radcliffe white Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Screwfix rat traps and piece of chocolate job done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) . Edited November 20, 2020 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted November 20, 2020 Members Share Posted November 20, 2020 Just now, Mounts Kipper said: You have to question the government increasing defence spending and freezing public sector workers pay, gifting Labour a free pass next election. Not sure what they can do about Glens rat problem but every little helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Rudy said: Not sure what they can do about Glens rat problem but every little helps Wrong thread. Thx for pointing it out... twat. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted November 20, 2020 Members Share Posted November 20, 2020 😂anytime my luv x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted November 20, 2020 Moderators Share Posted November 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said: Screwfix rat traps and piece of chocolate job done worth figuring out how they get in though at our old place, we had mice in the kitchen cupboard put out humane traps, kept catching them, let them go a few miles away, more kept coming got a guy out who figured it was the same gap at the bottom of the sliding garage door, then into a hole in the wall and free reign of the whole place put some wood across that, they never returned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said: worth figuring out how they get in though at our old place, we had mice in the kitchen cupboard put out humane traps, kept catching them, let them go a few miles away, more kept coming got a guy out who figured it was the same gap at the bottom of the sliding garage door, then into a hole in the wall and free reign of the whole place put some wood across that, they never returned At my mums it was through the wall cavities from a single extension then up into the loft! she used to ring me saying someone’s in my loft😀 well she wasn’t wrong big fuckers they was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter fatolive Posted November 20, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) Had them a couple of years ago. it amazed me where they got in , weak spot on a widow sil and into the cavity . the whole street in my side had them, probably due some old garages nearby getting knocked and cleared. once in they were fucking everywhere,  Including neighbours houses , via  wall cavity, kids coming screaming as they were in the wallnext to the bed scratching  then under the bath via the gap in the floor board for the drain , stuff of nightmares basically if they can feel air on their whiskers they will gnaw through to the other side or try at least and whatever it is, wires pipes etc, they absolutely destroyed the back of my dishwasher I was like a mad man when we had them , blocking up gaps with cement and old tiles etc . there were signs they were coming into the kitchen floor, the traps we used were glue mats and dry roasted peanuts , after lacing bait elsewhere with poison as this makes them a bit more docile , a fully compus  rat probably too clever to walk on a glue mat apparently, it worked but it’s a bit grim finding one stuck trying to get off but we caught two and it solved the problem . some good home made traps on YouTube too  Edited November 20, 2020 by fatolive Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowack Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Worth checking your Soil & Vent Pipe. If where the pipe enters the ground has not been sealed properly they can use the loose fill around the pipe underground to get about. They then get up through the floor if its not sealed around the collar and up any ducts which usually leads to the roof space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Theres two pest fellas on here. @Ratwhitebeing one. @oggybwfc I think is the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 We had them in our loft, same issue, run along the houses in our row. Council came out and put poison down and we had the chimney repointed and touch wood it's sorted it. Had mice in the house too when building started on nearby fields. Came in from under the stairs, knawed through the wood and got at the kids Easter eggs. Put poison down but also bought an electric trap off amazon, Nutella covered grapes for bait and fried 3 of the fuckers! Needless to say, I had the last laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Not sure Im in to killing stuff with traps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted November 20, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2020 Lots of folk use humane, non-lethal traps. Problem is, if you catch something classed as vermin, you aren’t; by law, allowed to release it.  I recently agreed to do a friend a favour. He is a Stockport based pest controller who got the job of baiting Humane traps for grey squirrels. The rules state that once the traps are set, they are to be checked at least once in a 24 hour period. To save having to drive around the M60 daily, he asked me to check them. I agreed and he handed me a powerful air rifle with which to dispatch anything caught.  https://www.gov.uk/pest-control-on-your-property Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted November 20, 2020 Moderators Share Posted November 20, 2020 40 minutes ago, gonzo said: Not sure Im in to killing stuff with traps  me neither, humane traps all the way, keep them alive then feed them to a snake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Get a rescue cat and sling it up there, eventually it'll get hungry - et voila, problem solved. Then a bag for life, a brick, Bolton Canal or Braddy Lodge and it's au revoir to a moggy that's served it's purpose and is now redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Ratwhite Posted November 20, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2020 16 hours ago, glennboltw said: Every few years we seem to get rats in the loft, the bastards run between our house and the three connected. The council have been out numerous times to use prison to kill them but they can't seem to find the entry point therefore they keep returning..... Has any one had any experience of this and how they overcame it, I'm thinking of getting a loft company in to completely make the loft rat safe and to find any possible entrance that they may be finding..... Don't want a cat got two dogs! If your not sorted already - DM me with your contact number, I run a pest control Division and we cover bolton pal? Thanks for the mention @gonzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennboltw Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 44 minutes ago, Ratwhite said: If your not sorted already - DM me with your contact number, I run a pest control Division and we cover bolton pal? Thanks for the mention @gonzo Cheers just sent you a message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Get a Manchester Terrier I've always had one, when I lived next door to a farm the farmer used to borrow him when doing out the cow shed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennboltw Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 30 minutes ago, Dimron said: Get a Manchester Terrier I've always had one, when I lived next door to a farm the farmer used to borrow him when doing out the cow shed Wife would go mad, already got a border collie and rottweiler 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) This is a little un learning his trade... they need to learn that to avoid being nipped they have to get in quick and launch the rat breaking it's neck... there was a famous Manchester called Billy who used to tour the pubs and fairs in the Bolton area... could do over one rat per minute. Just looked him up he was credited with 100 in five and a half minutes once! Â Edited November 20, 2020 by Dimron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morizio Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Can you afford to fly this guy over? Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 We went into our loft for first time last week......matress, empty cans n pizza boxes, and some voodoo masks.....😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Looks straight forward to do, I'd have a go with Bongo (the MT) as back up picking off the stragglers... remember to tuck your keks into your socks first though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted November 20, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Pablo said: We went into our loft for first time last week......matress, empty cans n pizza boxes, and some voodoo masks.....😳 What’s R been up to 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 2 hours ago, desperado said: What’s R been up to 🤣 🤣thats what we first thought!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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