Hello there, Ive moved into a house and noticed small footsteps and some scratching sounds.

im assuming its rats and i want to put inside the attic and outside the house.

I have a dog and 2 cats, will they eat these stuffs or this rat bait is mae to only attact rats?

Also will there be any effect if the pets eats the dead rats ?

Any experts out here, please kindly advice.

Thank you in advance.

*Pest control service is the last option, as i dont want any toxic chemicals sprayed inside & outside my house

The cats and maybe the dogs if they are hungry could eat the dead rats,

which would not be good for them , in your situation i would use the

sticky traps , they are about size of dinner plate ,two stuck together,

separate them ,put peanuts ,or another kind of bait on the middle

and put them up in your loft, check daily ,you should soon catch them.

they are usually tree rats ,not the dirty sewer rats ,and left the trees to

come in roofs of houses during the raining season.

some people will say the sticky traps are cruel , but these are rats ,vermin.

cause disease and could burn your house down if they chew the electrical wires.

regards worgeordie

Those glue boards are the way to go. You don’t need to check them daily, you will still know when you’ve caught a rat, you will hear it thrashing periodically trying to get out the trap.

Dont use any kind of poison. You will regret it if you do. Rats eat the poison , crawl into an inexcessibe place and die.

As their bodies slowly decompose over a few weeks , the resultant stink is worse than the scratching. A horrible odour of death that can escape through the smallest of holes.

Best thing to do is get some spring loaded traps or cage traps so that you can dispose of anything you catch. Mr DIY sells them and not expensive. Best bait is peanut butter on a puece of bread. This works better rhan cheese.

Rats breed fast and have big litters. You need to be diligent and very pro active.

A couple of years ago I had to leave the country for a couple of minths on business. On my return there was a serious rat and pigeon infestation. Mice even got into the car and built a nest in the air con unit. Cost 2500 to remove the dashboard and clean everything.

Over the following 4 months I was continually catching rats in the ceiling and MILs ceiling. Total was over 40 rats...lost count. Eventually , I got them all and peace returned. Unfortunatrly, rats leave a scent trail so occasionally, even now the odd rat turns up but is quickly trapped.

First 9 years here no rats. I take a couple of months away and infestation due to relatives indifference.