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Silver Gaia

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11. I think the best thing for you would be an electronic zapper.

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 04:09 AM

Oct 2018

Last edited Fri Oct 19, 2018, 05:42 AM - Edit history (1)

You lure them in with food (peanut butter works well) and it electrocutes them. It's clean, all you do is dump it in your trash. Spring traps are dangerous and messy yucky. Glue traps are inhumane, torturous and messy. Poison is out of the question if you have pets.

Places like Lowes and Home Depot sell the electronic zapper. They aren't super expensive. We used them for rats under our house where we used to live that were chewing on the coax cable and it worked.

To answer your question about how it got in, they can compress their bodies and squeeze through some incredibly small places.

ETA: Lowe's has them for about $40. It's worth it. Search for: Victor Electronic Rat Trap. Amazon probably has them, too, and Home Depot.

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I saw a rat in my apt tonight. I have lived here [View all] BigmanPigman Oct 2018 OP

They are smarter than we are. RandySF Oct 2018 #1

Traps work. I used peanut butter when I had field mice. Put trap near place you saw rat. patricia92243 Oct 2018 #2

I don't know about rats, but mice do not like peppermint oil . You can put it on a cottonball near lunasun Oct 2018 #3

sounds like u are a renter. call your property owner asap. you can also msongs Oct 2018 #4

I own it...550 square feet so I call it an apt BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #5

If you take a broom and let your dog blue cat Oct 2018 #6

My dog did catch a baby rat and it's mother BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #15

I believe rat poison is a bad idea thbobby Oct 2018 #7

Are you renting? Call landlord. Cattledog Oct 2018 #8

Can they get in through an air conditioner? BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #9

They can get in through almost anything. Cattledog Oct 2018 #16

OH, kiddo jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 #10

I was bitten by bedbugs while in Amsterdam. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #14

I think the best thing for you would be an electronic zapper. Silver Gaia Oct 2018 #11

Yes, we had a pest control expert True Dough Oct 2018 #12

Thanks... BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #13

You're welcome! Silver Gaia Oct 2018 #17

personal experience son_b Nov 2018 #18

Since you're living in a condo, it would seem that the condo association should be notified No Vested Interest Nov 2018 #19

I called them and they got the gardeners BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #20

Rat trap with a small amount of peanut butter, just enough for smell, Hotler May 2019 #21

I did that with three traps and never saw the critter again. BigmanPigman May 2019 #22

Spam deleted by MIR Team OneOneTwo Jul 2019 #23

That particular rat was the one that was spotted BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #24