Advice needed, Rats in the rabbittry

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AmberLops said:
Have you heard of RatX?
It's a natural poison that doesn't effect other animals...it works with the digestive system of rats/mice only and all it does is it turns off the signals to the brain that tell them to drink water...so they die of dehydration. I haven't used it, but I know a few people who do and they all say it works great :)
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I will have to look into this, that might work. My boyfriend really wants to just poison them so this might be a good way to do so without harming anything else.
 
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I rebaited the snap traps with peanut butter and part of a corn chip. They are the reusable Tomcat traps, they have worked great so far. There was at least one rodent out there when I turned out the rabbit light, hopefully it will check out the trap...
 
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Baymule said:
Maybe get a Jack Russel Terrier? LOL
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Oh no! I had a Russel once and that dog was a nightmare!
I have met some I like though...and for whatever reason they all seem to live past 20 years.
There are 4 (all different owners) that come to the clinic that are over 20 :old But still just as hyper!
 
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So, nothing in either trap yesterday, and this morning both traps are missing. Gone. No where to be seen.

Last time this happened a rat had run past and the trap snapped on one back leg, rat kept going until the trap got stuck in a fence. I found it a day later and put the rat out of its misery. I will keep searching but I guess I need to buy some more traps and drill a hole through so I can attach a wire and stake.

I received the rolling log trap yesterday but didn't have time to set it up. It's getting set up today and hopefully it will work.
 
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Mini Horses said:
Had a mouse get one leg caught and ran -- right into another trap.:lol: There was a lot of smacking a clacking going on when I found it. Then, unhooked one at a time to play "swim away" in the spiral flush.
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Yeah, that's kinda what I did on the one with the leg stuck. I just grabbed the second trap and pushed it right up next to the head. When it turned around to see what I was up to it set off the trap.
 
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