vehicle exhaust sounds easy enough. Vid cam and golf clubs would be epic youtube sensation.
This is your answer. I keep those in my shop/barn where there are no pets allowed. There are holes in the corners to nail them to the ground, or put a string in them. I caught one with only one foot in it. He made it to the wood pile. Had to tear down the wood pile to get him out of there before he became toxic.
Sticky traps are great as long as you are sure you're not going to catch other things like pets, squirrels and such. Those big plastic traps called "tomcats" work great on ratus ratus. I had a big rat who got too comfy outside the backdoor so I released the tomcat and sure enough I saw him stick his head in to chomp the peanut butter and POW! rat Valhalla....it's actually a bit disturbing to watch.
Every rat speaks Red Ryder...
When rats learn snap traps I was taught to bait and set them as normal and then lay a tissue over the trap to cover it. the rats will smell the bait through the tissue but not see the trap.
ROFLMAO!! Remind me not to piss any of you guys off ... LOL
That is te first thing I thought of, but the contraption wasn't as big. Mine was just a $20 propane torch from Harbor Freight and a match on a stick.
You will get flames that way but the rig in the vid uses propane and oxygen mix for detonation.
Fun is fun, but if you want to be rid of them use d-con or some other warfarin based bait.
It's a blood thinner, and if your dog or cat or kid eats the dead rat, it won't get enough to do any damage.
I do have fond memories of thinning out the rat population in the barn with .22 rat shot. I used to think my dad just let me do it because he wanted me to have all the fun. Years later I overheard him telling friends that I was a better shot than he was. Something he never admitted to me, though it was eventually pretty evident.
It's a blood thinner, and if your dog or cat or kid eats the dead rat, it won't get enough to do any damage.
I do have fond memories of thinning out the rat population in the barn with .22 rat shot. I used to think my dad just let me do it because he wanted me to have all the fun. Years later I overheard him telling friends that I was a better shot than he was. Something he never admitted to me, though it was eventually pretty evident.
I have a 38lb Boston terrier and 2 female Beagles and they catch and eat all kinds of small critters around our place. The Boston just tried a few nights ago to bring in the house some dead little evil looking basturd he had killed and was gnawing on. Was probably a mole, was a really weird looking little creature. He's always eating birds and he catches any mice who make it into the house.
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