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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2oldman wrote:Grit dog wrote:That's cruel. If you'd bothered to read, we've already discussed a cat.
So without reading all 4 pages, there is a cat present in the middle of a rat infestation and the problem isn't solving itself? That cat need s to go for a swim!
Grit dog is presumably much bigger and tougher than any cat. We could lock him in the crawlspace with the rats, see if he walks his talk.
westend wrote: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.
westend, you have an excellent cat! I had one like that on the farm -- one day she killed a ground squirrel. But, as said, the closest thing to that here is a feral tom and he is not taking on the rats. He's not as manly as Grit dog.
