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get an exterminator?

Kill the bastards anyway you can they bring disease.

Isn’t there a repellant or high frequency gadget that can scare them away?

The best thing to do is get rodenticide and clog up the visible holes with cooper wool. This is what is done in NYC.

do you have fruit trees? Rats generally stay for a food source. Fruit trees are a great food source for them. Make sure there are no rotting fruits on the ground… they love those… make sure your cat food is in a tightly sealed metal container, like a small garbage can, and when feeding the cat give only a small amount. The food hoppers that hold a weeks worth of food for cats and dogs are convenient, but the rats love em too! Make sure that your garbage can’s close tightly and are metal. Rats can chew into plastic containers. Finally, if it was me (and it has been), use poison. Yes, the smell can be unbearable for a few weeks, burn lots of incense, but in the end it is worth it.
~Richard

Here in the UK there is this thing out now, it plugs into the wall (plug socket) and it builds upover a few days a very deep vibration through all the wallsin the house that humans cannot hear but mugs and smallrodents can hear and don’t like, within about a week your rats will have moved out and also it has no effect on cats, it costs about £20 which is I think about $40 ish but its worth it

Cajun wrote:
the ultrasonic electric devices that send out a high pitch frequency work

Do you know I only just noticed what you put lol, Great minds think alike

teeheehee poor rats :) (ty Cookies for the invite) Richard had a lot of good suggestions … make sure food its tucked away tightly and the trash cans are not easy to get in to. If you do have edible fruit trees and stuff near your house make sure it is all picked up. You wont be able to get everything coz rats will also eat bugs - they eat both meat and veg. I have 2 of the cutest baby pet rats so know they are very difficult and quick :D another good suggestion is perhaps a humane trap. Obv the rat traps you have been using are easy to figure out (rats are very clever) try a trap that does not kill the rat, bait it with cheese and tomato or if you have any burger relish, drop the rat off way out in the wild. The rats will stick to the edges of the walls or live in any thing they can get in so make sure all holes are closed. I would never suggest Poison - it could hurt your cat, it is also a pretty nasty way to die and could spread to other animals if they eat the dead rat. Also if it does die in your walls you would have an awful smell :S Good Luck

hello as i sit ere writing dis dere is a rat in my room im scared shitless there my worst fear how can i get true the night without seeing or hearing it please help!!!