On Jun 10, 10:57*am, "songbird" wrote:
Steve J wrote:
I seem to have a family of rats living under my shed, and this
is
freaking out my dearest wife!

Is it legal to buy and use rat poison, or do you have to call
in a
pest control expert?

Any advice appreciated, thanks.

* snap traps work well too,
with peanut butter smeared under
and on top of the trip pan (so
they have to work to get it all).

* songbird

I use peanut butter in mouse traps.
On a "dirty jobs" show featuring exterminators, they were placing
unbaited rat traps in the rats runways along walls as they said rats
have poor eyesite and feel along the walls stumbling into the traps.
Poison is fine outdoors but indoors you may have to deal with a
decaying body and its odor.
Glue boards, I don't like, as the animal dies slowly and may chew at
it's leg to free itself.