We’ve got rat living underneath one of our hugelkultur beds. How should I get rid of the rat? Or at least discourage the rat from living underneath where we want to grow some vegetables?
You need a good mouser! Dog or cat. we have a Shiba/Heeler mix and he is a better mouser than any cat I've ever seen! Any you do have to kill em or they'll keep coming back. sorry. I know they're cute but they're no good for your garden. best of luck! God bless!
Bang the soil surface with a trowel or something heavier. It may upset the rat and drive him out. Also, you could try spraying the entrance with something really strong smelling like peppermint oil – they have mega sensitive smell thingies and the peppermint confuses them (a bit). Rats hate change, it un-nerves them and they move on, sometimes just rearranging things around the hole is enough to get rid of them. Fill the hole with scrunched up mesh. If you do the banging thing then please film it – if it works then Whoo Hoo, if not it will be funny to watch LOL 🙂 PS – my comments are not showing on your 1st potato harvest video. I've left two now.
Maybe over the top but…Wear gloves. Pull up the bed completely. Compost the soil. Re do it. Gloves. Gloves. Gloves. A cat will discouraged them from nesting in your yard. A Rescue cat would be grateful. I’m not really a cat person but it works and you can still go on vacation easier with a cat than a dog.
Head to Peavey Mart for a live trap. We have one and trap red squirrels/skunks etc and relocate them to our County Forest 8 km away. So far *knocks on wood no rats. Good luck guys.
Whattt, rats.. I was sure I had one in my raised bed so I drenched it. Really really drenched it then I filled the hole with one of Boris' tennis balls, the next day the ball had moved so I did it again and they had gone, got my fingers crossed for you…🤞🤞🤞🐮🐮🐮
Year before last we had rat problems took the whole of our potato harvest now we have pest control at site and a few cats 🐈 seems more undercontrol but mice are here which we not had so lose one gain one , hope you get it sorted. Keep safe Bill and val
Get a cat or dog. Do not want a pet, sprinkle BLOOD MEAL around the plant area, and reapply after heavy rain. Blood Meal is good for the garden, but do not go heavy on using it on all plants such as Tomatoes, Potatoes, Eggplant, etc.
Flush them out with water or a smoke bomb. With July 4th right around the corner, smoke bombs are readily available in the US. You're right on the border so should be easy enough to get. After that, install chicken wire around the outside of the bed going down at least a ft below the soil level. The suggestion of using a live trap is good too if you want to go the no kill route. Make sure it gets relocated at least a mile away. Snowy needs to up his/her game to keep the rats out of the yard. 😃 I once used a mammoth smoke to flush out a skunk out from under a shed. That also showed the gaps around the base. After that, I dug a trench around the parameter and filled it with concrete (quikcrete) so it couldn't be dug out again.
It looks like you've already gotten several good ideas. I haven't had rats before thank goodness, but I'd do whatever it takes to get rid of them quickly before they multiply! Good luck!
Good luck I have tried everything have a heart traps snap traps buckets where you float sunflower seeds on the top of waterI recently bought a device that you put on a 5 gallon bucket and the little lever flips oh I've tried the soda can over a 5 gallon bucket and and recently I heard to use baking soda and jiffy pineapple muffin mix in equal parts supposedly the baking soda expands and rats can't burp or fart the only thing I've had any success with is poison. I guess you could put a have a heart trap right by the opening and then relocate the rat far far away or should I say rats because if you have one you probably have 20 and I found the best bait is dry cat food
Two neighbourhood cats died last year and we saw rats in our garden for the first time in 32 years. We went with a pro company to trap them out. The fellow still comes every month or so to make sure they are GONE! He still catches the odd one every few months and/or we see new holes. A cat or dog that is a good ratter make a huge difference in the neighbourhood. Our dog Flash has no prey drive whatsoever. He’s a snuggler 🥰
I think you have to get rid of the rat, live trap or otherwise, then fill in the hole. They will be back if you don't relocate or return them to their maker!!🪱🪱🪱
We had the odd rat running from next doors jungle garden into ours, it's not too bad at the moment there's a couple of things you can try, Garlic Spray basicaly some cloves of garlic crushed into a paste and added to water and leave overnight, give the bottle a good shake before you spray around the area and wear gloves as it stinks. Rodent Galvanised Wire mesh 6mm hole size cut and nail or screw over any holes once the rat has gone. Irish Spring Original Deodrant Soap smells nice but rats and mice don't like the smell, use an old cheese slicer and shave off a load of pieces then once the rat has gone, place in and around the hole. The trap is the obvious one to use but as you said you don't like the body stuff. These tips are confirmed to work but every place is different they might work for you, they might not but good luck. Barry (ENG)
Ok 2 options regular trap kill it bury it (cheap trap bury it all together 😂😂) or do what we do live trap and road trip 👍👍. Poison is not an option cause of Snowy and other critters. But yep you need to get them out before they breed and take over the garden. ps water most likely won’t help because that “hole” is most likely frickin HUGE 🤬🤬🤬
RATS are a real pain. I have read that rats detest peppermint oil.
I also save the pet hair from our dog and cat out of the Hoover bag and hang it in Bobs around the garden for the scent. It seems to work a bit, I get a lot less problems than others. I also think that poison is a good option. I know you have to rid yourself of any dead rats, but in my opinion a good rat is a dead one. Best of luck guys.
Try chicken wire 2 foot deep and up. The rat holes I use either steel wool or straight perlite to fill the hole. Perlite keeps them from digging because it falls back in the hole and the dust is hard for them to breathe. Steel wool, cheap. Get from the hardware store and just stuff a lot into the hole. They cannot eat through it or dig through it. Flush with a hose and that way you will see the second escape hole so that you can plug also with steel wool or perlite. Perlite works for me great. I just fill the hole and they do not dig it out anymore because of the dust and the way it just falls back into the hole. I call them the night terror, rats. A cat is good also.
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You need a good mouser! Dog or cat. we have a Shiba/Heeler mix and he is a better mouser than any cat I've ever seen! Any you do have to kill em or they'll keep coming back. sorry. I know they're cute but they're no good for your garden. best of luck! God bless!
If you buried the dead rat, wouldn't it just return to the earth as nutrients?
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Bang the soil surface with a trowel or something heavier. It may upset the rat and drive him out. Also, you could try spraying the entrance with something really strong smelling like peppermint oil – they have mega sensitive smell thingies and the peppermint confuses them (a bit). Rats hate change, it un-nerves them and they move on, sometimes just rearranging things around the hole is enough to get rid of them.
Fill the hole with scrunched up mesh.
If you do the banging thing then please film it – if it works then Whoo Hoo, if not it will be funny to watch LOL 🙂
PS – my comments are not showing on your 1st potato harvest video. I've left two now.
Maybe over the top but…Wear gloves. Pull up the bed completely. Compost the soil. Re do it. Gloves. Gloves. Gloves. A cat will discouraged them from nesting in your yard. A Rescue cat would be grateful. I’m not really a cat person but it works and you can still go on vacation easier with a cat than a dog.
Or… trap the rat, dig up the nest, relocate it and any kin far away.
Head to Peavey Mart for a live trap. We have one and trap red squirrels/skunks etc and relocate them to our County Forest 8 km away. So far *knocks on wood no rats. Good luck guys.
Whattt, rats.. I was sure I had one in my raised bed so I drenched it. Really really drenched it then I filled the hole with one of Boris' tennis balls, the next day the ball had moved so I did it again and they had gone, got my fingers crossed for you…🤞🤞🤞🐮🐮🐮
Year before last we had rat problems took the whole of our potato harvest now we have pest control at site and a few cats 🐈 seems more undercontrol but mice are here which we not had so lose one gain one , hope you get it sorted. Keep safe Bill and val
Get a cat or dog. Do not want a pet, sprinkle BLOOD MEAL around the plant area, and reapply after heavy rain. Blood Meal is good for the garden, but do not go heavy on using it on all plants such as Tomatoes, Potatoes, Eggplant, etc.
Flush them out with water or a smoke bomb. With July 4th right around the corner, smoke bombs are readily available in the US. You're right on the border so should be easy enough to get. After that, install chicken wire around the outside of the bed going down at least a ft below the soil level. The suggestion of using a live trap is good too if you want to go the no kill route. Make sure it gets relocated at least a mile away. Snowy needs to up his/her game to keep the rats out of the yard. 😃 I once used a mammoth smoke to flush out a skunk out from under a shed. That also showed the gaps around the base. After that, I dug a trench around the parameter and filled it with concrete (quikcrete) so it couldn't be dug out again.
It looks like you've already gotten several good ideas. I haven't had rats before thank goodness, but I'd do whatever it takes to get rid of them quickly before they multiply! Good luck!
Fill in the hole and allow it to make compost. 🤫
Good luck I have tried everything have a heart traps snap traps buckets where you float sunflower seeds on the top of waterI recently bought a device that you put on a 5 gallon bucket and the little lever flips oh I've tried the soda can over a 5 gallon bucket and and recently I heard to use baking soda and jiffy pineapple muffin mix in equal parts supposedly the baking soda expands and rats can't burp or fart the only thing I've had any success with is poison. I guess you could put a have a heart trap right by the opening and then relocate the rat far far away or should I say rats because if you have one you probably have 20 and I found the best bait is dry cat food
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There are no kill traps as well if you want to catch and release somewhere else.
Feed them with other things 😉
Two neighbourhood cats died last year and we saw rats in our garden for the first time in 32 years. We went with a pro company to trap them out. The fellow still comes every month or so to make sure they are GONE! He still catches the odd one every few months and/or we see new holes. A cat or dog that is a good ratter make a huge difference in the neighbourhood. Our dog Flash has no prey drive whatsoever. He’s a snuggler 🥰
I think you have to get rid of the rat, live trap or otherwise, then fill in the hole. They will be back if you don't relocate or return them to their maker!!🪱🪱🪱
We had the odd rat running from next doors jungle garden into ours, it's not too bad at the moment there's a couple of things you can try, Garlic Spray basicaly some cloves of garlic crushed into a paste and added to water and leave overnight, give the bottle a good shake before you spray around the area and wear gloves as it stinks.
Rodent Galvanised Wire mesh 6mm hole size cut and nail or screw over any holes once the rat has gone. Irish Spring Original Deodrant Soap smells nice but rats and mice don't like the smell, use an old cheese slicer and shave off a load of pieces then once the rat has gone, place in and around the hole. The trap is the obvious one to use but as you said you don't like the body stuff.
These tips are confirmed to work but every place is different they might work for you, they might not but good luck.
Barry (ENG)
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Ok 2 options regular trap kill it bury it (cheap trap bury it all together 😂😂) or do what we do live trap and road trip 👍👍. Poison is not an option cause of Snowy and other critters. But yep you need to get them out before they breed and take over the garden. ps water most likely won’t help because that “hole” is most likely frickin HUGE 🤬🤬🤬
I hate rats. Adopt a couple of feral cats, they will take care
Keep cats the rat and cat are good in keeping distance in other sense 😜 they are enemy to eachother
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RATS are a real pain. I have read that rats detest peppermint oil.
I also save the pet hair from our dog and cat out of the Hoover bag and hang it in Bobs around the garden for the scent. It seems to work a bit, I get a lot less problems than others. I also think that poison is a good option. I know you have to rid yourself of any dead rats, but in my opinion a good rat is a dead one. Best of luck guys.
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Try chicken wire 2 foot deep and up. The rat holes I use either steel wool or straight perlite to fill the hole. Perlite keeps them from digging because it falls back in the hole and the dust is hard for them to breathe. Steel wool, cheap. Get from the hardware store and just stuff a lot into the hole. They cannot eat through it or dig through it. Flush with a hose and that way you will see the second escape hole so that you can plug also with steel wool or perlite. Perlite works for me great. I just fill the hole and they do not dig it out anymore because of the dust and the way it just falls back into the hole. I call them the night terror, rats. A cat is good also.
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Hope this was sorted !