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Rat problem in new house
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In my experience the smell and the blue bottles hung around for around two months when they were living in a cellar.0
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Whatever you do, dont poison them - in a roof space that will get very hot in summer, the sickly sweet smell of dead rat will last for years - I should know as I happened to us. Even worse you could get one dying under a floorboard in a living part of the house and smell seeps through.
Ge the professionals in to trap and kill them and to also identify and seal likely entry points such as soffits and tops of drain pipes etc.
Is there an obvious food source - if you have a lot of rats there is likely to be something e.g. adjacent arable, prolific bird feeding neighbour, chickens etc0 -
bobbymotors wrote: »poison them. the blue stuff on ebay is best
Better to catch them in a trap of some kind that kills them.
The smell of a dead rat it truly horrendous and it’s a smell that travels. You will end up tearing your roof apart trying to track down the bodies.0 -
Zombie thread alert2024 wins: *must start comping again!*0
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You have no claim against the surveyor. It is a home buyers survey, not a hygiene or rodent survey.
Nor will you have a claim against the previous owner.
Welcome to the world of home ownership. This is your problem now.Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.0 -
Brock_and_Roll wrote: »Whatever you do, dont poison them - in a roof space that will get very hot in summer, the sickly sweet smell of dead rat will last for years - I should know as I happened to us. Even worse you could get one dying under a floorboard in a living part of the house and smell seeps through.
Ge the professionals in to trap and kill them and to also identify and seal likely entry points such as soffits and tops of drain pipes etc.
Is there an obvious food source - if you have a lot of rats there is likely to be something e.g. adjacent arable, prolific bird feeding neighbour, chickens etc
This thread is 10 months old!If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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