"J. Farnsworth Wallaby" wrote:

Does anyone have an ingenious trapping and/or eradicating methods for
ridding our property of these varmints? Poisoning is not an option; too
much wildlife around. The hawks are not around when the rats are out at
night.

go to the hardware store and get a few traps. lay the traps where you
see the rats or their damage. when you hear the trap go off, go out
and make sure it's dead. if not, shoot it, or drown it, or something
quicker than the trap. WEAR GLOVES rats still carry the fleas that
carry the plague.

sometimes mousetraps work better than rat traps when the rats arent
very big. sometimes, though, the rat will run away with your trap...
and then creep under your chair while you're sunbathing and scare the
bejeezus out of you when you get back with your drink. (or maybe
that's just me..)



Rats are wrecking havoc with our bird feeders and chewing on our
avocados and other fruits.

Many thanks for taking the time to respond!

Alain...USDA 9B...Sunset # 19

cheers,
Lynda