What about in places rats are invasive?
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allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
don’t poison rats/mice :(. They didn’t ask to be born a “pest”. Get a humane trap and capture them then take them to somewhere with food/water, a river perhaps
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 month ago
binomialchicken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Do not relocate them, it is sadly less humane. There are already other animals living in these areas who are barely surviving as-is, and introducing new ones potentially has the effect of killing both natives and those introduced, through competition for resources and damage to established habitat. Many will succumb to disease or environmental hazards they are not acclimated to, dying a slow wretched death.
Adopt a shelter cat and buy quick-kill snap traps if they are causing damage or contaminating living spaces. If they are someplace where they don’t cause major damage, you could consider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ContraPest to depopulate them over a long period.
optissima@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
They keep returning and I am losing it :( if you have other ideas I am open to them
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Don’t listen to this person. Don’t use posion because it’s bad for other wildlife. Get the old reliable snap traps and break those fucker’s necks.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 month ago
fun story. I had a mouse problem and got those traps. fucker was too quick for his own good though.
One night I hear the SNAP and go to investigate. when I find it all I see is an empty trap… no…wait…not empty.
that fucker lost his front two arms in the trap and had ripped them clean off.
little son of a bitch wasn’t so fast anymore after that, the next trap got him.
optissima@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I will admit I did try this at one point, they didn’t work and I didn’t have the heart to keep doing it. I haven’t done poison yet for the same reason.
RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
brutal…but it works most of time.
I was thinking of having those CO² traps, then I checked and it was 200? yeah…no
allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
they’re returning because it’s easier to find food in your house than in the wild. I’d suggest keeping your bin empty, sealing off bags of food, and just generally not allowing them to eat in your place. If you remove their source of food/water, they most likely won’t come back
optissima@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Been doing all these things. They chew through sealed packages, bin is always empty, so I am stumped as to what they are eating here. We live in a city, so it’s not like we’re the only option, but our landlord won’t seal the holes in the house up so I’ve been assuming we’re just the most accessible warm location on the block.
allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
no worries. best of luck removing the rats. :(
PhoenixAlpha@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Off-topic but wow, great recommendation. Setting it up right away!
allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Yup. It’s literally changed my life. As i said, I had a HUGE roach problem. But now they’re mostly gone because i am keeping on top of my chores. HABITICA? HELLYEAHICA!
Skipcast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Shame it requires an account. Doubt they don’t do some heavy data tracking like every other similar app
Badabinski@kbin.earth 1 month ago
You need to take them a fair distance away. The recommendations I've seen are to take them at least 3 kilometers (~2 miles) away.
optissima@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Thank you for the advice (and the use of a reasonable measurement), I will take them to the next town and find out
Badabinski@kbin.earth 1 month ago
Hopefully it helps! Killing them is not an option for me or my partner, so we did a fair bit of research. We found a lovely little wooded stream to drop the mice off at, and we made sure to sprinkle some good mouse food around the area before we let them out (since their survival rate will be quite low without some kind of help).