"DebbieR" wrote in message
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Bob Hobden;880218 Wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote ...-
Ah, if you have rats, you need to get the terrier men in. I can
provide
you with a link to a place where you can find such people who would
like
to exercise their terriers on your rats free of charge.
Having poultry, rats are always a problem for me. I used to poison
them,
but decided it was unkind.
We have a rat hunt here every couple of months when the chaps come with
a
few dogs - they smoke them out and what I like is that the rats either
get
away scot free if the dogs miss them or they don't. There is no
lingering
death. A mega second if they are caught otherwise they get away and
thumb
their nose until next time.
I recommend this method for rat control since I found a poisoned one
dying
slowly, I made my mind up then I would never use poison again. Ever.
It's cruel.
-
The thought of a load of big feet and dogs tearing about on my allotment
does not appeal, would ruin the delicate soil structure for a start and
would not do the young plants much good. The mice live underground so
you
would have to dig them out. Poison is the only answer.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
I hate all these cruel methods of killing animals, even mice. I don't
like mice but I had to put my foot down when my husband wanted to buy
one of those horrible glue traps. You can get mouse repellers though,
they are completely humane. We tried one (at my insistance!) and it
worked really well. I got mine from this site:
http://tinyurl.com/yaknfa4
They might have something for the slugs too, always worth a look.
Glue traps should be illegal. Did anyone know that if a rat gets caught on
one it will actually gnaw off it's own feet to get off it? Then of course it
crawls away somewhere to die.
Glue traps are banned by the RSPCA and proper pest controllers would never
use them.
Please never consider a glue trap for mice or rats unless you are able to
find them quickly and kill them yourself - because that's what you have to
do with a glue trap. You actually have to kill them yourself once they are
stuck on the glue board, alive.
Tina