I think I found a picture of the OP's nemesis:

Are you in BCS? I'll rent my rat terrier to you for a case of beer?

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What got mine was the Victor rat traps with the yellow plastic set tab, not the metal tab. Our pest control guy said the metal tab ones don't work well. When I switched to the yellow ones I nailed every rat that was coming around....and took out a possum as well. Poor guy. Make sure the bait side is up against a wall so the rat has to come at it from the side.

I still have a box of the traps. I'll mail some to you if you want. I bought a case of them.

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I second these traps. Had rats in the attic at one point and bought a 9 pack from Amazon. Only put out 2 traps with peanut butter and waited a day or two. Went back to check and, success. Couple tips, do not touch the traps with your hands when you set them (use gloves), they will smell the human smell on the trap and not go to it. Conversely, if you catch a rat in a trap, reuse it. The rat scent will attract other rats to it if there are any more.

And yes, the Victors with the yellow plastic are far superior. Don't even mess with the metal tab ones, they won't work well and will have you thinking they are bad traps. Worse, if the trap goes off and doesn't kill the rat, they will never go back to it. They are extremely intelligent and if they survive a certain type of eradication method, they will never get caught by it again.

Bump.

How was the hunting Eliminatus?

This must mean that OP was eaten alive by the super rat.

Impressed my mom when I was a boy. Had just come in from playing with Red Ryder BB gun and we see a field mouse crawling along countertop. Headshot from across the dining room into the kitchen. One of our favorite stories.

I do know there is research going on in New Orleans because there seems to be a growing segment of the rat population that is resistant to the poison.

Cats are the best! I'm not a cat person; but my girls, and wife wanted 1 or 2 when we bought our place in the country. We had some field mice in the house, and we couldn't get one of them caught. I absolutely despise a dang mouse or rat! I told my wife to keep the cat inside one night, and he took care of it for me. I love those cats!! They stay inside one or two nights per week now, just to keep us safe

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They always ran along the same wall that shot straight outside. Another person would wait, out of sight, with their weapon of choice just outside the door and bludgeon the rats to hell. I got pretty good with an old Callaway Big Bertha driver.

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Steel shaft or graphite? What flex?

I had $15,000 water damage to my house from mouse. Insurance covered it.

We got 2 outside cats.

No more rat issues.

Had a field rat leaving his business all over our back porch. I put out the normal snap trap, and it got tripped a few times with no success. I finally peeked through the curtains and caught the little B biting the corner (opposite the bait side) to flip it over/trip it, then enjoy a free meal. Knowing this guy needed to die pronto before taking over the universe, I drove straight to Lowe's and bought that black squeeze trap (on P1) and it wasn't outside 20 mins before he was toast.

If you are in Houston, I bought this 16lb tub of poison. Works wonders. Let me know and you can come by and take some home.

http://amzn.to/1pXECfr

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I do know there is research going on in New Orleans because there seems to be a growing segment of the rat population that is resistant to the poison.

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Of course the hawk, owl, or rat snake that eats the rat (whether it be a sick rat or a resistant rat) ends up dead. Way too much collateral damage for my taste. Quick kill traps is it for me. Even my buddy next door at Houston Pest Control won't use rat poison any more.

Been out of town for a few and got back couple days ago. I have foam matting around my work area and ****er completely chewed ALL the edges of it to pieces. So I posted up for four hours tonight with a crossbow with bait out and nada. No show. This thing is winning the psychological war completely. I have gone from De Niro in Deer Hunter to a chump trying to squeal like a pig in Deliverance.

Agreed. I'm a trap man myself.

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This is what finally caught the one in my garage. I baited it with dog food covered in peanut butter. The way the trap is set up the food sits in the middle of the trigger in a small tube.


It is the Tomcat Rat Traps you can get them at Walmart.

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I have also had good success with the Tomcat trap when other traps failed to get the job done.

Use a slim Jim for bait. it is greasy and stringy and they love it.

Not to rub salt on an open wound but I killed my super rat who was terrorizing my grill the other night and got his little brother today. Snap trap and peanut butter.

As a side note, I cleaned the mess up on my grill and then turned it on to sanitize, that smell could be used for a chemical weapon. Absolutely horrible. I'm contemplating throwing the grill out.

Just got the nephew as well. My dog found another one under the grill and I saw it run up in a small hole in my sighting. Set up 4 snap traps and waited. Going to pack the hole with steel wool now.

Old, yet effective.

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Cats are the best! I'm not a cat person; but my girls, and wife wanted 1 or 2 when we bought our place in the country. We had some field mice in the house, and we couldn't get one of them caught. I absolutely despise a dang mouse or rat! I told my wife to keep the cat inside one night, and he took care of it for me. I love those cats!! They stay inside one or two nights per week now, just to keep us safe

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Agreed. OP just needs to borrow a friend's bored cat.

I didn't want to start a new thread, so here goes my story....

My wife heard some noises in the attic today, so I listened earnestly and heard a few noises. The noises came from separate locations, but sounded metal like as the wind was blowing.

So, up in the attic I go. The first thing that caught my eye was what appeared to be a burrow in my insulation, but I was still a bit skeptical. After bounding from beam to beam, I found at least two more burrow holes, but still not sold since there was no rat feces. After a bit of searching around up there, I found a few pieces of the dreaded rat excrement.

Next was to figure out how to get them gone so I did some quick research. I found this thread, then made my own rat trap, and hopefully now I can get rid of those *******s! I'm using the rat bucket, with complements to y'all for the tip. Last thing I want are dead rats smelling up the house and unable to locate them.

More to follow on this merry adventure and when I figure out how to upload pics, I'll post pics of my trap.

Damn!!!

Haha, I'm sorry for the wait.

I just checked the trap with no dead rats inside, booooooo. So I'll describe the set-up. I used a pot that was out in my shed, similar to the example provided in this thread. I used a coat hanger and bottle, which was secured to the handles. Then I took an arch removed from a wall we closed in, and used that as a ramp. I secured the ramp with cotton cord to the handle of the pot. The arch gave them a path to the bottle, which was covered with peanut butter over the 20oz Pepsi bottle.

Maybe I need to sweeten the deal for the rats. Not sure exactly how, but never the less, no rats this morning.

I like the plank trap, so I'll probably head to Lowes and try to recreate that trap.

I still cant upload pics, so any advice is welcome....stay tuned as the saga continues.....

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You want to make sure he dies somewhere you can throw him away - otherwise you get the joy of trying to find where the horrible odor is coming from.

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He'll stop stinking... eventually.

Jerry Clower rat killin

Electric rat trap. No fuss no muss.


Fries

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We had some move in under the back porch one time. I used a small cage trap with some dog food. Set it at night, check the next morning. Drop the cage in a bucket of water. Repeat. Got em all one by one

Holy cow. That Walk the Plank one is awesome

Years ago, in college, I lived in a old 8-plex rental apartment. At night a rat would pull my phone line into the wall and chew on it. I could sometimes hear it walking on the suspended ceiling tiles in the bathroom. I got a Victor rat trap and placed it on one of the ceiling tiles above an old cast iron bathtub. I woke up to the snap sound, followed by the sound of the trap being drug across the ceiling. I never found the trap, but I really wasn't that enthusiastic to look to see what survived it.

A little while later I used a broom to knock loose the ceiling tile when I heard a noise right above the bath tub. Two rats fell into the bath tub with me standing in it. I managed to kill one with the broom, but the other one jumped out and escaped into the living room.

That was annoying but not as bad as the small bats, yes bats, that were coming into our apartment (married-student housing across from Albertsons) through the air-conditioning vents. I was never told how they got into the ducts, just that there was a colony in the attic of the apartments, which was exterminated.

Day 3

No rats. I added a couple of traps laced with peanut butter to open the drag net, yet no dead rodents. I'm beginning to believe if their were any rats, they have left. I also couldn't find any openings where they possibly found there way up there. I checked all ventilation and spots where there were possible entries into the attic, to no avail.

I'm standing by for any suggestions...

Got a new batch in my fireplace. Been hearing at least one scratching around the hood. Can't get eyes on and I have no idea how to get to that area to shoot or even place bait. The thermal vent grill thingie is cemented on.

Haven't seen anything in the house yet just annoying scratching on metal all night long. I thought about just lighting a fire but actually want to keep it there for now instead of driving into the walls. At least I know vaguely where it is currently.

I also once again realized I have somehow managed to make it this far in life without a pellet gun. At least that problem is being rectified real quick.

Just wanted to lament. I f'ing hate rats/mice. Ideas?

Move

Seriously