How to get rid of rats/mice?!

[Phteven]

I would lend you my cat but I think that perth is a bit far to travel.

[Inertia]

I really do know how you feel. We went away for Xmas and came home to unwanted house guests. We've just started trapping them to kill because prior to that I had to catch one live to find out of they were mice or antechinus. The difference being Antechinus are protected Australian fauna.

I have found that ratsac simply isnt working. They just ignore it. We plan on getting some of the bait cubes next, see if that works. We had one big one and got a bigger trap for it - a tomcat rat trap - but the only thing its managed to catch is Sam's elbow and Harry's thumb!

I don't want to impose on the landlord with it really - they have been fantastic already.

But we are stepping it up tonight. Think we have worked out where they are hiding so we are hitting it hard with traps and baits. They completely RUINED our night last night. One of the boys has dropped food in their room so there was three of them in the room last night, and they woke Harry first - then CJ at like 3am! I woke up this morning not with my DH, as was the plan, but with my 3 boys around me and DH in the office after having been kicked off the bed.....

[tattoo_mama]

Agh intertia that sucks!!! ours havent made it into the actual house yet, not sure what they are eating up in the roof???
yeah i checked the reiwa agreement pest control is up to us.
i know exactly where they are hiding, theres a grate in the wall in the living room i hear them scratching/sneezing during the day behind it and thats where they were rooting today lol, not sure how to get the grate off but yeah...will chuck a ratsac there and a few up the manhole.....i really didnt mind the when they were quiet and i used to have pet rats so its not like im scared of them but im trying to get my last few days of sleep and its not happening!!! and i dont want them gettin 2 baby

[mrsmac]

I would lend you my cat but I think that perth is a bit far to travel.

I was about to lend you one of our cats too LOL
Actually we had rats in the roof of a house once and DH put our Jack Russell in the roof cavity at 4am and we never heard them again LOL

[Astrid]

Our cats are part of the problem. One of them has a catch and release program in place. She catches them outside and releases them inside, normally in our bedroom

We have been using Tomcat mouse traps. First time we got a hit within 2 hours with peanut butter, but after that they learned how to lick it off without setting off the trap. We are now using dates, they squidge nicely on the trap and they can't seem to get it off.

Whatever happens pray they did not take up residence in your washing machine. It really stinks, even when cleaned out.

[Kazbah]

Make a mixture of cement powder & cornflour, and if you like a little gravy powder. Or custard powder. You may need to put it out a few times, no cement powder the first couple of times to get them eating it.

Make sure there's water in a bowl nearby too.

The rats/mice will eat the cement powder, drink the water and sorta die. (found this on the S.A. EPA website). Safe for use around dogs/cats providing they don't eat the powder - eating the cemented rat is OK.

[missymiss]

I can send you some snake poo if you like! Apparently if you scatter that around, the mice will vacate.

[tattoo_mama]

LOL cemented rats!!!!
we got some ratsac sachets and DP reluctantly put his head up the manhole and threw them around....less than an hr later i heard the little buggers munching away....a few scampers last nite but no squealing, yipee hopefully they have passed on to ratty heaven

[mrsmac]

Prob ratty hell LOL