How big of a problem is a rat?

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ColtHandorf

ColtHandorf

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Just One Bite does wonders. I find my problems are usually worse in the winter and they seak out the shelter of the barn. I put out poison and replace it as needed so I don't have snake issues in the spring.
 
Happy Helper

Happy Helper

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Glad to hear it. I can see where they are coming from so I am going to put some down their hole and cover it with some metal sheets and add bricks for weight. Hope it works.

We have very few snakes here. A garden snake here and there and maybe we see a water snake in our ponds sometimes.
 
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animaltracksfarm

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MissouriDogMom said:
Tonight I found a rat in the coop. I'm wondering if this one rat is a danger to my two chickens. I have no baby chicks. I collect the eggs daily and don't leave food out, but our bird feeder has been getting raided, and something knocked over a container of dog biscuits in the barn. Obviously where there is one rat, there are two, and where there are two, there are multiple. We have eight outdoor cats, so I don't feel a real need to panic yet. Or should I?
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Unfortunately we had just one at first. Killed adults and ducks after more came. Do not keep food out at night. Hide poison that is safe for the cats. They will die off and then any that escape will leave. Cats won’t repel much but a few mice. Rats carry disease to humans and other animals. They chew through most anything including cement. We found out the hard way. Finally gone now. Bad experience.
 
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mikepeakhanggliding

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cmom said:
Not necessarily true. Secondhand poisoning can happen but is rarely fatal. If a animal eats the poison directly then yes. I use bait stations and put the bait stations in pet carriers on shelves in our barn. There are little windows above the bait so it can be checked often. Rats are good climbers and nothing but the rats can get to the poison baits. I have also noticed tunnels around the coops which I think the rats have made. I did not find dead rats laying around so I assume they went into their tunnels and died. I had a coop that was infested and when I renovated the wirecoop, dozens of rats of all sizes poured out. During renovation I did find rats nests in the ceiling and walls.
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Best thing to stop rats ingress into spaces is wire wool.
Cheap, can fill any size shape hole/tunnel. They'll not chew wire wool
 

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