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Author	crazygoldfi5h
Comment	The pest guy is full of Shit. If you have the money - get a reputable pest company to come out. Not rentakill. This won’t go away by doing nothing. Rats breed roughly 6 litters per year and with their own family members. 5-10 rats per litter. First of all your flat. Check (and I mean move Shit so you can clearly see) behind any furniture, a key sign if any dust has been disturbed, footprints or what looks like black smears. The black smudges is oil : crap from the rat. Check under any kitchen cupboard, check any boxes of serials for nibbles. If you spot an entry point - put a trap near the entrance with a tasty treat like a biscuit or chocolate. Cheese is bull shit, it’s not Tom n Jerry. Any holes use steel mesh, you can buy this cheap from B&Q and cut with decent scissors or snips. Steel wool won’t do shit. Another test is to leave a biscuit on a plate in a quiet corner, if the biscuit goes in a few days, then they have found a way in. Now out side. get any bird feeders down, bins repaired, any dirty neighbours leaving rubbish. Tell them it’s causing rats. If bins have holes, get them repaired or replaced. Check for entry points, usually drains, cracks in walls larger than a couple of inches. Rats a great climbers. They are also excellent diggers, a good pest control guy will spot any holes in the garden. Check under any sheds, leave a good few traps about the garden. Once you have bagged about 1-2 weeks worth of rats, plug all holes in the building. The roof, get pest control guy to leave traps near the rats paths. You will find they are shitting in the same area. If you can buy a cheap web cam with motion detection and IR it helps identify their pathways in the loft. Now poison. It works quick as rats are horrible and eat anything. But you can have a miserable time when they die, flies and stinks. So always better to try traps and then block access. General poison is good but there’s a blue gel poison that they can’t resist and kills then quick, but only available to licensed pest controller. Do the above and the rats will be gone in 1-2 months.
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Created	Wed 18th Jan 2023 7:49am
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The pest guy is full of Shit.

If you have the money - get a reputable pest company to come out. Not rentakill.

This won’t go away by doing nothing.

Rats breed roughly 6 litters per year and with their own family members. 5-10 rats per litter.

First of all your flat.

Check (and I mean move Shit so you can clearly see) behind any furniture, a key sign if any dust has been disturbed, footprints or what looks like black smears. The black smudges is oil : crap from the rat.

Check under any kitchen cupboard, check any boxes of serials for nibbles.

If you spot an entry point - put a trap near the entrance with a tasty treat like a biscuit or chocolate. Cheese is bull shit, it’s not Tom n Jerry.

Any holes use steel mesh, you can buy this cheap from B&Q and cut with decent scissors or snips. Steel wool won’t do shit.

Another test is to leave a biscuit on a plate in a quiet corner, if the biscuit goes in a few days, then they have found a way in.

Now out side.

get any bird feeders down, bins repaired, any dirty neighbours leaving rubbish. Tell them it’s causing rats.

If bins have holes, get them repaired or replaced.

Check for entry points, usually drains, cracks in walls larger than a couple of inches. Rats a great climbers.

They are also excellent diggers, a good pest control guy will spot any holes in the garden.

Check under any sheds, leave a good few traps about the garden. Once you have bagged about 1-2 weeks worth of rats, plug all holes in the building.

The roof, get pest control guy to leave traps near the rats paths. You will find they are shitting in the same area.

If you can buy a cheap web cam with motion detection and IR it helps identify their pathways in the loft.

Now poison. It works quick as rats are horrible and eat anything. But you can have a miserable time when they die, flies and stinks. So always better to try traps and then block access.

General poison is good but there’s a blue gel poison that they can’t resist and kills then quick, but only available to licensed pest controller.

Do the above and the rats will be gone in 1-2 months.