[Shop-talk] Rats!

[Jack Brooks]

Cats!

Seriously, traps are the way to go if you can place them to avoid pets and
kids.  In the neighborhood you need to avoid poisons especially with pets
and kids around.  You may be successful with the humane non-lethal kind.
You can always lethal-ize them later on.

A developer took down and greenhouse and sheep pasture a few years back and
we had an immediate infestation in the house.  I placed traps and used
cheese, salami and some other foods.  The salami traps accounted for 80% of
the kills, sometimes three times a day, so that is what I suggest as
non-poison bait.  

Mark, are the rats causing an issue in the garden or just present?

Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Mark
J Bradakis
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 2:05 PM
To: shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net
Subject: [Shop-talk] Rats!

So I am renting a plot at a community garden around the corner. Turns out we
have a bit of a rat problem.
Saw one last evening while weeding my plot. Any innovative suggestions for
curbing the rat population?
I'd like to get a big python to slither around, but that may not be an
option.

mjb.
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