I live in a trailor that has 2 fields nearby and i cant seem to get rid of rats any home remedies to rid my home of these pests?
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Rats learn very well. If there is a trap set and a rat dies there and another rat comes across it, thenit will avoid that forever. YOu have to keep changing trap locations or remove the traps as soon as you catch one. Overhead beams with a trap attached to it are great places to set traps as when they catch something, the trap falls off the beam and just hangs there. Other rats haven't aclue that it is dangerous. You could try some homemade rat poison, too. It works with mice and works okay with rats. Mix half and half cornmeal and plaaster of Paris. When the rat eats it, it will sit in its stomach and then the rat will drink something and the little lump of stuff in its stomach wiull turn to concrete. It's not pretty but it also won't poison any cats or other critters that might eat the rats or mice.
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I would go for the environmentally friendly answer, and buy a ferret. I would take the ferret for a nice walk in the fields each day, so that it can go hunting, and then lead it home. The rats would soon learn that the ferret lives in the trailer, and is a predator. They will stay away.
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First and foremost need i remind some ppl that rats are vectors of many types of diseases. Would you like buy a new ferret everytime it gets rabies? Instead spend a quarter of that amount an go get you some good rat traps, bait them but dont set them. Let them take the bait for a few days, so they get used to this safe food source. Then bait it and you will catch them. Than wash, rinse, and repeat. Ive found that tuna, and various types of fish work well as bait. FYI
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Get yourself a moggy or two
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