Have a good look to try to find any holes they use to enter. Plug the holes,
patch with wood, or fill with Touch N Seal, or Great Stuff expanding foam.
The critters don't like the chemicals in the foam, and will leave it alone.
So I'm told...

I liked the one about farm out the dog for a week and get serious. Include
pie pans of glycol in your strategy.

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"Angus" wrote in message
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I don't know if this is a home repair problem or not but we've had Rats in
our basement for a while now. I managed to trap and kill a couple but I'm
sure there are more around.
I don't want to use poison cause I have a dog . I've been using the
conventional Rat Trap type of spring trap but the buggers seem to be able to
eat the bait right off the trap without triggering it sometimes. I need
this problem gone before it gets out of hand.
Angus