How to get rid of rats without endangering the hedgehog

Lostintheclouds

greyteam1959 said:

If you cannot deal with it then get a professional pest controller in.

It seems all they do is put poison down.

I doubt they are going to stake out the rat run with a night vision scope and a rifle, as would be my preferred method.

greyteam1959

They will live trap if asked to do so.
Then they will dispose of the pest accordingly.

JIL

Is there anyway you can put poison up high? With some tasty titbits close by to tempt ratty?  In a shed perhaps?  I understand theres a different poison you can use for rats I think it's vitamin d or maybe vitamin e, that rats cant tolerate and it kills them.
We had hedgehogs in our garden, we used to see them most nights, one night we were absolutely shocked to see a rat chasing a hedgehog. Really did not expect that.

troffasky

Lostintheclouds said:

Any tips on how to make this 'small tunnel'?

Buy a ready made trap box [I have "Roshield Easy-Set" boxes and they catch a rat every other month or so]. Most mice don't set them off because they're too light. I don't bother baiting them with poison because slugs seem to love it and the mice [which I'm not inclined to kill] eat the poison, having got past the trap without triggering it.

Do some reading about neophobia in rats and be patient.

Having said that, I don't actually know if a hedgehog could fit in to the trap boxes I have. I could imagine a juvenile one would, but do hedgehogs that small go out hunting for food? I've no idea.