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Originally Posted by rats!  There is something BIG in our roof space (we have a huge roof space accessible through cupboard doors upstairs.)
The big problem being that we want to sell the house and have a structural survey in 10 days. What can we do?
I don't really like the idea of glue boards or poison, but according to the pest control people I have spoken to on the phone rats are just too clever to get caught by traps unless there is a very limited space they have to use as a corridor. I am not completely squeamish, I just don't much like the idea of using something that causes a long drawn out death if there is a more humane method available. If I have to though, I will - I don't want to lose this sale.
I am tempted to try a sonic repeller, but it sounds as though they don't always work - and to be honest, I now don't have the time to try any experiments.
I am guessing that a terrier wouldn't work in a loft space? If it would, does anyone know of a west country ratting terrier?! |
Are you sure it's rats?
We have the same problem. Fortunately for us it's a squirrel. We had a pest control company confirm it.
The first thing to do is find their method of access and block it. Not always easy, we struggled to see how on earth the squirrels were getting into ours. In the end we decided they were getting in on our neighbours side and running inside behind the soffit boards.
I've set a trap, but I'm not holding my breath to catch it.
It's now a war of nerves. I wait until I hear it and then I noisily open the hatch door to our loft.This makes the squirrel go out. I'm hoping he gives up before I do.
I've tried one of the sonic devices and at first I thought it worked but now it doesn't make any difference.
The one easy way to confirm what's up there is to look for signs of droppings. If they're everywhere and it's very obviously smelly, then it's probably rats. If its not overly smelly and droppings are mainly in small areas, it's far more likely to be squirrels.