Popular Post advancebooking Posted May 16 Popular Post Share Posted May 16 Yesterday I went to close a long screen door and a rat or mouse ran across in front of me. Rain has started and I recommend putting the sticky rat baits down with some cheese in the middle. Put them inside your rooms. During covid time I was sleeping in the spare room bc the wife was co sharing with our child. My room had a few boxes with papers everywhere. Anyways, in the middle of deep sleep and suddenly woke up to a sharp bite on my finger. It scared the absolute crap out of me. I couldnt see a snake anywhere. The next day thought I would put a sticky rat bait and sure enough caught the bugger. It was during covid time. I thought I refuse to have the jab so why not test if my body could survive a rat bite. After a week I felt ill- really pale and sickly. My wife asked if I wanted to go to the hospital. I ended up telling the dr what happened and was on antibiotics for a week. So it seems that a common rat bite is more lethal to my system than catching the dreaded chinese virus which I had a few times. cheers 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 We now have an outside cat , just young ,but she has already caught a squirrel ,hope she can keep them in check , they are tree rats and get into the downstairs ceiling every year in rainy season, they make a lot of noise running about and chew up the LAN wires , We too use the sticky traps but put peanuts or chocolate as bait , but just hope the cat does its job this year , she can get up on the first floor roof ,where the gain access. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 rats generally infest dirty places. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiejohn Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 48 minutes ago, advancebooking said: Yesterday I went to close a long screen door and a rat or mouse ran across in front of me. Rain has started and I recommend putting the sticky rat baits down with some cheese in the middle. Put them inside your rooms. During covid time I was sleeping in the spare room bc the wife was co sharing with our child. My room had a few boxes with papers everywhere. Anyways, in the middle of deep sleep and suddenly woke up to a sharp bite on my finger. It scared the absolute crap out of me. I couldnt see a snake anywhere. The next day thought I would put a sticky rat bait and sure enough caught the bugger. It was during covid time. I thought I refuse to have the jab so why not test if my body could survive a rat bite. After a week I felt ill- really pale and sickly. My wife asked if I wanted to go to the hospital. I ended up telling the dr what happened and was on antibiotics for a week. So it seems that a common rat bite is more lethal to my system than catching the dreaded chinese virus which I had a few times. cheers Or safer still get a CAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 How do they get inside? Presumably filling any holes is a good place to start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jts-khorat Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 17 minutes ago, stoner said: rats generally infest dirty places. Well, most Thailand cities and villages are dirty places, with the lidded sewers along the streets, creating perfect conditions for rats. Have a seat at any street eatery and watch the rubbish bins or where they wash the dirty dishes in a basin and you will see them. Now that rainy season has started, those same street rats will flee water, so they will more often house in human dwellings. It is totally normal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted May 16 Popular Post Share Posted May 16 You ran huge risk with that rat bite. Suppose it carried rabies? You would be dead now... As to the sticky glue traps, I won't use them. What a horrible way for the rate to die, stuck on the glue. I have a live trap that I use in my home and then release the rats (into my neighbour's garden...!) 1 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOneHere Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 My rats live above the ceiling, under the roof. And you really don't want to poison them. Because they will die there and in this heat start smelling extremely strong. Even a white maggots will start appearing around your house/inside the house. And if you have typical Thai house the area under the roof is inaccessible. Only way is to start breaking the ceiling. So no poisoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 3 hours ago, jts-khorat said: Well, most Thailand cities and villages are dirty places, with the lidded sewers along the streets, creating perfect conditions for rats. Have a seat at any street eatery and watch the rubbish bins or where they wash the dirty dishes in a basin and you will see them. Now that rainy season has started, those same street rats will flee water, so they will more often house in human dwellings. It is totally normal. i don't eat at thai street eatery places ever. in fact i hardly ever eat any thai food at all. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FritsSikkink Posted May 16 Popular Post Share Posted May 16 5 hours ago, advancebooking said: I thought I refuse to have the jab so why not test if my body could survive a rat bite. Sounds quite stupid to me. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 4 hours ago, BangkokReady said: How do they get inside? Presumably filling any holes is a good place to start. Smelled the cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubber Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 8 hours ago, simon43 said: You ran huge risk with that rat bite. Suppose it carried rabies? You would be dead now... As to the sticky glue traps, I won't use them. What a horrible way for the rate to die, stuck on the glue. I have a live trap that I use in my home and then release the rats (into my neighbour's garden...!) It is a horrible way for the rat to die if you follow the instructions on the rat glue. "Pour gasoline, Ignite". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Paulson Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 When it ran by did you catch any Thais saying “arroi”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT555 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 In India rats are celebrated... but in Hungary they Budapest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredwiggy Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 (edited) Rats and mice don't just enter dirty places. If they smell food, in any house, they will try and get in, and the opening only has to be the size of a quarter, so sealing any holes has to be done. Having cats helps of course. Sticky traps are the way to go, although not really humane, but vermin do not belong in a house so that's the only way to go if you have cats, because spring traps might catch them. Poisoning isn't good also, because, as stated, they will die in the walls or attic and smell awful for quite awhile. Poisoning outside doesn't work because it kills domestic animals also. Also,like mentioned, poisoning kills them in the house, where they die and can't always be located, and this attracts other rats. If you catch them, find a local that will take them, as they eat rats here all over. Edited May 17 by fredwiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejets Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 11 hours ago, advancebooking said: Rain has started and I recommend putting the sticky rat baits down with some cheese in the middle. I'd be giving serious thought to moving to a cleaner environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredwiggy Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 9 minutes ago, bluejets said: I'd be giving serious thought to moving to a cleaner environment. It has nothing to do with a clean environment but food and shelter. If they can get in, they will. Rats are everywhere, as well as mice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradiston Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 11 hours ago, advancebooking said: Yesterday I went to close a long screen door and a rat or mouse ran across in front of me. Rain has started and I recommend putting the sticky rat baits down with some cheese in the middle. Put them inside your rooms. During covid time I was sleeping in the spare room bc the wife was co sharing with our child. My room had a few boxes with papers everywhere. Anyways, in the middle of deep sleep and suddenly woke up to a sharp bite on my finger. It scared the absolute crap out of me. I couldnt see a snake anywhere. The next day thought I would put a sticky rat bait and sure enough caught the bugger. It was during covid time. I thought I refuse to have the jab so why not test if my body could survive a rat bite. After a week I felt ill- really pale and sickly. My wife asked if I wanted to go to the hospital. I ended up telling the dr what happened and was on antibiotics for a week. So it seems that a common rat bite is more lethal to my system than catching the dreaded chinese virus which I had a few times. cheers Bat bite or rat bite. Both very nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowellandrew Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I just let my pet snake out for a few days, problem solved, but a few unhappy neighbor's, The real problems with rats & mice is leptospirosis, As they move about they urinate, In say a warehouse or your local mom&pop shop over beer cans, bottles & snacks of rice etc. years ago I was told that is why you got given a straw, Thailand is ranked as number 7, worst With 48.9 cases per million population Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradiston Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 (edited) 9 hours ago, AnotherOneHere said: My rats live above the ceiling, under the roof. And you really don't want to poison them. Because they will die there and in this heat start smelling extremely strong. Even a white maggots will start appearing around your house/inside the house. And if you have typical Thai house the area under the roof is inaccessible. Only way is to start breaking the ceiling. So no poisoning. I had a major problem in the loft with some critters or other. Never found out what they were, but they made a lot of noise. A friend gave me a can of Chinese spray. I'm not kidding! The rats disappeared after one spray. It's available very cheaply on Lazada, about 16 THB a can. I recommend. Edited May 17 by bradiston 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CecilM Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Work great on those pesky little gekkos too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingamabob Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 11 hours ago, scottiejohn said: Or safer still get a CAT! Better still, two cats.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 11 hours ago, stoner said: rats generally infest dirty places. Doesn't have to be dirty in your house, we live with rice fields around us. Have seen a rat in yard before. My dog lucky has fun killing them in garden so they don't make it inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, fredwiggy said: Rats and mice don't just enter dirty places. If they smell food, in any house, they will try and get in, and the opening only has to be the size of a quarter, so sealing any holes has to be done. Having cats helps of course. Sticky traps are the way to go, although not really humane, but vermin do not belong in a house so that's the only way to go if you have cats, because spring traps might catch them. Poisoning isn't good also, because, as stated, they will die in the walls or attic and smell awful for quite awhile. Poisoning outside doesn't work because it kills domestic animals also. Also,like mentioned, poisoning kills them in the house, where they die and can't always be located, and this attracts other rats. If you catch them, find a local that will take them, as they eat rats here all over. When I lived in PNG they use to eat a holes in the metal fly screens to get inside. Rat traps outside near hole solved problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbee2022 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 13 hours ago, advancebooking said: sticky rat baits down with some cheese in the middle. Put them inside your rooms. Be careful when having a pee at night. Stepping into the sticky glue and then on top bitten by a rat might disturb your night🙏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 My wife put one out under her car....Only problem came when it was not far enough away from our daytime tethered cat.... The trap caught the rat & the cat....What a huge sound explosion as our cat got half of himself glued to the trap in a confined space under the car & then bolted into his kitty condo.... What a frickin mess trying to free, clean, & calm down a very frightened & not too happy good sized cat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Rats, and Mice ++, many of them among the sacks of Rice in Big C extra, and Makro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Quite a few of these comments provide a great argument for only living in high end Bangkok condos. Unlikely to see a rat on the 24th floor of a top condo. I've don't even get mosquitos or roaches in my place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Buy a sausage dog assassin anything that moves gets shredded instantly 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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