My friend Karina recently had a rat in her house. She was trying to get rid of it and was frustrated because it had figured out a way to spring rat traps and get away with the bait placed there.
We suggested that she try the sticky traps, instead. So Karina bought some of them and set them out.
The rat flipped them over, walked on the unsticky side, and got the bait.
We were pretty impressed. Karina went on a major cleaning rampage for about two weeks. Everywhere she found rat droppings, she would vaccuum and make sure that that area got thoroughly cleaned out. Eventually, the rat went to the attic, where there happened to be a long-forgotten bag of rat poison. He got into that and finally died.
Still, we think it's a pity, in a way. That was clearly a very intelligent and innovative rat. He even managed to elude Karina's two greyhounds, one of whom has caught rats before, outside.
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Date: 2005-02-27 08:42 pm (UTC)We suggested that she try the sticky traps, instead. So Karina bought some of them and set them out.
The rat flipped them over, walked on the unsticky side, and got the bait.
We were pretty impressed. Karina went on a major cleaning rampage for about two weeks. Everywhere she found rat droppings, she would vaccuum and make sure that that area got thoroughly cleaned out. Eventually, the rat went to the attic, where there happened to be a long-forgotten bag of rat poison. He got into that and finally died.
Still, we think it's a pity, in a way. That was clearly a very intelligent and innovative rat. He even managed to elude Karina's two greyhounds, one of whom has caught rats before, outside.
Chantal