Effective methods of baiting rats in a private house and in an apartment. How to get rid of rats and mice: humane and inhuman methods

Homeowners are often faced with such a problem as an invasion of rats. These uninvited guests not only spoil food, furniture and communications, but also carry more than 70 varieties various diseases... There are many ways to get rid of rats in a private house, but how effective they are and how to choose best method getting rid of these pests - let's figure it out in this article.

How rats appear

Fighting rats in a private house is meaningless if the cause of the appearance of rodents in the house is not identified and eliminated in time.

Why do rats appear in the house:

Food availability... This is especially true in homes with small children and pets, which often leave food scattered and present food crumbs and debris that attract pests.
Large stocks of food. Bags of potatoes, cereals, dried fruits are the main reason for the appearance of rats in the house. Large amounts of food, which are easy to reach by gnawing through bags and bags, create ideal conditions for the life of pests.
Basements... This is a favorite habitat for various rodents, from where they can easily move to the house and even to the second floor of the room.

All these predisposing factors are typical for private houses, so their owners always need to be ready in order to find and destroy uninvited guests in time.

How to determine if rats have appeared in the house:

A specific smell common to any rodents (the same smell comes, for example, from hamsters).
The appearance of excrement. The appearance of small round pellets found during cleaning of the room indicates the presence of unwanted guests in the house.
Characteristic sounds: rustling, squeaking, scratching.
The appearance of large gaps and holes in baseboards and walls.
Gnawed sacks and bags of food, scattered food.

It should be borne in mind that rats reproduce at a high speed, so you need to start fighting them when the first signs of the presence of pests appear.

Home methods of dealing with rats

Folk remedies for getting rid of rats in a private house include several methods for eliminating rodents, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Rat catchers

The easiest and most effective way is to have a cat in a private house. Pied cat can catch up to 10 pests in one day.

Ordinary cats are not very willing to hunt rats because of too big size pest. But they can also be beneficial. only one smell of a cat will keep rats at a distance.

In private homes, dogs are often used as rat catchers, especially dachshunds and fox terriers. These breeds have an innate ability to hunt rats and will help ward off pests from a private home forever.

Only the smell of a cat can scare rats away from home forever.

Traps

A fairly common way to get rid of rats is the use of traps, rat traps, traps. You can make such a device yourself or buy a ready-made one.

The disadvantage of this method is the fact that the dead animal will need to be removed from the trap and disposed of itself.

A significant advantage of traps is the safety for others due to the absence of poison in them.

The easiest to use are adhesive traps: two strips of adhesive are applied to a piece of cardboard at a distance of 4-6 cm from each other, a bait is located between them. Running up to the food, the rodent simply sticks to the trap with its paws and cannot escape.

Important! Traps and rat traps need to place sweat on the rat's route. To do this, you will have to watch the rodents for some time in order to set traps in the places where rats are often visited.

When using traps, it should be borne in mind that rats are quite intelligent and cautious creatures, and it will not be so easy to lure them into a trap. It is better to put the bait for rats in the trap with gloves so that the rat does not smell the human smell. It is also advisable to just leave food in a trap for the first time, without using trigger mechanism... Over time, the rat will lose vigilance and then the trap can be put on alert.

Alabaster and gypsum

An uncomplicated bait will help to quickly destroy the rats, albeit in a very inhumane way:

Gypsum powder (or alabaster) is mixed in equal proportions with flour or potato starch. Water is added a little and small balls are formed.
Poisoned balls are scattered around places that rats like to visit.
Water must be placed next to the balls. It is important that the rodent washed down the "delicacy" with water - then the substance in the stomach forms a solid substance, which leads to the death of the pest.

This method should be used with caution if there are pets and small children in the house. If alabaster gets into their food, it can be fatal.

Other folk methods

Common ash scares off rats - it irritates the paws of rodents, and they try to avoid places where ash is scattered. By the way, with the help of ash scattered on the floor, you can create a "route" for the rat, leading it to the trap.

Ash can scare rodents away from home

Many plants are also able to scare away rodents from the home - if spread around the house Bay leaf, black root, mint, wormwood, wild rosemary, tansy, rats will stop visiting the room.

Poisons and repellents

There are a lot of devices for exterminating rats on the market - these are various traps, and rat traps (mechanical, sticky, etc.), and various poisonous substances and ultrasonic repellents.

Effective poisons:

« Ratin»- an affordable product designed for use in any premises. Having eaten the poison, the rodent dies within a few minutes. The disadvantage of this tool is that the rat can die before it leaves the room. The remaining corpse begins to decompose under the floor, in risers and crevices, creating an unbearable smell.
« Goliath"- the agent acts on the pest for 10-12 hours, during which the rat continues to absorb the poison, considering it absolutely safe. Then the pest begins to feel a lack of oxygen, he leaves the room in panic and dies on the street.
« Ratid-1"- poison in granules for use in living quarters... For several days, the poison "eats" the rodents from the inside, after which they leave the house.

Important! It is not safe to use poisons in rooms with small children and pets.

Electronic scarers in recent times have become the most popular anti-rat drugs.

The main advantage of such devices is absolute safety for others, environmental safety and a humane method of influencing rodents.

Electronic repellents act on the basis of ultrasonic radiation on autonomous sources nutrition. The device is installed in the immediate vicinity of burrows and crevices from which rats appear. By emitting ultrasonic waves, the device creates vibration that acts on nervous system rats - rodents practically panic. This forces them to leave the premises and look for another place to relocate.

Ultrasonic scarers: Riddex, Ultrasonic Dual Pest Repeller, Chiston-2, Torado-200, etc.

The disadvantage of using these devices can be called quite high cost compared to other anti-rat agents.

Prevention of the appearance of rats

Get rid of rats with the help of pets and industrial methods in a private house it is quite difficult, especially if the rodent population is large enough. It is easier to prevent an invasion of rodents by following simple preventive measures:

Maintaining cleanliness in the room.
Regular inspection of basements and premises adjacent to the house for the detection of rodents.
Prevent debris from accumulating in and around the home. Especially it concerns food waste, in which rats love to live.
Fill up the cracks and cracks in the house and all the "rat passages" with a mixture of alabaster and broken glass.
Plant bushes with mint or bay leaves on the territory.

Mint, planted in the area near the house, will also help scare off rodents.

If it is impossible to get rid of rodents on their own, it would be prudent to contact special deratization services. Their services are used most often when the rat population is too large, and the number of rodents is growing every day. The cost of the services of such firms is quite high, but they are guaranteed to get rid of rats for a long time.

Despite the fact that we live in modern world, and civilization pleases us with all kinds of benefits, the question of domestic pests is still as acute as it was several decades ago. A modern city dweller can cope quite successfully, with insects, without involving specialists. But what to do if rats are in the apartment ?! And where did the rats come from in modern comfortable homes?

A rat can also start in a modern comfortable home.

Get to know the enemy before he studies you. This is what Turkish wisdom says. Rats have long learned that being near a person promises a lot of benefits: warm dwellings, abundant food. But why do we know so little about the habits of these rodents and why do not we use this knowledge in the fight against such a dangerous pest?

Uninvited guests in your apartment

It is necessary to understand that the rat, despite the realization of all the advantages of living next to a person, only as a last resort gets into the apartment. Most often, you can encounter them in a private house. But if this happened in modern apartment building, then the root of the problem should be sought in the conditions created by man for the favorable existence and further reproduction of rats.

First of all, these are unsanitary conditions. Simply put, dirt, the presence of a waste dump (especially food) nearby, a large amount of rubbish in the apartment itself and throughout the house. Rats can move in houses on ceilings, under floors, between wall partitions, through pipes, etc. Whole colonies they live in the basements of houses, and so that you do not have the question "Where do they come from?" - first evaluate the hygienic environment around and inside your home!

The first thing to do for those who suspect the presence of a rodent in the apartment is to conduct a thorough audit of the necessary and unnecessary things.

Eliminate the centers of "littering" in the house (this applies not only to the premises of the apartment, but also to the interfloor areas, especially near the garbage chute)
Conduct general cleaning and regularly maintain cleanliness in all rooms, closets, pantries - Special attention pay to places where it is dark and warm - this is a bathroom, pantries next to the kitchen, glazed balconies.
Wash dishes immediately after eating
Take out the trash can regularly and as often as possible.

These simple steps will leave rats without the opportunity, at least, to eat in your apartment and, as a result, will not allow them to stay with you for a long time.

Rats first sneak into the kitchen - for food

The second important factor pushing rodents to "conquer" new territories is humid environment... Yes Yes! Rats, like other rodents, need moisture.

For this reason, they are most often found in basements. residential buildings since it is there that the ideal habitat for these pests is created. And everyone knows where the basement is, there is a stone's throw to the first floor. Therefore, tenants of apartments on the first floors are more often susceptible to the invasion of "uninvited guests".

What to do in this case?

Do not arrange a steam room with a pool in the bathroom - wipe the floor dry;
Ventilate the bathroom and toilet, especially after taking water treatments- do not create a "greenhouse";
Check all communications for holes in the floor or in partitions and walls. If you find any - close it up!
Initiate an extraordinary check by representatives of housing and communal services basements in your house, for the presence of bursts of pipes or for troubleshooting of communications (this may not necessarily be a violation of integrity, it may be a greenhouse effect due to illiterate sealing of pipes).

But these are all preventive measures - they will help you to avoid collisions with rats within the walls of your apartment rather than solve the problem after the fact. But what to do in a situation when the rat has already started up in the house? Fight!

Well-known folk methods will help with this, and modern technologies... But first things first!

Dampness in the bathroom attracts rodents

Pets guarding human dwellings

The title of the generally recognized leader in catching small domestic pests is rightfully assigned to the cat. The "physics" of this animal is tailored to hunt fast and dexterous rodents. In addition, cats carefully monitor the borders of their territories and detect intruders with enviable perspicacity - you still do not suspect that you have a mouse or a rat, and your cat is already thinking over a hunting plan.

But the fact is that a rat is a rather large, unpredictable and sometimes aggressive rodent. And due to the fact that cats are very cautious animals by nature, many of them prefer not to mess with such an enemy.

And then the cat in the house becomes not a panacea in the fight against an annoying and impudent rat, but rather another defenseless creature.

Oddly enough, dogs cope with the mission of protecting the house from rats very well! They are in many ways inferior to cats in terms of agility, speed of reaction, hearing, and especially size. However, the last factor in this case is both a minus (a dog cannot climb into narrow manholes in pursuit of a rodent, unlike a cat), and a plus, since the dog is much larger than a rat. Thanks to the command psychotype, the dog protects not only its territory, but also the owner.

This is not a 100% guarantee of a rat-free life. But having a dog or a brave cat at home is an additional factor because of which rats themselves will not want to visit your home, knowing that there is a larger predator on the territory.

Some dogs are great at catching rats.

Free cheese in a mousetrap

Every year, more and more ingenious pest control devices appear. But because of this, you should not abandon the time-tested methods. One of them is the installation of mousetraps in the house.

At the moment, there are more than fifteen types of mousetraps. And of course the leadership in use still holds classic design- by the type of a trap, with a mechanical drive or a spring, an elastic lever or clamp, which is a punitive tool in this design. And, of course, an integral part of the mousetrap is the bait.

It is popularly believed that cheese is the ideal bait for rodents. All kinds of books, films and cartoons have contributed to this in part. But do not forget - these are primarily rodents, their cousins live in the fields and are the main agricultural pests for cereals. Therefore, a rat or mouse is more likely to be caught if, as bait, the trap will lie: bread, moistened but not cooked pasta, nuts, seeds, and even chocolate or meat.

Do not neglect the size of the trap. If you have a rat in your apartment - a mousetrap for catching it will no longer work, you will need a rat trap. This is the same mousetrap, only much larger, with a more elastic spring and with teeth on the sides of the base. The fact is that the dimensions of a rat are much larger than that of domestic mice and, alas, it will not work to cause it any harm with a mousetrap. In addition, rats are more agile than their counterparts, and often manage to pick up food from a mousetrap and bounce off, before the clamp clicks deadly. In this case, it is better to install the rat trap in a box or bucket.

It is important not to put the rat trap in hard-to-reach places, from where it is then difficult to extract or where it is easy to forget about it. Since getting rid of the smell of a dead rodent is at least difficult task than catching these pests.

Traps should be installed at the locations of the main communication nodes, next to holes in walls, furniture, etc. Since the rat is a nocturnal animal, it will be effective to set traps in dark places, as well as at night.

In addition to the classic rat trap, there are many more types of this trap: both in the form of cages with automatic blocking of the exit, and adhesive films to which the rodent must stick with its paws, and electrical devices in which rats die after receiving a high-voltage electric shock. All of these rat traps are more or less effective.

But these measures lose their meaning, in the light of the fact that rats live in colonies and this way effective only if one individual accidentally climbed up to you. Traps are not suitable for destroying a colony. There is nothing to do, we will use a different method.

The rat trap is more large size than an ordinary mousetrap

Chemistry against rodents

There are many opinions about the pros and cons of pesticides in the fight against domestic pests.

The extermination of rodents with poisons is a fairly old and popular method. They poison rats, both on their own and with the involvement of special services. The idea is very simple - the animal must eat the poisoned bait or the poison itself. To do this, poisonous substances are placed in places from where rodents are supposed to sneak into an apartment or house. The rodent, eating the lining, either dies on the spot, or after a short time.

It is important to remember that there is a danger that a child or pet can eat the poison, so the place for placing the poisons should be difficult to reach.

This method is more aimed just at exterminating the colony than one individual, since you can use an unlimited amount of a poisonous substance and spread it around the entire perimeter of the apartment.

However, this method also has significant drawbacks. Rats are very adaptable. Individuals who survived after poisoning can transfer immunity to their offspring - resistance to the poison with which they were poisoned. The result will be the immunity of the young offspring of poisons and, as a result, the ineffectiveness of extermination.

In addition, often rats do not eat food immediately, but take it to a safe area, for example, into manholes between walls and pipes, into ventilation shafts, etc. Having eaten the poison there, they die, and you cannot understand where it comes from bad smell putrefaction.

In order not to risk the health of relatives and pets and not to experience the inconvenience associated with unpleasant odors, it will be more effective to contact a specialist. Today there are many professional companies for cleaning premises from pests, including rodents, and the cost of the services of such offices does not exceed several thousand rubles.

The rat can drag the poison into the hole and die there

Extermination at ultrasonic frequencies

Today, this is the maximum effective method fighting rats and mice.

There are both independent ultrasound devices and hybrid devices - that is, scaring away mice is more likely additional function to some kind of basic. One way or another, these devices have shown extremely high efficiency results.

How does it work?

The fact is that rats communicate in the ultrasonic wavelength range. The device creates a powerful ultrasound attack on the hearing of rodents, depriving them of communication with each other, and secondly, making it unbearable to be within the coverage area with ultrasound. The power of the ultrasound stream is so powerful that the animal literally goes crazy.

This method can also be called the most humane of all - since when using this device, animals do not die, but simply leave the entire colony of potentially dangerous territory. And you say, there is a danger that pests can return again. In this case, we can say one thing - do not turn off the device! Electricity consumption is minimal, but the risks of encountering unpleasant "guests" again are also reduced to zero.

A significant advantage of this method is safety for humans and pets - experiments have not revealed any negative impact on the favorites of man.

Important! Ultrasonic traps must be installed correctly - otherwise, you risk not achieving the desired effect! Firstly, ultrasound does not pass through solid obstacles; fleecy tissues also absorb these waves. Therefore, in rooms with carpets on the walls, we advise you not to close the doors. And take off the carpets altogether! Secondly, these devices work effectively only in confined spaces, indoors. It is pointless to expose this device to the street.

There is still a mass folk ways to get rid of this ailment in the house - starting with the use of ash, sea salt and broken glass scattered in places where rats can run, ending with herbs and roots that these creatures cannot stand.

But none of the above methods will give you the desired effect, if you do not keep the house clean, continue to create frivolous living conditions for the rats. Remember, rats - carriers of eight infections are fatal to humans! Believe me, it is easier and cheaper to prevent than to deal with the consequences!

Rats live in close proximity to humans, which cause a lot of inconvenience. With the onset of cold weather or with a significant increase in the number of rat flocks, individuals behave more impudently. They sneak into the house, roam around in the cellars, carry eggs in the hen house. Leave behind an unpleasant odor, danger of infection terrible diseases... How to get rid of rats in a private house, which is more effective - expel or destroy?

Biological methods

The natural enemy of rodents is the cat. Animals are frightened off even by the smell of the animal itself. The cat works out its hunting instinct by chasing rodents. Do not mind to profit from fresh meat.

If even a kitten can handle mice, only an experienced cat can overcome a rat. A large rodent in a battle with a cat is able to win. Therefore, the cat does not always agree to catch rats, and sometimes it just flees.

To use "biological weapons" against pests in the house, you need to be confident in the ability of the cat. Choose not a purebred feline, but a semi-wild creature with pronounced natural instincts.

On a note!
The cat rarely associates with rats, does not particularly chase mice. Only a cat that is not inferior in size to large rodents can take rats out of the house.

Mechanical methods

If rats appear in the house, the thought of using traps, traps comes to mind. Mechanical methods of control were the first inventions that made it possible to cope with rodents on the territory of their own possessions.

Modern devices for mass disposal of rats are sold in specialized stores. You can do it.

In use mechanical methods the fight has pros and cons. A rat caught in a trap emits shrill screams, thereby scaring away the rest of the rodents. In the future, several variants of events are possible. Rats leave the room or simply bypass the traps.

The same goes for. The trapped animal becomes a warning to others. The exception is camouflaged traps, the existence of which rodents do not know. A row of plastic bottles under the steps, with the neck cut off, oiled with vegetable oil - good protection against rats. Rodents fall into the bottle, they cannot get out of it.

TO mechanical methods the fight includes the manufacture of loops for rodents. They are made from a nylon cord, flexible wire. Tighten the loop, place in places where rats were seen, against their movement. Rodents often move along the walls in the darkened part of the room. Heads fall into the noose. They try to move forward, show efforts. The loop is tightened.

On a note!
A rat is also caught with a towel, if there is time and desire. Quietly waiting in dark place, when the animal appears, they sharply throw a towel. There are several disadvantages of this method - you need to waste time, be able to react quickly. There is a smell of a person in the room, the rat can smell it, not get out of the mink.

Gel traps

Adhesive gel traps are common products for mechanical trapping of rodents. Within 14 days, it does not lose its properties, instantly captures everything that gets into it. One touch of the paw is enough for the rat to firmly adhere to the trap.

Methods for killing rats are impressive in variety, among them the gel trap is one of the first in terms of effectiveness. There are several advantages:

you can catch a whole brood of rats;
does not contain toxic substances;
used in any room.

The glue is applied to cardboard, plywood, and plastic. Fixed to the floor with screws, nails. The size of the trap should be within 50 * 50 cm. The glue is applied in a continuous line with 3-5 cm indents between the rows. The glue strip should be 5 cm wide.

It is necessary to check every day. Throw away the trap, make a new one, or get rid of adhering pests, renew the layer of glue. It takes several weeks to exterminate rats in this way. To lure into a trap, a fragrant bait is placed in the center.

Interesting!
Rats are attracted by the smell of smoked meats, fish, meat, fried bacon, chips, cheese, sunflower seeds. Large rodents react less to flour, cereals, grain, sweet foods.

Ultrasonic Repeller

A modern invention that operates on the basis of ultrasound. The human ear does not feel vibration, therefore, the operation of the device does not affect well-being, does not affect health. The device works from the city network electric current or on batteries. To prevent rodents from getting used to ultrasound, it is possible to periodically change the frequency.

The area of action depends on the power of the device. Carpets and furniture drown out the background. It is recommended to place a repeller in every room so that the negative background is present throughout the house. The devices are recommended to be installed for 1 month, then a break should be taken.

An ultrasonic repeller acts on the nervous system. It is capable of driving away rats in 3-4 weeks. The animal feels constant discomfort. The only way a rodent is feeling unwell is to flee.

On a note!
It is recommended to use in parallel with other methods of struggle. There is no exact information on how ultrasound affects pets. If there is a hamster, guinea pig, ornamental white rat in the house, you must refuse to use the device.

Chemical methods

You can remove rats and mice with poisonous substances. The specialized store offers a wide selection of drugs with a toxic effect. The wide variety of forms with different exposure intervals is surprising.

It will take 2 weeks to kill rats in the house. Immediately before using the poison, it is necessary to understand the features of its action. It is possible to destroy rats at home with drugs based on anticoagulants. The drugs are allowed to be used in a residential building, provided that the instructions for use are strictly followed.

Interferes with the production of vitamin K, which is essential for normal blood clotting. When a toxic substance enters the liver, a pathological process starts. not excreted by the kidneys from the body. Constantly accumulates in tissues. The action begins immediately, but the effect is felt after a while.

Rodents willingly eat the bait, because flavorings are added to it, nutritional supplements... You can kill rats in 1 day. The speed of action depends on the dose of the poison that has entered the body. For the death of an adult, about 6 g of a toxic substance is needed. With the accumulation of the desired concentration in the liver, internal bleeding opens.

On a note!
Mummifying agents have been added to the composition of modern poisonous drugs. After the death of the animal, the body does not decompose, does not emit an unpleasant smell of decay, and dries slowly. The drugs are not addictive. A poison that has entered the body only once leads to inevitable death, but with a slight delay.

The most demanded remedies are:

Goliath;
Storm;
Mortorat;
Nutcracker.

In addition to anticoagulants, there are drugs that can kill a rat much faster. They contain components that cause severe toxicosis. It will be possible to remove the rats in 1 day. Such a remedy is Krysid. In a residential private house, it is recommended to take out rodents with the Krysid in special cases. Can be used in a country house if it acts as a summer cottage.

On a note!
Krysid allows you to effectively get rid of the entire family of rodents in the house. But it should only be used once a month. During work, adhere to certain rules, since the drug is dangerous for the inhabitants of the house, those around. Bury the dead bodies of rodents in the ground to a depth of at least 0.5 m.

Folk recipes

You can get rid of rats forever with folk remedies. Rodent control combines the use of mechanical methods, chemical substances. Folk recipes you can exterminate the rats or drive them out.

DIY trap

At the sight of a rodent in the house, you should not run headlong into the store for a trap to exterminate pests. You can quickly build a structure yourself, without much financial expense.

V plastic bottle with a capacity of 5-10 liters, the neck is cut off. Turn over, insert into the bottle. A fragrant bait is placed on the bottom. The neck is secured with tape. Place the trap in an inclined position near the steps, shelves. The rodent gets inside, cannot get back. It remains to decide how to kill the captured rat. The method is especially effective in the village for.
Turn over a large pot for indoor flowers. Raise on one side, insert the board with an edge. A bait is placed in the center. The rodent makes its way to the food, clings to the board, and finds itself in a trap. It is necessary to install the structure on a solid basis in the dwelling - the floor, the concrete surface in order to avoid undermining.
You can fight rats in a private house with a bucket of water. It is poured 5-10 cm before the edges. Hulls, straw, dry leaves are spread in a thick layer over the water. Grain and seeds are thrown into the center. A plank is placed in front of the bucket. It serves as a ladder. The rodent makes its way to the bait, falls into the water. You can exterminate rodents without special efforts periodically renewing appearance traps. The method is good because you do not need to kill pests later.

Scare away

Elimination of rats is carried out mechanically, chemically use scare-off methods.

You can remove rodents in 1 day with tree resin. The product is suitable for private houses, if rodents are seen in the barn, cellar, outbuildings, closet, in the sauna. Sprinkle ash on the floor. Rodents are active at night. In the dark, the ash is not visible. Sticking to the body, it causes irritation, burning. The animal tries to get rid of the pollution with its tongue, the substance enters the stomach, causing discomfort. The rat does not die from the ash, but flees.
A pungent smell will help drive out the rats. Moisten a rag with gasoline, kerosene, ammonia, vinegar, stacked in plastic bag, make a small hole in it. The smell slowly fills the room, begins to drive away rodents.
Burn wool or a dead rat, throw it into the basement. The smell of burning makes rodents run wherever they look.
Herbs. To make the rats go around the house, do not want to stay in it for a long time, you can use plants. In each room, leave a bunch of wild rosemary, chamomile, wormwood, peppermint, tansy, black elderberry, rat rat race.
Essential oils. The smell of mint, chamomile, lavender scares off rats. To spread the smell around the house, you can use a special lamp or sprinkle a few drops on a wax candle, lamp bulb. When heated, the scent will spread throughout the house. The smell has a beneficial effect on people, it drives rats out of the house.
Catch a rat. Set the tail on fire, release. The rodent will run to its congeners, who cannot stand the smell of burnt wool. She herself will drive everyone out of the house.
Spicy mixture. Scatter on the floor hot peppers, dried chamomile, burdock seeds with thorns. Pepper, chamomile irritate the skin, the thorns cling to the wool, preventing normal movement. Several days of such inconvenience - the rats will leave the territory.

Poisoning

Gypsum. The most common method is a mixture of gypsum with flour and sugar. The ingredients are taken in equal proportions. Treats are laid out on plates - lids. A container with water is placed nearby. The mixture inside the stomach hardens, along with the insides of the rodent.
Poisonous mixture. Mix 15 g of borax with 20 g of rosin. Add 30 g of powdered sugar to mask the taste of the poison. Spread out in areas where rodents have been seen. It is necessary to prepare the mixture in rubber gloves so that the smell of a person does not remain on the cooked dish.
Soda. Mix equal proportions of baking soda and sugar. Add some flour. The product is safe for humans, pets, and brings death to rats. In the stomach, soda reacts with natural juice, a bubbling reaction begins. Gases collect. Since rats are unable to regurgitate, excessive gas and bloating are fatal.
Wine stopper. Grind the cork, fry in lard. The fragrant rat bait is ready. In the abdomen, the plug swells, deforms the internal organs, makes breathing difficult, and causes suffocation.
Alcohol. Moisten bread in beer, put it on a plate. Mice are attracted by the smell, they eat the bait with pleasure. After a few days, beer complementary foods are switched to vodka. First, it is diluted with water. Increasing the dose of ethanol every day. Then it is impregnated with pure vodka, but the taste of bitterness is masked by the addition of sugar. Rats develop alcohol dependence. They are not interested in other food, they make their way to the bowl every day. At this stage, you can safely kill the rats, or watch how the individuals degrade. Adult rats die from alcohol, new offspring are born weak, unable to survive.
Colchicum autumn. The plant blooms in late summer, autumn. All parts are poisonous. The deadly bait will require 10 grams of seeds. They are mixed with 200 g of any product - cheese, grain, seeds, cereals.
Cook beans and beans over low heat until they crack. Drain and dry. In a skillet in vegetable oil, fry the beans with chilibuha seeds.
Stearin. Powder the chilibuha seeds, add sugar, raisins, grated stearin.
Quicklime. Mix with sugar in a ratio of 1: 3 so that rodents do not notice the unpleasant taste of lime. Spread in plates, put in places where rats like to be.
Beer. Add alcoholic beverage into milk, leave a bowl. In the morning, you can collect dead rodents.
Barbaric way. If you can't get rid of the rats, you should use the not very humane, but extremely in an efficient way... They catch a few rats, put them in metal barrel... Starved to death. Over time, the rats begin to gnaw each other, the strongest survives. This beast is set free. Per short time will destroy the entire family of rodents, from small to large.

Folk remedies for rats are striking inventiveness. They can be used if there are small children, animals in the house, or if you do not want to deal with toxic substances. If independent efforts do not give the desired result, you should seek help from specialists. Breeding rats is a process that requires special efforts, skill, and caution.

In essence, the life of rats is closely related to human life. For thousands of years, rodents have followed people, traveled with them on all types of transport, which helped them settle on all continents except the Arctic.

The driving force for these animals is the search for food. Easily available food is the main reason for the appearance of rodents in a private home. Most often, they live in sheds with livestock and poultry, such buildings are protected from the cold and there is always enough food in them. Rats cause a lot of trouble for people and often cause death of livestock. If access to food is found in the house or in the outbuildings, rats very quickly settle down there and begin to reproduce.

There are several ways in which rats enter a home:

Migration from houses, outbuildings and other premises located in the neighborhood;
Transportation of rodents along with things;
Coming from nature.

Rodent control methods

The first thing to do when rodents are found in the house is to analyze where they could have entered the dwelling from. First you should carefully study window frames, doors, ventilation ducts for damage. The ventilation should be covered with a mesh, and the cracks should be sealed.

Food storage areas should be carefully researched and made so that rats do not have access to food. Kitchen room it is necessary to regularly clean from crumbs and food debris, do not leave unwashed dishes overnight.

Methods of dealing with rats without the involvement of specialists

In addition to deratization, there are other ways to help destroy or scare away rodents. Let's consider the most common ones:

Physical destruction

Since ancient times, people have used cats to breed rats. This pet is able to provide reliable protection private home from visiting rodents. It should be remembered that the cat must be an adult and have hunting skills so as not to pass in front of a rather dangerous opponent.

Folk ways

The safest in the fight against rats are considered folk remedies... Many homeowners are probably wondering: how to get rid of rats in a private house forever using folk methods? Here are some time-tested recipes:

Sagebrush;
Field mint;
Pharmacy chamomile;
Tansy.

It is necessary to collect bouquets from one or more plants and hang them around the house. The inhabitants of the dwelling will not be exposed to any danger, and the room will appear pleasant aroma meadow grasses... You can plant these plants in a pot, and then you do not have to replace the dried branches.

Destruction of rats folk methods- these are recipes used by our ancestors, which is why they are effective and safe for human health.

Rats are very cunning, and to get rid of them you will have to try pretty hard. These rodents reproduce rather quickly, so you need to start fighting them as early as possible, as soon as you notice the presence of intruders.

Features of the life of rats

Rats are quite unpleasant pests that bring whole line problems.

These rodents feed on almost everything: plants, insects, larvae, living and dead animals, human food and even their own kind. Rats are very gluttonous and cannot stand hunger, dying in 4-5 days.

Neighborhood with such pests is fraught with many problems, including:

And this is far from complete list inconvenience caused by uninvited inhabitants. Among other things, rats need constant sharpening of their fangs, capable of gnawing any objects, even steel.

But all the same, you can take out these unpleasant neighbors, it is enough to know effective methods that will make their life in your territory miserable.

Reasons for the appearance

Pests don't start without a reason. They come running from the street, from neighbors, from basements, etc.

If in the summer rats can breed outside, then in the winter they have to seek a warm shelter. This is one of the common reasons for the relocation of rodents to homes. In addition, they have a highly developed sense of smell: rats can come running to smell.

Most of all they like the smell of spoiled rotten food. It is for this reason that these animals can often be seen near garbage containers.

Unsanitary conditions of any nature are excellent bait for rats. T They are also attracted by the smell of food - roots, flour, grains and food.

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Natural Ways to Get Rid of Rats

Most efficient and reliable natural method fighting rats - having a cat in the house.

Cats are naturally endowed with hunting skills and instincts, and most of them will happily take up rats when given the opportunity.

If you plan to have a cat solely for this purpose, it is better to inquire about the nature of the kitten in advance and choose a lively, active and inclined to hunt.

However, even the smell of a cat in itself scares off rats and mice, being a natural and safe remedy. Thus, if a cat, for some reason, is not enthusiastic about catching pests, in 90% of cases, his presence alone will already be enough for rats to bypass your home.

If we are talking about spacious large territories, you can have several cats, then the chances of winning the fight against uninvited guests will increase significantly.

It is believed that tricolor cats are best suited for the role of mousetraps. This fact hardly has scientific explanation however, such a belief was firmly entrenched among the people.

Rat traps

Another popular method of dealing with rats is homemade traps.

They need to be installed along the walls, since most often the trajectory of the rats goes there. Despite the special craving of these animals for piles of garbage, they themselves are very clean and choose clean paths for movement.

Therefore, it is not a good idea to set traps in places where debris and dirt accumulate.

So, here are the two most effective pitfalls:

It will take 2-3 liter jar, vegetable oil, water and edible bait. A little oil mixed with water is poured into a jar, which is then left in a horizontal position and the bait is put inside. After the rodent finds the bait and climbs after it, the can will turn over, and the rat will not be able to get out because of the slippery surface.
It will take an average flower pot, a wooden post with one pointed end and a bait. A piece of food is strung on the sharp edge of the peg, and then the pot is propped up with the same edge from the inside in an inverted position, like an umbrella. When the pest senses the bait and tries to get to it, the support will slip off, the pot will fall, and the rodent will be caught.
Fill a stable container with water, leaving some distance from the edge to which you want to fix the bait (for example, a piece of cheese). When the rat crawls for the bait, it will fall into the water and will not be able to get out. This trap is capable of catching several rats at a time, the main thing is to think over the access of rodents to the bait, which must be at an acceptable level. In general, everything is in the hands of your imagination.

These traps can be used anywhere. Enough to turn on a little imagination and this method can be quite effective, especially if the number of rats in the house has not yet reached a high level.

Ultrasonic scarers

This modern method scaring away pests can rightfully be considered one of the most convenient and effective.

Ultrasonic scarers work on the principle of emitting special electromagnetic impulses that irritate the nervous system of pests, forcing them to stay away. They can also be used both on the balcony, ants and mice in the house.

Moreover, such devices are absolutely safe for humans and do not feel in any way.

Ultrasonic devices have, perhaps, only one drawback: rats can return as soon as you stop using the device. This happens in cases where the area is inhabited by rodents, and they live with your neighbors.

But in this case, there is a way out: you can use such scarers without stopping. It won't do any harm. Exists which can also be used in the home.

How to poison rats?

Folk remedies

The most common ones are:

Herbs. Rats categorically do not tolerate the smell of some herbs, such as tansy, wormwood, mint, wild rosemary, rat rat, elderberry. It is enough to place these plants in the room, fresh or dried. This method suitable at the initial stages of a problem.
Naphthalene. A mixture is made based on 100 grams of naphthalene powder and a bucket sawdust(dry peat can be used instead). Such a mixture is sprinkled on tree trunks before the arrival of winter, and in the spring the land is cleared.
Gypsum. 40 grams of gypsum powder is mixed with 100 grams of flour. 50 drops are added to attract rats vegetable oil... Balls are formed, which are laid out in the habitats of rodents. This bait works very well: rats react quickly to it and eat it. Of course, this method cannot be called humane, but it is very effective.
Borax bait... You will need 30 grams of borax, 40 grams of powdered sugar and 40 grams of rosin. The mixture must be stirred with a stick or spatula. The bait is laid out near rat dwellings, starting from the first hours.

Chemicals

Chemicals in the fight against rats are very effective, but they have one significant drawback: they are also poisonous to humans and pets. Therefore, using them, you need to be extremely careful, especially in a house where small children live.

Chemicals by type of action are divided into 3 main types:

Contact. They affect the respiratory system of pests, burn the skin.
Intestinal. These chemicals work from the inside out. They contain arsenic sodium, which kills the animal. Such funds are diluted according to the instructions and mixed with edible bait.
Fumigants. These are toxic substances that poison pests through inhaled vapors.

How to breed rats?

The optimal and easily accessible option is to use mousetraps. They have affordable price, they are safe and reusable.

You need to adhere to some rules:

The distance between the traps should be 3 to 5 meters, in this case, success will be achieved.
You need to arrange them on the rat paths, setting them with the short side to the wall.
The choice of bait is also important: it can be a piece of bacon, dried fruits, nuts, animal feed, etc.
Be sure to fix the bait on the mousetrap so that the rats cannot remove it quickly and easily. For this purpose, you can use fishing line or thin wire. Some people use odorless glue, but such a product is not easy to find.

Various poisons are widely used to breed rats. But do not forget that they are toxic not only to pests, but also to other animals, and sometimes people.

Therefore, you should be extremely careful when using them, and if possible, it is better to use safer methods of struggle.

After the pest is poisoned or trapped, do not relax: rats are carriers of a number of diseases, and therefore in no case should you touch their corpses with your bare hands.

You need to work with gloves. The corpse is put into a plastic bag and disposed of. After the procedures carried out, it is imperative to disinfect your hands and treat the surfaces.

One more effective method breeding rats - scaring away the smell of kerosene, formalin and naphthalene.

Rodents simply cannot tolerate these substances. But this method is suitable exclusively for non-residential premises: warehouses, summer cottages, roofs. The solution is randomly sprayed on the surface, or small containers with odorous repellents are placed at a certain distance.

If the location of the rat hole is known, you need to moisten a rag with these substances and shove it into the hole.

In order not to have to fight with rats, it is best to prevent them from appearing in your home.

Since rats do not appear for no reason, it is sufficient to observe the series preventive measures in order to avoid settling unpleasant neighbors:

Garbage should be kept in closed containers, this applies to both private houses and apartments.
It is necessary to clean up half-eaten pet food, do not leave their food in the open.
Do not place furniture too tightly against walls.
Loose food, dry food and grain should be stored in glass or metal containers.
It is necessary to inspect the ventilation grilles and, if necessary, replace them with new ones.
Seal all doors so that there are no cracks in them.
If there are holes in your residential area through which pests can penetrate, they need to be sealed with special mixtures.
The garden needs to be kept clean, all rubbish removed.
Collect ripe fruits and vegetables immediately.
Observe cleanliness and basic sanitation standards everywhere, be it an apartment, private house, vegetable garden, attic, warehouse space or roof.

So, observing these simple rules, you can minimize the likelihood of rats. But if the pests nevertheless attacked, you should not despair. They can be withdrawn once and for all using the simple methods described above.