Advice on unwanted visitors ( part 2 )

[ThaiLife]

I originally posted this topic here

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/656960-advice-on-unwanted-visitors/

but as it was back in 2013 , that thread has now been archived , so I thought I would post an up date

Well its been some time since the original battle with un wanted visitors began , I tried every thing to catch them , rat poison of every sort , liquid rat repellant , wooden and plastic spring loaded traps, home made traps , shop bought metal cage box type traps , flashing LED lights in the engine compartment , ultrasonic gadgets , some rats were caught but overall nothing was very successful or reliable .

Then I spotted this on ebay

and it seems to be working very well when placed in my cars engine bay compartment , and is simple to set up and use.

past damage

I still use a metal cage box rat trap around the exterior of the house and last week it caught this rat

I said to the wife that this rat looks just like a rat that was caught several weeks ago in the same box trap around the house , as it had some scars on its back , so at that time my wife had taken the rat and let it go at the near by local rubbish dump , so this time the rat that was caught I decided for an experiment to paint its tail with red paint and let it go over 2 km away from our house.

This rat below was caught in the electronic trap placed in my cars engine bay compartment yesterday , and its the same rat I had painted its tail red .

It reminds me of an episode of Fawlty Towers , called Basil the rat , where Manuel has a homing rat .

So my wife asked me , how did this rat know the way back to our house thats over 2 km in distance from where she let it go , and ive no idea !!

[meatboy]

"YOU DIRTY RAT YOU" he was more than likely living there before you came and trampled all over his home.let him stay,or get a CAT.

[lj cm]

Funny story. Thank you for lighten the day up at little bit.

[Jessi]

He found his way home by using his GPS just like any good rat would.

[aussiandrew]

You ask how did the rat get back to your place? he hitched a ride back inside your car of course as he was spending every night under the bonnet the liked the ride.Good post

Haha.

[JAS21]

For a treat why not take him to the seaside and then while he is enjoying a swim...wave bye bye

[ThaiLife]

Its been a long and winding road trying to catch / kill or persuade the rodent community not to head to the engine bay , and look for a snack of plastic and copper

One great idea I had was to make the engine bay interior at night time as un comfortable as possible to the rodents, by hanging this mirror ball from a length of string under the car bonnet, along with a set of bright red and white flashing 12 volt LED lights , for some strange reason it did not work , if any thing the visitors only seemed to increased in numbers.

its yet another mouse mystery

[lj cm]

Very smart Electronic Rat Killer. How much did it cost?.

Maybe it could also be used for pigeons?.

They are (kind of) "flying rats". We have a lot of them walking around in my garden and sh.t all over the place.

[tifino]

another unwanted visitor - the big spider

just pulling in to the garage one night after a 2 hour drive, and I noticed this shadow whisp across in front of us

I was just stopping anyway, and so I switched off the engine

THAT was a mistake

Seems the spidey was happily enjoyed the massaging vibration of the drive/engine, and got spooked the moment all went still.

Until that time - all I ever thought to ever scare my tough missus - was the memory of swallowing fishbones in her meal when a child (not that she swallowed the spider that night, but...)

[ThaiLife]

Very smart Electronic Rat Killer. How much did it cost?.

Maybe it could also be used for pigeons?.

They are (kind of) "flying rats". We have a lot of them walking around in my garden and sh.t all over the place.

About 900 Baht delivered to the door from ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electronic-Mice-Rat-Killer-Rodent-Repeller-Electric-Trap-Zapper-Pest-Control-/400757374534?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5d4f003e46

I'm sure a pgieon would be able to poke its head into the trap opening , but as to the outcome , well

[lj cm]

Very smart Electronic Rat Killer. How much did it cost?.

Maybe it could also be used for pigeons?.

They are (kind of) "flying rats". We have a lot of them walking around in my garden and sh.t all over the place.

About 900 Baht delivered to the door from ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electronic-Mice-Rat-Killer-Rodent-Repeller-Electric-Trap-Zapper-Pest-Control-/400757374534?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5d4f003e46

I'm sure a pgieon would be able to poke its head into the trap opening , but as to the outcome , well

The usage is unlimited.

The Isan people would love it; fresh rice rat everyday for breakfast!.

Maybe send a copy of the post to the Isan Forum?.