Folk remedies for rats: how to poison them and how to fight them

Rats prefer to live near human habitation, so they cause a lot of inconvenience. As a rule, they settle in outbuildings where pets are kept. Firstly, you can spend the winter here without any problems, there is always enough food, and it’s not cold: it’s still better than somewhere outside. They are not particularly noticeable, but when small chickens or ducklings appear, the presence of rats is not at all desirable. The fact is that they can simply destroy them. In addition, rats can easily steal eggs from a chicken coop, although they do not touch an adult bird.

If the number of rat flocks is large enough, then in addition to the problems associated with rat attacks on young poultry, they leave behind an unpleasant odor, feces, and the risk of contracting serious diseases. Therefore, it is imperative to fight these animals. The main thing is to decide what tactics to choose: either simply expel the rats, or destroy them.

Nutrition and vital activity

Rats, like other rodents, are nocturnal, but as their numbers increase, you may encounter them during the day.

If we look at the Pasyuk’s diet, we will see that animal feed makes up 33-38%, vegetables – 14-15%, grain feed and bread – 48-52%. They eat best fish or minced meat and porridge. The most preferably eaten grains are oats and wheat. Corn, barley and millet are much worse for rats to eat.

The question arises, which folk remedies for rats should we choose? Let's consider everything in order: physical (mechanical), biological and chemical methods.

Mouse trap crushers

There are masher mousetraps, which are dies with a spring. The advantages of such devices are:

• significant efficiency;
• durability;
• cheapness.

They must be used carefully. There are several options for such devices.

Steel mousetrap “FIT”

This mousetrap is a classic design with a wood base and a durable steel fixture. As soon as the rat wants to eat the bait, the mechanism will immediately slam shut. Such mousetraps are popular due to their low cost and trouble-free operation. The disadvantages include the fact that death does not occur instantly, but after some time. The tree gradually becomes saturated with the smell of dead rodents, and subsequently the rats will avoid old mousetraps.

Plastic mousetrap “Mr.Mouse”

This classic mousetrap is made of plastic. If we compare it with a wooden structure, it does not become dirty or saturated with odors. It can be used many times. It is safer for humans during use because the principle of operation resembles a large clothespin. The bait can be chocolate, peanuts, seeds.

Trap "House"

This trap does not kill rats, but only locks them inside. Pests cannot get out. The trap consists of a plastic pipe, which is bent at a certain angle, and two doors. After it is installed, you need to remove the back cover and put in the bait. Then place the trap in the desired place, close the back cover, and open the front door. The door is designed for a rat. When the animal crawls towards the food, it will automatically close.

Physical (mechanical) method - 5 useful techniques

In the current unstable economic situation, this folk remedy is the simplest and least expensive. The owner of the house just needs skill in installing traps and crushers for catching rats, as well as various tricks.

There is a large selection of fishing gear on sale. What I would like to recommend first of all:

1. When choosing a crusher or rat trap, look at the elasticity of the spring and the weight of the wooden or metal base to which the spring mechanism is attached.
2. The spring should be tight and charge with force. This will allow for a more lethal effect when triggered. There should be no gap, or it should be minimal, between the activated spring and the surface to which it is attached.
3. The base for the rat trap must be stable both in area and in weight. When the spring is activated, so that the rat trap does not bounce.
4. And the most important thing is to constantly change the bait, as well as the position of the rat trap and be able to disguise it . Then you will achieve results.
5. A positive effect can be achieved by “flooding” rat holes with water or digging up a garden plot. Rats make shallow passages between burrows, so you can disrupt their livelihoods by digging up the ground.

Simple but very effective homemade rat traps: description of designs

There are many design options for rat traps that you can assemble with your own hands from scrap materials. There are usually no problems finding such materials in a private home.

Below are examples of original designs.

A bucket with a spinning plastic bottle (or aluminum can) above it. Bait is applied to the bottle, the rat reaches for it, the bottle spins, and the animal falls down. It is useful to pour water into a bucket before use so that caught animals cannot jump back out. The photo shows an example of such a device:

The following video shows another unusual way to fight rats in the house using a homemade rat trap:

Making such a rat trap is more difficult and troublesome than buying a ready-made one, but when it is important to quickly take measures to catch the pest, then a homemade device may be a good option for solving the problem.

Biological method - a traditional folk remedy for fighting rats

This folk remedy for fighting rats involves keeping specialized breeds of cats or dogs in the house, which can become biological enemies of rodents. Not all cats and dogs decide to fight rats, since they are larger and more aggressive than other synanthropic rodents.

This folk remedy for fighting rats is ineffective, as it depends on your pet who lives in your house. But sometimes it gives its results if you alternate it with other methods.

Why do rodents appear?

The reasons for the appearance of pests may be as follows:

• violation of the sanitary and hygienic conditions in the home and nearby premises: dirt, crumbs on the floor, irregular removal and removal of garbage;
• storage of impressive reserves of products: cereals, sugar, flour, etc.;
• proximity to a catering outlet (cafe, restaurant);
• the presence of cracks, holes, unclosed ventilation holes, etc. in the house.

The problem especially worsens with the onset of cold weather, when all the rodents in the area go in search of a warm shelter. Considering that a small hole is enough for them to enter a room, not a single home owner is insured against the danger of their invasion.

Chemical method - 8 ideas for independent struggle

You can expect more tangible results from this method if used correctly.

In the folk recipe there are a lot of methods for using available food and industrial chemicals or using plants with toxic properties to get rid of rats:

1. A good result comes from adding construction putty to various cereals, as well as porridge. When this bait is eaten in the stomachs and intestines of pasyuks, this building material hardens, which causes the death of rodents.
2. It is also advisable to add medical or construction plaster. Freshly prepared bait is placed in places most frequently visited by rats. The effect is fatal when food enters the gastrointestinal tract of rodents.
3. Extruded food, which quickly swells and is eaten by rats with pleasure, is of great attractiveness to rodents. You can add baking soda or boric acid to these feeds. The effect of this bait will not be long in coming. Both of these components, when ingested, will enter into a chemical reaction with gastric juice, and the gas released will poison the rats.
4. Minced meat can also be used as a base for bait. Minced meat, of course, is a little expensive for these purposes, but freshly prepared minced fish is very suitable for mixing it with ash. If ingested by a rat, this mixture will also lead to the death of the bees.
5. In addition to the bait method, folk remedies for fighting rats use treatment of rodent burrows with bleach, which can easily be found in any home.
6. Found rat holes can be treated with kerosene or diesel fuel, but this only applies to those rodent holes that are located outside the house. Fire safety measures must be observed.
7. Exhaust gas, which is produced when an internal combustion engine is running, can be released into rat holes. When gas appears from other holes, they must be trampled down to achieve the poisoning effect.
8. Calcium carbide can be used with caution. By placing it in a hole and watering it with water, the carbide will begin to decompose, releasing acetylene, which irritates and affects the respiratory tract.

Catching rats alive

You can catch a rat with a trap that will not cause any harm to the animal. There are many designs of such rat traps, and perhaps the most common of them is a cage with a door that slams shut when the animal tries to take the bait.

Such devices (live traps) do not pose any danger to people and animals, and their main disadvantages are their bulkiness and the need to do something with the rat after catching it. This need does not arise when a trap is in operation - it itself kills the rodent, whose corpse can simply be thrown away with the garbage.

A living rodent will either have to be killed yourself, or taken a long distance from the house (at least a kilometer) and released. Alternatively, the prey can be given to a cat, but many modern cats themselves are terrified of rats.

Live traps are installed in the same places as the traps and loaded with the same baits.

It should be noted that catching rats with live traps does not necessarily imply the purchase of an industrial device. You can also fight pests in a private home using improvised means, and often this method turns out to be even simpler and more effective.

How to get rid of rats using folk remedies (plants)

• Blackroot (ratweed) is a poisonous plant that can be found everywhere, it grows like a weed. This plant, namely a decoction of crushed root, causes suffocation. An infusion of ratwort root is mixed with well-eaten food for rats.
• Swamp wild rosemary is a plant that repels rats with its smell and creates unbearable conditions for their life.
• Wormwood and peppermint - these plants are recommended to be planted on a personal plot, and dried plants can also be laid out in the house in places frequently visited by rats. These plants scare away and cause the beekeepers to flee.
• Elderberry and tomato tops are plants that contain solanine (a poisonous glycoside). The specific aroma of these plants causes panic in rats, rodents leave the house.
• Tansy - under the influence of the aroma of this plant, rats stop breeding and subsequently disappear from the territory inhabited by them.
• Essential oils of camphor and other plants, more resistant to fresh or dried plants. It is better to use essential oils to repel rats, as they stay on the surface longer and produce results.
• Tobacco – this plant can be planted in your garden; rats do not like to be near tobacco. The use of smoking tobacco (shag) gives a greater effect. Shag can be scattered throughout the house where rats have been seen. It is recommended to periodically wipe the floor with the prepared tobacco infusion.

Where can you go and complain if there are rats in your house?

Finally, you can fight rats in a private home with the help of professional pest control experts. This is not cheap (depending on the size of the house, the number of rooms and the distance from the city, such a service can cost from 3,000 rubles), but it completely relieves the home owner from any worries.

The main difficulty here is to choose a conscientious contractor who will fulfill his obligations efficiently and really destroy rats in the house. To do this, you need to contact companies that:

1. Long on the market;
2. They have a large number of positive reviews;
3. They work strictly according to the contract, they put a signature and seal on the contract itself;
4. They provide a guarantee for their services and indicate it in the contract.

But there is no point in contacting the state SES or other municipal services: a private house is the jurisdiction only of its owner, and it is the owner who ensures its protection from rats and solves all problems associated with the appearance of rodents here. Therefore, the best place to turn for help is private pest control and pest control services.

conclusions

1. First of all, localize the area where rodents are active.
2. Experimentally select their diet by determining what they eat more often
3. Based on the priority products, prepare poisoned baits
4. Constantly change the placement of fishing gear and camouflage them to match the surrounding environment
5. You cannot expect an effect from only one folk remedy; you need to change them periodically or combine them. Rats are “intelligent” - they immediately identify an object that is dangerous for them.

Prevention measures

Even maintaining absolute order in the rooms and in the local area cannot guarantee that rodents will not appear in the house. To prevent their occurrence, you must:

• close the ventilation passages with fine mesh grilles;
• seal all existing cracks, as well as the water supply system;
• Use containers with tight-fitting lids to store food;
• Dispose of trash daily to prevent rodents from having access to food.

Preventive measures can be carried out already at the construction stage. When pouring the foundation of a house, a mesh with small cells is installed in cement. All existing holes must also be sealed.

Many plants that repel animals with their scents can be successfully grown as potted crops.

There are a huge variety of means and methods for removing gray pests. The choice depends not only on human preferences, but also on the size of the animal population.

Glue traps for mice

You can also place sticky glue traps that attract rats by smell and securely fix them, preventing them from escaping. Such traps are usually quite affordable: “Mr Mouse” adhesive plates cost 152 rubles (2 pieces in a set) and will help you catch several “tailed ones”. If there are too many of them, it’s easier to buy special glue for rodents and make sticky traps yourself using cardboard or other dense base - a very economical method. These traps will help not only at home, but will also solve the problem of how to get rid of rats in the chicken coop.

How to get rats out of the house: use an ultrasonic repeller

If you are against bloody methods of control and are simply looking for a way to drive rats out of your home (as well as an apartment, office, warehouse, etc.), use electronic ultrasonic repellers. These are small devices that apply ultrasound to rodents, causing them to flee in panic from the source of the waves. Repellers can be quite effective if you are looking for an alternative option for getting rid of rodents. Plus, it's safe for people and pets.

Most often, rodent repellers operate from the mains - to activate the device, you just need to plug it into an outlet. But a small apartment and a large house will require completely different models with different powers and types of impact. We will tell you about the most effective devices for fighting rats and mice in small, medium and large rooms and how to scare away rats with their help.

Ultrasonic repellers for an apartment or small house up to 200 m2

If there are rats in a one-room apartment or small house, it will be enough to use a low-power repeller. Such devices consume little electricity, are inexpensive and can cope with a rodent attack in a limited area using only ultrasound. The most popular ultrasonic repellers for small spaces are Tornado-200 and ElectroKot Classic.

Repeller “Tornado-200”

Tornado-200 operates in a single mode with a constantly changing frequency from 18 to 70 kHz. In this range, ultrasound “jumps” by 2-10 kHz every few minutes, which confuses the rodents, instills fear in them and makes them run away. Coverage of work area – up to 200 m2. As stated, Tornado can work at temperatures from -40 to 80 degrees, so you can safely leave it working in absolutely any room.

The device has a built-in stand, which allows you to install it on any hard surface. The manufacturer also recommends that for the best effect, attach the Tornado-200 as close to the ceiling as possible, directing its emitter to the center of the room. Based on user experience, this is valuable advice. So, Natalya writes:

“At first I didn’t understand why our Tornado didn’t work, because the rats continued to run around the basement - and this was with the device turned on! Then I realized that I had connected the repeller in the wrong place - right in front of the old sofa, which absorbed the ultrasound. When I cleared the room of upholstered furniture and other rubbish, the rats left after 3-4 days and have not appeared again yet.”

Remember that at the very beginning of using the device, it may seem that there are even more rodents in the room. This is the primary reaction to a new stimulus - ultrasound.

“For some time we were bothered at night by one or two rats that ran under the floor and rustled disgustingly, as if they were looking for something. One day one ran straight into our room while we were sleeping. We didn’t want to use poisons because rats die from them anywhere. When we finally connected the Tornado-200, the night running seemed to intensify. But we knew that increased activity from ultrasound was normal, so we left the device running. It seems that it was not in vain - in the following days we heard only 1 rat, and then they completely disappeared from the basement. While we sleep peacefully"

Repeller “ElectroCat Classic”

This repeller no longer has 1 operating mode, but 2 (day and night) with different emitted frequency ranges from a total of 5 to 100 kHz. This affordable ultrasonic repeller for ~₽999 is suitable for any room up to 200 m2, and, judging by satisfied user reviews, it copes very successfully with the task of scaring away uninvited tailed guests. The propagation angle of the device signal is 110 degrees. The frequency of ultrasound also constantly changes so that rodents do not have time to adapt to the same wave. It is possible to mount the device on the wall.

Users note that the repeller is a little noisy in the “Night” mode, but its effectiveness, apparently, outweighs this drawback, because they continue to purchase it. They advise, if possible, to install the device closer to the corner of the room to increase the coverage radius of the ultrasonic emitter. Svetlana Pavlovna left the following review:

“We have a small house, but it’s old, so the rats easily got inside and apparently decided to stay in the attic. I was even scared to go there after I saw the gnawed bags - they were probably looking for food. A neighbor advised me to buy an “ElectroCat” and turn it on at least at night. It worked, but at first the rats became even more active, and once I even saw little rats already on the stairs. It took more than one day to get rid of them - but it happened. Sometimes I turn the repeller on again so they don’t come back.”

Rat and mouse repellers for medium and large rooms up to 1200 m2

Do you need to get rid of rats from a large house or a huge industrial premises? Here we need more powerful devices that also have a visual effect on rats. We have selected 3 repellers: 2 of them will cope with rats in an area of ​​up to 400 m2, and the last one, the most powerful, will take “anti-rat control” up to 1200 m2 of space using 7 different operating modes.

To protect an average-sized house, the “Tornado-400” and “ElectroCat Turbo” . They are both designed for a maximum area of ​​400 m2, but they also have a number of differences.

Repeller ElectroCat Turbo

The device has 2 operating modes: Day and Night with a constantly changing ultrasound frequency in the range from 5 to 50 kHz. It affects rodents in three ways at once: ultrasound, sound and light. In day mode, only ultrasound is activated; in night mode, the device emits acoustic vibrations in the audio and ultrasonic ranges. Both modes are accompanied by intermittent lighting of a powerful LED. Exposure to both hearing and vision at once gives a much better repellent effect than exposure to ultrasound alone. The propagation angle of the device signal is 110 degrees.

“ElectroCat Turbo” can be placed without additional fasteners and stands (it has its own), but if necessary, you can hang it on the wall. You can also manually aim the emitter at the desired part of the room. This is an excellent solution to the question: how to drive rats out of a large house. Tatyana (Moscow) writes:

“I would never have thought that we could have rats or mice in our dacha. But when they began to regularly find someone’s droppings in the house, they realized that they needed to urgently take action. We chose the “Turbo” model, because... We have a big house, we connect it both in daytime mode and in “noisy” night mode when we leave. There is already noticeably less litter in the house. By the way, dogs react to it normally and are not nervous. We will recommend the device to our friends.”

Evgeniy S. advises not to forget to remove decorative rodents from the house during treatment.

“I have a decorative rat, and then, by an unfortunate accident, a couple of mice appeared in the apartment. They seemed small, but they caused trouble, they even stole my food, it was disgusting. I decided to check the work of “ElectroCat Turbo”, but forgot about my rat! She was very scared, rushing around the cage while the device was working at home. It’s bad that I did this and didn’t immediately take her out, but on the other hand, it means that ultrasound really works on rodents. The mice, by the way, disappeared quickly, but, fortunately, there were simply few of them.”

Price: 1490 rub.

Ultrasonic repeller Tornado-400

Tornado-400 has one operating mode with one powerful emitter (range 18-70 kHz) and is similar in technical characteristics to the Tornado-200 model, with the exception of greater room coverage due to an increase in the size of the emitter. Many people use it not only at home, but also at work.

“I work in a small grocery warehouse, and as you know, there can be rats in there. It’s good that we quickly noticed this and purchased Tornado-400, otherwise we would have suffered heavy losses. But when they connected it, they didn’t believe at all that this box could be effective; they heard a lot from their friends. At the same time, they laid out the poison, but the rodents almost didn’t touch it, because... after 4 days they were already running around in panic, looking for a way out. Now we always leave the repeller on overnight so that this horror doesn’t happen again.”

– writes Timofey.

Price: 2250 rub.

Repeller “Tornado-1200”

The most powerful repeller we are considering will take control of up to 1200 m2! This makes it an excellent option not only for a large home, but also for use in industrial and retail spaces, as well as in large food warehouses, which rats love. The signal from Tornado-1200 extends to all 360 degrees due to the round shape of the device and 4 multi-directional emitters. The device affects not only ultrasound in the range from 16 to 76 kHz, but also sound (from 1 to 7 kHz) and irregular flashes of light.

Hang it even on the ceiling - due to its unusual futuristic design, it will not disfigure, but even decorate the space. While other devices have 2 operating modes, this one has as many as 7 - you can choose the one that suits any situation. You don’t have to remove the device to select a mode - to switch, use the remote control that comes with the kit.

There are fewer reviews for it than for more affordable models. But experienced users confirm that it is worth its price and drives rodents out even from large rooms.

“I'm delighted with Tornado-1200! We didn’t want to save money - we had to get rid of the rats as quickly as possible, because there was a small child at home. When choosing a repeller, we settled on the most powerful device that we found, since the house is large. It’s convenient that you can vary the modes (we leave only ultrasound and light on at night) without removing the device from the ceiling. Even a child can handle it. We were worried about the cat, but he has not yet responded to the device in any way - we hope everything will continue to be so. We use the second day, there are already noticeably fewer rats.”

Price: 5750 rub.

Advantages of the repeller

Among the advantages of repellers as a method of rodent control are the following: they are safe for people, dogs and cats, have an unlimited service life and consume very little electricity. They can be used in any residential, office, retail and industrial enterprises, as well as food warehouses.

How to use a repeller correctly

1. Ultrasound is well reflected from hard materials (wood, concrete, glass), but is also well absorbed by soft ones - curtains, carpets, upholstered furniture, food in soft containers. Therefore, the less furniture and other objects there are in the room with the repeller, the better the effect of the ultrasonic device on rodents will be and the faster you will see the result.
2. Ultrasound is not able to penetrate walls: each infected room will require a separate repeller.
3. Although such repellers are safe, it is not recommended to stay at a distance of less than 2 m from the switched on device for a long time.
4. When using a repeller, remove domestic rodents such as hamsters and guinea pigs from the room: ultrasound will also cause anxiety, fear and panic in them.
5. From the point of view of scientists, if ultrasonic devices were unable to drive rodents out of the room within 2-3 weeks of constant operation, another method should be used to get rid of rats and mice.

Preventive measures

Maintaining cleanliness will prevent the appearance of harmful rodents in the apartment. Therefore, you should not be lazy to clean the room.

To prevent rats from getting under the floor, it is necessary to take basic preventive measures:

• regularly get rid of garbage in the apartment;
• do not allow any leftover food on the floor;
• immediately throw away spoiled food;
• wash dishes after every meal.

It is also always worth remembering that rats feel great near garbage cans and in the basements of residential buildings, since there is a large amount of spoiled food there, and the unpleasant smell attracts them.

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