In case you didn't see my post of couple of days ago about rats:
http://doityourselfpestcontrol.com/
I have the Protecta Bait stations with Contrac Blox bait. The
stations keep the bait away from kids and pets. The bait kills 'em deader
than a doornail. One feeding does it, turns my property into a dead zone -
rats show up, never to come back. And I don't have to deal with seeing
dead rats or disposing of them - they die out of my sight.
Contrac Blox is only available on the site in 18lb
buckets. Federal law restricts sale of the 4lb pails, but there are
sellers on eBay that'll sell them anyway. 4lbs lasts me for more than a
year, with 6 stations around my house. There are other baits available
that can be sold in 4lb pails.
Most baits have a small risk of secondary poisoning (cat/dog eating a
dead
mouse). Typically, there is a time window for treatment, with many
antidotes easily available at a vet.
If you don't like poisoning the bastards, the stations will take a
certain brand of reusable snap traps. I like the bait because a trap only
gets one rat, the bait keeps working 24/7 killing everyone that shows up.
Twice in 7 years I've actually seen a dead rat in the garage. Mostly
they
eat the bait, go home to their burrow and die there, many times feeding
bait to their young which kills them too.
The site also has "multiple catch" traps. Basically, it's box that
mice
get into and can't get out of. They'll catch a dozen or more at a time.
They also have glue boards, live catch traps, disposable traps, etc.
All
sort of great stuff for killing rodents and many other pests too.
Todd the rat killer
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