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We got this big one with a "tastic rice" shotgun shell

Shame on you, Piet! .... but what are you doing with a short barrel pump ..... That's like a riot gun ... expecting trouble, do you have that many rats about?

Lately theres a couple of rats running around here, and they seem to dodge the peanut butter rat traps, so the shotgon is the next best thing
my shotgun has a long & a short barrel. the short one just looks better

Yeah, those little buggers are really clever .... and peanut butter is supposed to be irresistible for them. I also found that once a trap had caught one, that same trap would be useless for a couple of weeks or more no matter what bait was used ... like it carried the smell of death. Nowadays I just use 'Finale' (liquid) ..... that sorts them all. I use about ½ a teaspoon mixed into a cup of rice or a cup of wheat grain, divide it up into a few separate dishes and put them out where I know the rats will go, but where there is no chance of my dogs getting to it. Just have to pick up the carcasses a day or two later.

I will surely give it a go Andy

Works like a charm .... there is one downfall besides making sure that pets or livestock cannot get to it, and that is that sometimes they crawl into inaccessible spaces to die, and there may be a bit of a decaying smell for a day or two if you are unable to find the carcass, but they dry out quickly.

Piet gaan ons biltong maak?

Piet, it took a while, but I'm glad to see you have finally become a Sharks supporter.

Well done! ;)


-F_D

Family_Dog wrote:Piet, it took a while, but I'm glad to see you have finally become a Sharks supporter.

Well done! ;)


-F_D

Eric sorry to dissapoint jou but thats Gerrie Piets brother,there is no cure for Piets Blue Bull disease.

wim wrote:Piet gaan ons biltong maak?

Family_Dog wrote:Piet, it took a while, but I'm glad to see you have finally become a Sharks supporter.

Well done! ;)


-F_D

I'll rather eat the rat than support the guppies

Het ook so 'n probleempie gehad met rotte in my dag. Hulle het my laas week Dinsdag aand tot 01:00 wakker gehou. Die woensdag 8 pakke Finale gaan koop by die local Checkers (met mense wat mens so half skeef aankyk) en die woensdagaand in die dak gesit.Het nog nie weer van die wetters gehoor nie :)

So if you put garlic, rice and soy sauce in the shell, then you have instant rat chop suye ?

mushroom wrote:So if you put garlic, rice and soy sauce in the shell, then you have instant rat chop suye ?

Watvan 'n bietjie mushroom souuuuussssss..............!!!!

Finale is for designer city rats - for the hardcore industrial strenght rats you need Racumin! This stuff works wonders and I have yet to find a bugger that will pass it.

It comes in powder(a big box, R800ish) or in smaller gel pack, about R60-80.

Buy a rat poison that is soluble, mix it with cheap wine like Tassies! Rats do not pass wine! They used to do this on the chicken farms. They placed the spiked wine on the rafters.