"Mark" wrote in
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Got a bit of a rat problem.
Some rats are living in the small roofspace (8 feet x 3 feet x 4 feet
approx) above my kitchen which juts out from the main house. They're
also heard in the main attic, and in the wall cavity of both houses.
The local council only provides an advisory service and say the house
(and adjoining neighbour's house) has had a long history of rats, and
cant offer any further advice.
I've got 4 B&Q rat traps in the main attic, and 9 of them in the small
kitchen attic - most baited with chocolate and chocolate biscuits. I
check the roofspaces every fortnight and no traps have been touched.
There's some poison up there too, B&Q rat killer stuff, but it hasnt
been eaten.

Any advice?


They are neophobic for a start, also look for signs on the ground outside -
sort of "mini-troughs" in soil, holes in fencing with greasy edges,
undergrowth with tunnels through it. If they're not eating the food you
provide (i.e. on the traps and in the bait trays) ask yourself whose food
they are eating and how are they getting it? They're not going to eat what
you provide if they're getting their fill elsewhere

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john

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