I have so many wonderful birds coming to my feeders, But unfortantley I have also attracted RATS. I am so horrifed and freaked out over this. :-C and grossed out beyond belief. I had my exterminator come out and set up some live traps, but we have not caught one I have cheese in there and Peanut butter.
My husband had to resort to shooting them and so far we have shot 6 and there are more. There is one that is the size of a small cat. I have never in my life seen so many rats and seen one this large. I have lived here for over a year and have never seen one before.. I am afraid that this is going to be an on going battle for us.
Is there anything that can be done to detour them? Putting out poison is not an option as I have 3 dogs and would just die if something happened to them.
I also don't want to kill any chip Monks or Squirrels so I can't use bait, trapping and killing is my only option. I do feel horrible we have to kill them but I just cannont share my home with them.... and fear they will get in the house... Rats are so filthy and disgusting that I just can't deal with having them around my yard, they are all over my feeders and today I saw one in the feeder. HELP, Anyone else in this situation what did you do?
My husband had to resort to shooting them and so far we have shot 6 and there are more. There is one that is the size of a small cat. I have never in my life seen so many rats and seen one this large. I have lived here for over a year and have never seen one before.. I am afraid that this is going to be an on going battle for us.
Is there anything that can be done to detour them? Putting out poison is not an option as I have 3 dogs and would just die if something happened to them.
I also don't want to kill any chip Monks or Squirrels so I can't use bait, trapping and killing is my only option. I do feel horrible we have to kill them but I just cannont share my home with them.... and fear they will get in the house... Rats are so filthy and disgusting that I just can't deal with having them around my yard, they are all over my feeders and today I saw one in the feeder. HELP, Anyone else in this situation what did you do?