Rats! This means WAR!

[two_wheel_mayhem]

Dirty bastards, this does mean war. BTW, they get wise to the sticky traps.

I had a mouse war once about 3 years ago, I'm gonna post a pic maybe but it was brutal and consisted of many battles, some lasted hours and there was ACTUAL hand to hand combat involved too. Some of the stories are so funny wish I had the patience to sit and write it all down, it would be too long.

[Monster525]

wow that really sucks. you may have lost the first battle, but you will win the war.

[willhe64]

Rat poison. On the garage floor. And a dish of water. The rat poison makes them thirsty as hell and you'll find them all dead at the dish of water instead of having them run into the walls or your car and die.

[Neumatic]

Originally Posted by tjk_art

LOL that would have been funny if you popped the hood at our meet !

This is from the Kansas Roll Call thread

Originally Posted by Neumatic

Well, Im really glad I didn't pop my hood during our meeting. Otherwise tjk_art would have added this to his amazing pictures.

Originally Posted by Monster525

wow that really sucks. you may have lost the first battle, but you will win the war.

I have about 30 days to kill as many as I can. Moving back home then, and I will leave fighting.

Originally Posted by willhe64

Rat poison. On the garage floor. And a dish of water. The rat poison makes them thirsty as hell and you'll find them all dead at the dish of water instead of having them run into the walls or your car and die.

Good idea, thanks for sharing. Thats why I didn't go ahead and get the poison now.

Moth balls is a good one that I had forgot about as well. Thanks for those that posted that as well.

[upflying]

Originally Posted by Neumatic

In my garage. That is now rigged with 6 rat/mice traps. With more probably to come.

If you have an attached garage, they are in your house too.

[Neumatic]

Originally Posted by upflying

If you have an attached garage, they are in your house too.

I know they are in the basement and probably the rest of the house. Not really what im worried about right now. What damage they can do is not my stuff. Selfish? Sure, but thats on the other people in the house. The garage is "mine" so I am going to start my war there. I may go behind enemy lines when I buy some more traps and/or poison.

[thahemp]

Originally Posted by willhe64

Rat poison. On the garage floor. And a dish of water. The rat poison makes them thirsty as hell and you'll find them all dead at the dish of water instead of having them run into the walls or your car and die.

That is awesome. Efficiency is key!

Weird though Neumatic. I live down by Wichita and I've never seen such a thing. I have battled a chinchilla lookin rodent in my garden though. It ate every seedling that came up for months. I bashed it with a broom handle and ripped off its tail. Haven't seen it since!

I'll pass some good karma your way for a fellow Kansan.

[MBS]

Kill them creepy ass rats, All rodents really need to die in my book. Ever since i found those sracthes on my hood from that damn squirrel I am proud to say i have now shot 36 squirrels , 3 chipmunks , and 2 of them little fast ass red-fox squirrels, they are on crack little and hard to shoot. Let us know how many varmets you get rid of and make the world a better place

[thahemp]

Hook 110 up to the mouse traps with alligator clips or something. Then at least you know they won't outsmart the trap. Probably will make the garage stink.

[Cheveey57]

Originally Posted by willhe64

Rat poison. On the garage floor. And a dish of water. The rat poison makes them thirsty as hell and you'll find them all dead at the dish of water instead of having them run into the walls or your car and die.

Don't do this! They use this at work and they die a day or later after they crawl into the walls or someother hiding place. There they die and a few days later they will start to stink real bad.

[TN 2010 SS]

That happened to me years ago when I had an old Monte Carlo. I was keeping something in my garage that attracted them - pet food, etc. They did quite a bit of damage to the wiring. Ever since, I NEVER keep anything in the garage that would attract rats or mice, and I keep rat poison out constantly. Never had a problem since.

[willhe64]

Originally Posted by Cheveey57

Don't do this! They use this at work and they die a day or later after they crawl into the walls or someother hiding place. There they die and a few days later they will start to stink real bad.

Do they leave out water? I've seen this and it works.

[koolcamaro]

That sucks!

[fielderLS3]

I had something make a nest under the hood of my Olds once. It was parked outside, not in the garage (in fact, right where it is sitting in the picture). It tore the heat insulation off the underside of the hood for the nest, and chewed through 2 plug wires to make room. Very annoying little vermin. I like to think it was still sleeping in between the broken ends of plug wire at the time I started it.