Rat problem can anyone give advice?

I have two very large rats in my garden ,and new buildings have been built behind my house,which must have disterbed them.The problem now is they have made a home under my shed i have put poison down only last night,.How long does it take to kill them once they have taken the bait.Rat problem can anyone give advice?
It does not take too long. In about a week you should be finding dead rats.


Keep the poison down for awhile. There may be more that come around. Look for their holes and put the rat kill close or even in the holes.


My grandfather had the same problem and the poison worked great.


.Rat problem can anyone give advice?
i would put out rat traps and rat posion or get an outside cat who likes to hunt rats
Theyre in the wild where they belong, you should have left them alone





having already put down the a bit its too late to say any other way of doing it, but next time maybe consider a live trap and release a minmum of 2 miles away





as for how long does it take? maybe short myabe long, rats are neophobic, so if the bait is disapearing it may not be them taking it,


you may have just poisoned a local hedgehog or two,


also to overcome their neophobia one rat will often 'volunteer' to try the new food and then only after a couple of days of no ill health will the others try it


Rats are incredibly intelligent and communicate extremely well with each other.





The other thing is it is a myth they crawl out to die, they will actually retreat to where they feel safest, often dying and decomposing in the most inaccessable area causing smell and flies for weeks





Be aware however, by removing these youre just creating an opportunity for new arrivals,


spend some time modifying the area, making it inhospitable for habitation,


clear all rubbish and make sure food debris is in covered bins,


make sure compost heaps have tight fitting covers,


if you have rabbits or gps then make sure there is no food kicked out to attract rats. dont feed cats and dogs outside, make sure no wild bird food is left lying around


Clear out under the shed, repair any holes in the concrete base[if its directly on grass then some hope of ever preventing rodents0_0] and repair any holes in the shed itself


dont make it a rat paradise and theyre inteligent enough to move on where the pickings are easier





please please please a plea


do not EVER consider a glue trap,


I suggest painterlady and yourself have a read of these before ever considering a glue trap as an option





http://www.ratplanet.co.uk/


and follow the links on the left hand side





http://helpinganimals.com/wildlife_glueT鈥?/a>


please watch the video showing sparrrows trapped in glue traps





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i hope you can find it in you, however you feel about rodents, to protect all wildlife[ glue traps catch more than mice and rats, theyre strong enough to get a cat stuck up in one]


and sign this petition to ban their use





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You need to keep putting poison down until they stop taking it, then you will know they are dead, but if i were you i would get in touch with the council to deal with the problem, if you are in the UK they come out free for rat problems inside or out of your property.
Personally i find pet rats cute but wild rats can carry diseases and can be dangerous so I would try and find a humane way to trap them and set them free somwhere else. Try one of these:


http://www.pestproducts.com/humane_live_鈥?/a>


ps: this is in the wrong section and will/has insult people!
Keep putting bait down until it stops being taken. Once that happens they are dead. Dependent on the bait, it should take less than a week. Just make sure if you have any household pets that they can't get at it. Have you got one of those tubes, like a drain pipe, with a feeder tube for the bait? If not it might be worth investing in one. They only cost 拢2.00 from an ironmongers or hardware store. Set it in the run left by the rats.
Not long, a day or so, if they're stupid enough, but that doesn't alsways work. We got a cat coz we had the same problem, only with mice in the house (we just moved in and it hadn't been kept so well) and within a few weeks they're gone. Haven't heard a peep out of them. I also think that poison is cruel, the cat doesn't always kill them, just scares them away so that they leave.
If you are having large problems with Rats best contact your local councils Environmental Health Officer.once they have taken the bait it is only a matter of time does your bait say that you should leave a supply of water nearby as this helps certain Poisons to work quicker.
it could take a few days,but you must check to see if they are actually eating the poison and that there is nothing else around that they can eat other than the poison. if the poison that you have put down you would have to get an exterminator in to do it as rats can quickly breed. i had the same problem as you and it took a while to get rid of them and i had to get environmental health in to sort it out and they didn't charge me for doing it. if you have children or pets it would be best to keep them indoors while you have the poison down.
to hell w the poison. get a jack russell.
Rat Bar is the best,they die within mins.
Do Not Kill Them And DEFINATLEY Dont Use Glue Traps The Animals Suffer For A Very Long Time !!
DON'T KILL THE YOU MONSTER.





If a cat, dog, or other 'cute' animal decided to live under your shed, you wouldn't kill them.





Rats are just another animal, and I personally find them incredibly cute.








ANIMAL RIGHTS FTW!
I guess it would depend a bit on the type of poison, but most rat baits are like blood thinnners and take a week to ten days after they eat it to kill them. You should continue to put poison out for a while however until it stopd being eaten and then a little while more because if two got there, more could as well.
thats so mean! dont kill them! i thought this was a PET topic!
If they have taken the bait it will take a short time for it to kick in so i would advice you to have a good look for them as they do tend to crawl of and hide to die
It should'nt take long for them to die once they have eaten the bait. If that doesn't work call an exterminator. If that still doesn't work buy a pellet gun and sit and wait for the rats to show up.
They have rat and mice glue traps on the market, put a couple under shed. Once stuck they can't get off of it, you just simply toss the trap away afterwards with the mouse or rat on it.