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So we had to install a new cable into the well house, the stupid electricians put a hole in the side along the roof. I didn't notice it until today, about 5 days after they finished.
I went in to add the rest of the insulation and there is a TON of rat sh*t everywhere! Insulation is all chewed up, I'm so pissed off!
I need to find a way to get rid of them ASAP, I cannot afford another $350 just to replace a cable!!
I'll be replacing the wood section with the hole in it and I have a re-useable snap rat size trap. Anything that rats just cannot pass up?? What else should I do to get rid of them?
I have two re-useable small mouse size snap traps in the chicken coop, it caught one mouse this weekend. I always check and reset them. They rarely need bait, mice eventually follow the wall right into them. All food is in 35 gal closed trash cans, no holes into them and no food laying around, as the chickens and guineas eat everything up and leave nothing at all.
I did notice some chewing around the trash lid rim, I thought it was the pigs standing up against it chewing to get to the can. But now I wonder if that is really the case or if it might be rats sitting on the lid and chewing??
I went in to add the rest of the insulation and there is a TON of rat sh*t everywhere! Insulation is all chewed up, I'm so pissed off!
I need to find a way to get rid of them ASAP, I cannot afford another $350 just to replace a cable!!
I'll be replacing the wood section with the hole in it and I have a re-useable snap rat size trap. Anything that rats just cannot pass up?? What else should I do to get rid of them?
I have two re-useable small mouse size snap traps in the chicken coop, it caught one mouse this weekend. I always check and reset them. They rarely need bait, mice eventually follow the wall right into them. All food is in 35 gal closed trash cans, no holes into them and no food laying around, as the chickens and guineas eat everything up and leave nothing at all.
I did notice some chewing around the trash lid rim, I thought it was the pigs standing up against it chewing to get to the can. But now I wonder if that is really the case or if it might be rats sitting on the lid and chewing??