Rats!
I am trying to help a friend with a rat problem at his S&B, where I am visiting. I got rid of their food supply, but the rats are still living in the crawlspace under the house. He has put poison u...
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Naio wrote:
I like the ferret idea! Not sure the owners would take the risk, though, since poison has already been sprinkled around.
I was just thinking to myself that our problem was lack of predators (coyotes, anyone?) But did not realise ferrets hunt rats!
Correct, no one is going to risk their pet ferret when poison has been spread.
The initial problem is probably not a question of predation but an abundance of available food and shelter (nesting habitat). I have one cat that brings an animal home almost every day, sometimes two. Yesterday she brought back an adult rabbit and a grey squirrel.
