rats in the house, i like rats, but....

Bananas123

hello,

i am looking for help,

house has rats, i think maybe several from most recent brood (i.e. they started off little, are quite big now).

don't want to poison, or kill really but not having much look catching them (they set off the wire traps 1x and now won't go near...).

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can anybody help with a method of relocating ? or do i need to put the death traps down ?.

if they were chased outside etc, would they just come right back in also ?, does anybody know ?

thanks for any help.

arbrighton

They carry disease and would just come back in if you let them out.

You're going to have to kill.

Sadly, we have death traps for mice if they come in the house, too many in the area and I'd be forever driving them up the road to release only for their mates to come in.

Better now we've had renovation done- they can't get in..

DigForVictory

+1 for sorry but your principles need to be overcome & they need to die.

Better with your cooperation than sobbing as some irate neighbour sics the council on you.

Silvertabby

They spread diseases (ever heard of Weil's ?) , will leave droppings everywhere, and will chew through your wiring.

Get the professionals in. (eg Rentokill, not Bodie and Doyle - oops - showing my age now !)

Farway

OP, don't know where you live, but recent report, yesterday on so called "super rats" in some areas, Hants & Berks were mentioned, are resistant to poison Joe Public can buy over the counter, so it is local pest control from council or Rentokill type

theGrinch

You need to get tough and do everyone a favour and kill them. They breed like rats.

Cricket bat on the head is how the professionals dispatch in some cases but call them in if you not up to it.

Kyrae

Send this company an email:
http://humanewildlifesolutions.co.uk/


They gave me free advice over email and rid me of the rats in my garden, without harming any rats at all I made a donation to charity afterwards to say thanks as they never charged me


Like you I'm an animal lover and couldn't bear to hurt them! So don't give up yet, they might be able to help, worth a try

Lanzarote1938

So glad I don't live next door to the OP.

At least I hope I don't :-)

Silvertabby

Send this company an email:
http://humanewildlifesolutions.co.uk/


They gave me free advice over email and rid me of the rats in my garden, without harming any rats at all I made a donation to charity afterwards to say thanks as they never charged me


Like you I'm an animal lover and couldn't bear to hurt them! So don't give up yet, they might be able to help, worth a try

So now they're someone else's nightmare! I, too, am an animal lover - but not disease carrying pooh dropping wire chewing rats!

Hedgehog99

You might find your local council does rodent pest control free of charge.

I know you don't want to kill them, but look at it this way - kill the ones you have now, or have to kill hundreds more after they've bred a few more generations.

They spread disease and gnaw through wiring and plastic plumbing - not compatible with modern civilised life.

Living_proof

This is a joke, right?