[Concerned]

I`ve copied my below post from another thread, it was the update on how we dealt with rats in the timber frame and attics of our house. I hope it may be of use to anyone else with this problem.


Just a quick update. We put traps around the house, into the attic space and into the bits of wall we dismantled and caught just one mouse, we know we have the odd mouse move into the house most autums but the cats generally deal with the problem very quickly.

Not one of the traps caught a rat. However, I installed a sonic/magnetic all singing all dancing repeller device and sprayed different scents (sometimes cats pee, sometimes just air freshner, disinfectants, perfumes, whatever came to hand) into the house frame wherever possible at least once a day. If we heard any noise we banged on the wall/ceiling with different objects to make different sounds and, I think, generally made life very nerve racking for rats who apparently hate new/different, sights, sounds and smells.

Eventually one rather thin and ill looking rat was caught by my son in the kitchen wall, (a panel removed for access as we`d heard scratchings there quite a lot) and dispatched humanely. I felt really sorry for it.

That was early Feb and we have neither heard nor seen any sound of rodents since. I am just beginning to relax and believe we may have got rid of the problem.

I hope this helps anyone else who has a problem with rats in the house. Its not a quick fix and I`m told that if the rats had been breeding it would have taken longer to get rid of them as they don`t readily abandon their young.

I don`t know if we just had that one rat, although I understand it is unlikely as they are social creatures, or if the others simply moved out when life became too uncomforatable for them in our house. Either way I will be leaving the repeller on permantly.