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Rat deterrent
Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and
poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. |
Rat deterrent
"Thornhill" wrote in
oups.com: Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. get a cat or terrier-type dog. clean up any trash. secure any garbage can lids (& use only metal garbage cans). pick up & dispose of fruit & nut drops in metal containers. make sure you don't have a leaky hose or any standing water source. make sure no bird seed or petfood is left outside. and make sure any neighbors within a half-mile do the same... lee -- war is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength 1984-George Orwell |
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blood meal scattered on the soil usually deters "tree" rats. Ingrid
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enigma wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in oups.com: Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. get a cat or terrier-type dog. clean up any trash. secure any garbage can lids (& use only metal garbage cans). pick up & dispose of fruit & nut drops in metal containers. make sure you don't have a leaky hose or any standing water source. make sure no bird seed or petfood is left outside. and make sure any neighbors within a half-mile do the same... lee -- I should mention that this a community garden, located next to a river and park, in downtown Philadelphia. And these rats are quite big. |
Rat deterrent
"Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. A cat with an attitude. I'll let you have mine for $3.7 million dollars. :-) |
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"Thornhill" wrote: - Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and - poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of - chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. I'll bet you could get a good answer at news:alt.consumers.pest-control . -- 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/ |
Rat deterrent
"Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... enigma wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in oups.com: Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. get a cat or terrier-type dog. clean up any trash. secure any garbage can lids (& use only metal garbage cans). pick up & dispose of fruit & nut drops in metal containers. make sure you don't have a leaky hose or any standing water source. make sure no bird seed or petfood is left outside. and make sure any neighbors within a half-mile do the same... lee -- I should mention that this a community garden, located next to a river and park, in downtown Philadelphia. And these rats are quite big. How close can you get to them? For $100, you can get quite a nice pellet rifle that's quiet, and accurate. Check your local ordinances blah blah blah, or just be discreet. There are also handguns that use pellets, but you have to get closer unless you're very good with a handgun. |
Rat deterrent
Anything that smells human repels a number of mammals, and it works
reasonably well with deer, mice and rabbit, though I have never tried it with rats. Next time you see your barber, get a trash bag full of hair. If applied thickly near seedlings, they repel slugs too, as they get tangled in the hair. |
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Rat deterrent
"Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... Doug Kanter wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... enigma wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in oups.com: Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. get a cat or terrier-type dog. clean up any trash. secure any garbage can lids (& use only metal garbage cans). pick up & dispose of fruit & nut drops in metal containers. make sure you don't have a leaky hose or any standing water source. make sure no bird seed or petfood is left outside. and make sure any neighbors within a half-mile do the same... lee -- I should mention that this a community garden, located next to a river and park, in downtown Philadelphia. And these rats are quite big. How close can you get to them? For $100, you can get quite a nice pellet rifle that's quiet, and accurate. Check your local ordinances blah blah blah, or just be discreet. There are also handguns that use pellets, but you have to get closer unless you're very good with a handgun. Not only would I probably receive a citation from the police, but I don't have enough free time to sit out at the garden shooting rats. I need something to keep the rats away without my presence being needed. You already see the rats while you're out there, right? Do you set aside time to sit there looking for them, or are they there while you're doing whatever else you do? We both know the answer. The rest of the issue can be settled by simply asking the next cop you see. Don't say "I wanna use a rifle". Be specific and say "pellet gun". I may be wrong and they might be illegal to use except at a gun range. Or, it might be OK. |
Rat deterrent
Doug Kanter wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... Doug Kanter wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... enigma wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in oups.com: Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. get a cat or terrier-type dog. clean up any trash. secure any garbage can lids (& use only metal garbage cans). pick up & dispose of fruit & nut drops in metal containers. make sure you don't have a leaky hose or any standing water source. make sure no bird seed or petfood is left outside. and make sure any neighbors within a half-mile do the same... lee -- I should mention that this a community garden, located next to a river and park, in downtown Philadelphia. And these rats are quite big. How close can you get to them? For $100, you can get quite a nice pellet rifle that's quiet, and accurate. Check your local ordinances blah blah blah, or just be discreet. There are also handguns that use pellets, but you have to get closer unless you're very good with a handgun. Not only would I probably receive a citation from the police, but I don't have enough free time to sit out at the garden shooting rats. I need something to keep the rats away without my presence being needed. You already see the rats while you're out there, right? The rats come out in the mornings, and I almost always garden in the afternoons. |
Rat deterrent
"Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... Doug Kanter wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... Doug Kanter wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... enigma wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in oups.com: Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. get a cat or terrier-type dog. clean up any trash. secure any garbage can lids (& use only metal garbage cans). pick up & dispose of fruit & nut drops in metal containers. make sure you don't have a leaky hose or any standing water source. make sure no bird seed or petfood is left outside. and make sure any neighbors within a half-mile do the same... lee -- I should mention that this a community garden, located next to a river and park, in downtown Philadelphia. And these rats are quite big. How close can you get to them? For $100, you can get quite a nice pellet rifle that's quiet, and accurate. Check your local ordinances blah blah blah, or just be discreet. There are also handguns that use pellets, but you have to get closer unless you're very good with a handgun. Not only would I probably receive a citation from the police, but I don't have enough free time to sit out at the garden shooting rats. I need something to keep the rats away without my presence being needed. You already see the rats while you're out there, right? The rats come out in the mornings, and I almost always garden in the afternoons. Well, then how do you know they're there, if you're not outside to see them? |
Rat deterrent
Doug Kanter wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... Doug Kanter wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... Doug Kanter wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... enigma wrote: "Thornhill" wrote in oups.com: Anyone have suggestions on ways to deter rats in addition to traps and poison, such spraying the ground near my garden with some kind of chemical or growing a certain kind of plant. Thanks. get a cat or terrier-type dog. clean up any trash. secure any garbage can lids (& use only metal garbage cans). pick up & dispose of fruit & nut drops in metal containers. make sure you don't have a leaky hose or any standing water source. make sure no bird seed or petfood is left outside. and make sure any neighbors within a half-mile do the same... lee -- I should mention that this a community garden, located next to a river and park, in downtown Philadelphia. And these rats are quite big. How close can you get to them? For $100, you can get quite a nice pellet rifle that's quiet, and accurate. Check your local ordinances blah blah blah, or just be discreet. There are also handguns that use pellets, but you have to get closer unless you're very good with a handgun. Not only would I probably receive a citation from the police, but I don't have enough free time to sit out at the garden shooting rats. I need something to keep the rats away without my presence being needed. You already see the rats while you're out there, right? The rats come out in the mornings, and I almost always garden in the afternoons. Well, then how do you know they're there, if you're not outside to see them? The few times I come out in the early morning I've seen them, but more obvious, are the bite marks they leave in vegetables. |
Rat deterrent
"Thornhill" wrote in news:1142576780.673427.234410
@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com: I should mention that this a community garden, located next to a river and park, in downtown Philadelphia. And these rats are quite big. The rats will pack up and move to Dallas shortly in order to be with Terrell Owens. |
Rat deterrent
You might try a motion detector device with a sprinkler that throws
water at whatever passes by. It's harmless and can be left on at night. One such device is called the Scarecrow water sprinkler. They're kind of expensive, but they work pretty well. |
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