71silverbullet
Sharpshooter
Ok don't know where to post this so this sounds like as good a place as any.
I have a large rat living in my garage, and he is very smart. I've tried a variety of traps and bait with no luck. I've used rat traps with cheese, peanut butter, bologna, and raw meat. He didn't touch any of it. I've put glue traps out and he goes around them. The wife bought some electric trap it didn't work either. All of these were placed where he travels to his nest.
Last weekend I put on my night vision goggles and sat with a 22 pistol loaded with bird shot, sat quietly in the dark for about an hour, turns out he has night vision too! He poked his head out from under the safe, I saw him, moved slightly and he ducked back and didn't come back out.
Poison is not an option because the garage is also the dogs house.
I have no idea how he did this but tonight I pulled the safe out and there was TWO FULL snow shovel scoops full of cat litter under there! Probably 15 pounds of cat litter!
This has been going on for a couple of months. I've removed 3 different nests in three different places.
I know most of you will probably disagree, but I really believe there is only one in there. I've only seen him one time running, and the one time with the nv goggles.
I'm determined not to let this rat win, I plan on setting up some kind of blind and trying the nv and bird shot again this weekend.
Any suggestions?
I have a large rat living in my garage, and he is very smart. I've tried a variety of traps and bait with no luck. I've used rat traps with cheese, peanut butter, bologna, and raw meat. He didn't touch any of it. I've put glue traps out and he goes around them. The wife bought some electric trap it didn't work either. All of these were placed where he travels to his nest.
Last weekend I put on my night vision goggles and sat with a 22 pistol loaded with bird shot, sat quietly in the dark for about an hour, turns out he has night vision too! He poked his head out from under the safe, I saw him, moved slightly and he ducked back and didn't come back out.
Poison is not an option because the garage is also the dogs house.
I have no idea how he did this but tonight I pulled the safe out and there was TWO FULL snow shovel scoops full of cat litter under there! Probably 15 pounds of cat litter!
This has been going on for a couple of months. I've removed 3 different nests in three different places.
I know most of you will probably disagree, but I really believe there is only one in there. I've only seen him one time running, and the one time with the nv goggles.
I'm determined not to let this rat win, I plan on setting up some kind of blind and trying the nv and bird shot again this weekend.
Any suggestions?