and every so often I use the ones from Pest Expert for a change
Re: Rat Baits
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:39 pm
by Diamond Dave
I've found the ones in like a tea-bag arrangement to be rubbish and not very easy to use in the bait traps.
Re: Rat Baits
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 8:42 pm
by Buster121
That is the pasta one always found that to be waste of time and money
the one I use from Pest Expert are a blue block and are actually stronger than the red ones, but I still prefer to use the road cannot say why as I don't know maybe just a prefererence thing
Re: Rat Baits
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:20 pm
by Buster121
Devo1956 wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:10 pm
These are the ones i used, when i had the birds.
I used them ones in the mouse bait boxes as never sure if rats and mice will use same ones, so had 2 types
Re: Rat Baits
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:36 pm
by Buster121
Devo1956 wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:25 pm
Buster121 wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:20 pm
Devo1956 wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:10 pm
These are the ones i used, when i had the birds.
I used them ones in the mouse bait boxes as never sure if rats and mice will use same ones, so had 2 types
What i was told Buster, the rats carry the blocks back to their nest.
Not always Dev, I put mine on a bar inside the bait box so they can't but do place loose ones under some of the sheds which were eaten in situ I also had a piece of wire with some blocks on and staked them under the sheds by pushing a piece of cane into the ground and just looping wire over it
Re: Rat Baits
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 8:09 am
by CHARLTON34
Think a thread on Chat before it closed down, & I'm sure they said they used plaster of Paris & flour mixed ?.
Re: Rat Baits
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2024 6:00 am
by Buster121
Trev wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:28 pm
Unfortunately you can't buy anything off the shelf as strong as what the pest controllers use, this is the one I use, it seems to do the job.
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I use bait boxes which are dotted around the garden, they are permanently baited, I check them weekly and as soon as the bait starts disappearing I top it up daily until it stops going again. They always seem to get worse this time of year, they tend to leave the fields and move into the garden once the corn is harvested !!
That is the one I use when having a change