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jbaby Reg. Oct 2017	Posted 2017-12-03 5:00 PM Subject: RE: Rats have moved into my barn. HELP!
Member Posts: 41	A good shot and a .22! Lol! It's fun too! :) Cats work wonders and if you don't have dogs or anything that will eat it, poison.
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Vickie Reg. Jun 2005	Posted 2017-12-03 5:07 PM Subject: RE: Rats have moved into my barn. HELP!
To the Left Posts: 1865 Location: Florida	Get the rat posion that is the green pellets. If you don't have any dogs of cats the yellot bars work but don't lose track of them becaiuse theyy will kill a little dog.
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Ruby Tuesday Reg. May 2008	Posted 2017-12-03 7:10 PM Subject: RE: Rats have moved into my barn. HELP!
	Don't know if this will work on barn rats, but have heard that bubble gum will kill gophers and prairie dogs. They eat the gum and can not digest it.
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txbredbr Reg. Mar 2004	Posted 2017-12-04 9:45 AM Subject: RE: Rats have moved into my barn. HELP!
Half-Eaten Cookies Posts: 2076 Location: Fort Worth / Springtown	Dash4KJ - 2017-12-02 9:44 AM Ive never had any problems before but I now am dealing with destructive little bastards! Eating my hose although its picked up high, ate a hole in my oxy-gen Mega Oil 5 gallon barrel last night and oil is all over the floor. Bite marks on my saddle I used to keep in the barn.. I have rat traps set all over and every exit they have from the hay pallets and it/ they walk right passed them! I already caught one and I have another to deal with... What can I do to get these suckers?! I have it baited with peanut butter, ultium pieces and bacon.. No poison... Its too close to the horses and their food source. They are trying to eat the Ultium, but not when it is on the trap? Are the traps against the walls? You want them against walls. Are you sure whether these are rats or mice? Edited by txbredbr 2017-12-04 9:55 AM
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turnthree Reg. Oct 2016	Posted 2017-12-04 12:00 PM Subject: RE: Rats have moved into my barn. HELP!
	Go to tractor supply or walmart and buy a rat zapper. They work great, are safe, and reusable. We have gotten everything from small field mice to rats the size of squirrels. They are quick to kill (which makes me feel they are more humane) and easy to empty after they have killed. You don't even have to see whats in there if you don't want to because a little red blinking light tells you when there is one in there and you just dump it out. I highly recommend these. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Victor-Rat-Zapper-Classic-Trap/22577588?a... edited to add a better link. :) Edited by turnthree 2017-12-04 12:01 PM
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chasincansMN Reg. Oct 2005	Posted 2017-12-04 1:32 PM Subject: RE: Rats have moved into my barn. HELP!
Expert Posts: 2489 Location: somewhere up north	We tried a couple different things. We had holes in the corners of a bunch of our stalls. They had tunnels under the barn and into our indoor. After these holes and heavy rain flooded a few stalls and our tack room and then it was cold and froze I said enough! We called an exterminator and wish we had done it MUCH sooner. It was a couple hundred dollars and he guarateed it for 6 months and they have not came back and it's been a year. It didn't even bother our barn cats. We did have to keep our dogs out of the barn for at least a week. Highly recommend it before there are more and it gets worse.
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cow pie Reg. Nov 2009	Posted 2017-12-07 7:43 PM Subject: RE: Rats have moved into my barn. HELP!
Sock eating dog owner Posts: 4557 Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah	Large trash can. Run a dowl through a few inches from the top run the dowl through the middle of a can or bottle so it sits in the middle. Apply peanut butter and or seeds put 4 inches of water in the bottom add a ramp so the rats can travel up it . They will try to reach the peanut butter aND roll off into the barrel and drown. You need the large one so 5hey can't jump out. Go to pinterest.com and search ..build a better mouse trap to see what it looks like.
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cow pie Reg. Nov 2009	Posted 2017-12-07 7:46 PM Subject: RE: Rats have moved into my barn. HELP!
Sock eating dog owner Posts: 4557 Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah	Large trash can. Run a dowl through a few inches from the top run the dowl through the middle of a can or bottle so it sits in the middle. Apply peanut butter and or seeds put 4 inches of water in the bottom add a ramp so the rats can travel up it . They will try to reach the peanut butter aND roll off into the barrel and drown. You need the large one so 5hey can't jump out. Go to pinterest.com and search ..build a better mouse trap to see what it looks like.
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