There's a rat in me kitchen.........what am I gonna do?

Leave your laptop on with this thread showing. Place a glass of milk and a lump of cheese next to it.

The rat will read all the suggestions, **** himself and piss off. Simple.
 
lenseman said:
Rats and rodents in general are very cunning and wary. Because you have handled the rat trap during loading with food and especially the amount of handling and pressure required to load the spring, you have left human body grease and smell all over the trap and this will warn the rat not to venture near.

You need to wash off the smell, better still, unload the spring, wash it clean and take the trap ashore and rub it in the mud and grass but during this and afterwards, handle only by holding through a poly bag which is also suitably smelling of grass and mud.

Without touching it with your bare hands, re-load the trap and prime the spring and place it at the edge of the cabin. Rodents tend to run around the edge of rooms and open spaces and cabin soles.

Roland will then be history.

ps: I used to have a sheep farm in Wales and learn this from other farmers.
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Thank you for that, my traps havent been working, and theres a rat been sharing the rabbit hutch, so I shall wash them tomorrow
 
R.I.P Roland!

Got the bugger at last! Dirtied the traps and put some sweaty stilton in it. Woke up yesterday morning and found Roland dead as a dead thing!!

Still setting the traps just in case but all seems very quiet now. Thanks for all the hints, tips and humorous replies. He wasn't as big as I expected but still a big 'un.

Peppermint sprayed in lockers and bilges - also put some sticky glue traps down.

Ah.... a rat free Christmas I hope!!!

P.S. Local opinion over here is that cats are no good - tend to bottle out when there are rats about. Any views??

CP

Merry Christmas to all
 
Capn Pugwash said:
Got the bugger at last! Dirtied the traps . . . . . Local opinion over here is that cats are no good - tend to bottle out when there are rats about. Any views??
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All you need to do now is to buy some Rat Guards (http://www.bluewatersupplies.com/Ratt neu2.jpg) and make sure you only leave your Passarelle down to embark and disembark. All other times, lift it clear of the dock. :)
 
RIP the Galley Rat

Before disposing of the late rat's sorry little cadaver, did you check whether it was a "he" or a "she"? You might have a nestful of hungry youngsters left behind...
Merry Christmas, by the way! :D
 
lenseman said:
All you need to do now is to buy some Rat Guards (http://www.bluewatersupplies.com/Ratt neu2.jpg) and make sure you only leave your Passarelle down to embark and disembark. All other times, lift it clear of the dock. :)
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Why buy when all you have to do is load a empty lemonade bottle on with the bottom cut off, then cut 2" strips from bottom towards the top peel them back (this is to stop the blighters jumping the bottle) secure on by electrical tape at the neck.

Good luck and a VERY HAPPY CHRISTAMS

Peter
 
A fellow liveaboard (inland waterways, NB) had constant trouble with mice - she used to catch them in a humane trap then release onto the towpath. Needless to say, they were on a bit of elastic, and next morning the cage would be full again. Still, it kept her occupied....
(Rumours of a plague of mice GUC south are greatly exaggerated):D
 
This problem needs to be approached in a scientific manner, it's useless just putting down any old traps. Maltese rats are known to be especially argumentative and aggressive, so...Late in the evening place a saucer of dark rum and a saucer of lump sugar somewhere they can easily get to them.

Retire to your bunk and ignore any noises. The rats will come aboard, drink the rum, get pissed and throw sugar rocks at each other. In the morning you can simply pick up the unconscious rats and drop them over the side...( next instalment...How to kill cockroaches using Semtex..):D
 
Ones mind can only be boggled at the supreme daftness of people who claim to object to rats, catch them and then treat them as honoured guests, releasing them to continue their depredations elsewhere amongst their neighbours. What is the matter with these weirdos?

Rats are vermin. Vermin are to be exterminated. That's it - how can there be any discussion? But to pass your own vermin on to someone else? Nice. Helloooo!

Releasing trapped vermin is the same as collecting bagged up dogsh!t from the council bins and smearing it all over your neighbour's doorstep, isn't it?

God help us, what is the matter with some people? They'll be holding a candle for poor misunderstood smallpox bacteria next!
 
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Ariadne said:
You can get some trap in Greece with blades on - if sharpen then up a bit and tweak the spring a bit, it chops heads off clean. No returns, and rodent in rodent heaven.
Ask Gruntle, he devised the modifications.
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Yeugh! That is sooo messy. Little Nipper rat traps break their necks, instant death, only a little blood (from mouth or ears). Easy to dispose of & no messy blood pool to clear up.
 
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