If it has black/brown fur and a white tail tip, then might be a rakali - not a rat as such.
Comment on Discussion Thread đ Thursday 3 April 2025
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠agoTheyâre so fast couldnât get one :( This one is actually at the place here in Melbs (which I have to leave and head down the coast, but alarm is the problem). Iâm really not a fan of poison so plan of a attack is to stop it from getting into the house with a bit of wood under the dishwasher and deal with it on sunday somehow lol.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Good idea! If youâre not interested in poison, I think Bunnings has humane traps that donât kill the rat. But Iâm not sure.
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
I made one with a bucket, tp roll on a stick and Pb on the roll. Rodent climbs up tries to get to Pb and falls in the bucket.
SituationCake@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Stainless steel wool balls, the thicker coil type, is excellent for stuffing gaps around pipework to keep rodents out. They donât like to chew on it. The trickery part is to make sure the rat is trapped out of the house, and not in, when steel wool is applied!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
ooh thatâs a very good idea thank you for that Iâll go that method.
And yea, I donât know whether itâs inside or still under the dishwasher / wherever so thatâs a problem heh.