Rodents

[LDx4]

Originally Posted by b54red

I have used the live traps and caught a few but the problem is they learn not to go in them very quickly and I can't keep my dogs out of them. I had a bad problem with some rats last year in the fall and finally bought a good bait station and kept it baited. I placed it near the bottom of my garden near a neighbors old shed where I suspected they had set up house. For the first week I had to re-bait every few days and found a half dozen dead rats around the garden and then only had to replace the bait every week or two then they stopped eating it at all. I think it got them all because I have not seen any damage since the bait stopped being eaten. I have a lot of small dogs so my only option was a good bait station that they couldn't get into and I weighted it down with a heavy rock so it couldn't be turned over and some of the bait spill out. As soon as I see the first sign of any rodent damage I will refill it and put it back out.

Bill

Bill, were you worried that your dogs would find the dead rats and try to eat them? We have 4 small dogs. A few years ago our next door neighbor decided to put out poison for the rats. (I was unaware that he did this.) Unfortunately, some of the rats decided to die in OUR yard. I let the dogs out early one morning and went back into the kitchen. Then, through the window I see one of the dogs (15 lb dachshund) with a rat in her mouth, shaking it wildly . By the time I got out there, she was trying to eat the darn thing! After I got her to drop it I looked around and found several more dead rats in the yard.
That was an exciting morning

Lyn