Rat in my shed not the one with wheels

[kelvin2008]

Opened up my shed only to see a rat scuttling off, looked pretty big, dread to think the damage it could do to my cars interior so anyone got an air rifle for sale as Ive got pets so wont use poison, im in cambridgeshire so plenty of country boys about, dont need to be fancy but powerful and accurate, scope would be nice, anyone recomend any air rifle forums with sales section?

[Richard]

Wouldn't you be better to get hold of somebody who has a terrier?

[Ratdat]

I had one in my poly tunnel recently. Put down one of those old fashioned wooden traps and next morning it was a gonner. If you have animals place the trap under a board lent against the wall at 45 degrees and weigh it down with some bricks.

[Mr Lobster]

And bear in mind that there will be more than one of them....

[trigger]

Wouldn't you be better to get hold of somebody who has a terrier?

When i was on break at work today there was some program with that giant eared freak Martin Clunes on with him interviewing some bloke who uses Terriers for ratting, Never seen anything like it, they just shake the things to death

[Ratdat]

And bear in mind that there will be more than one of them....

This is true. No point in killing them if they can still get in.

[bigstraight6]

If you know someone with a terrier that would definately be the best option, caught and dealt with in no time...I hate rats, filthy vermin that they are, I saw some around the bins in a carpark at the rear of some restaurant and takeaway premises a few weeks ago, and to coin a stereotype they were the size of cats.....

[kelvin2008]

Its going to be hard to make rat proof as its old and wooden, the empty old building next door with overgrown garden doesnt help either but I wont say anything as Ive got the council on my case for too many cars as it is.

[MrRegieRitmo]

Wouldn't you be better to get hold of somebody who has a terrier?

 

[Richard]

Aye, nothing better for running the fuckers over.

[Cavcraft]

Wouldn't you be better to get hold of somebody who has a terrier?

 

Imagine the damage it'd cause, have you ever tried the brakes on one of those things? You have to send a telegram to the next town town to tell them you are planning on stopping there

[chester drawers]

Befriend local moggies (not the Issigonis designed ones). An average sized domestic cat is quite capable of despatching rats. One regularly trots across the work car park with one in its mouth and it's not feral.

 

There's an added bonus here too - cat's tend not to dump in their own territory. There's at least 4 wander through my garden and a similar number through my parents' and I've yet to find cat crap in either. Chase them off like some of my mates do and spend all your time finding little presents when cutting the grass

 

CATS = WIN

 

Maine Coon anyone?

[HillmanImp]

Failing the above, if you think the rat is living outside, just popping into your garage for a bit off a snoop around, try and find its burrow. Had a rat problem at a house i lived in years ago. They were living in the garden and the council were round all the time trying to get rid of them with poison and traps but to no avail. I had a look under all the hedges round the garden found the burrow and popped a hosepipe down it and drowned the buggers. Rat problem solved. Problem is fining the burrow. Its just a small hole in the ground.I hate rats and my skin is crawling writing this. Ugh!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Is it a real, proper rat or is it just rat 'look'.

[greengartside]

If you do decide to get an air rifle, as well as shooting the rat(look) scum, can you also please shoot that guy who repeatedly loses all his tunes on his iphone? Faaanks!

 

*EDIT* I've found the rat....

 

[pogweasel]

What you need is a Jack Russell. Preferably the yappy, fucking irritating short-legged black-white-brown one who goes beserk if anyone comes in my gaffe and generally makes life hell for all of us and my lovely stinky old collie, and is currently sat next to me licking his dirty balls on my nice clean sofa. DOG TWAT.

[bigstraight6]

My feline killer 'Charlie' (aka the devil cat) and his pal from across the road 'Moo Moo' (Yes, that really is his name, and I thought cats were supposed to be territorial ) are both highly experienced in the art of rodent control, and have copped many mice/rats and even rabbits and squirrels.....

[trigger]

What you need is my dad's old work mate, I remember many years ago helping him and my dad to move some old bails of hay when a nest of rats appeared, So my dad's mate who was a old boy and ex-farmhand got out his pitch fork and started stabbing them onto the end of the fork and lobbing them across the yard, I nearly threw up.

[lovejoy]

What you need is my dad's old work mate, I remember many years ago helping him and my dad to move some old bails of hay when a nest of rats appeared, So my dad's mate who was a old boy and ex-farmhand got out his pitch fork and started stabbing them onto the end of the fork and lobbing them across the yard, I nearly threw up.

At first, I was trying to figure out how you would kill a rat with a Black & Decker work mate..... !

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I would use the 'vice' feature of the workmate to squeeze the rat until it expired.

[lovejoy]

Here's the solution to your problem .....

 

 

a little pussy, preferably pissed !

[chester drawers]

^^^^^

And ev’rybody tells me that it’s cool to be a catCool for cats

Nice picture :DMoo Moo. Owner a fan of KLF perhaps?

[Spottedlaurel]

Errghh. I hate rats. We had a problem with them at our last house, due to our skanky neighbours keeping chickens. I could look outside pretty much any time of the day and see them (the rats that is) helping themselves out of the feeders.However, they (the rats, again) liked to live our side of the fence and inhabited my woodshed and outside panel/parts store and compost heap. In the end I had to take it down and burn it and a lot of its contents - unbeknown to me I moved an old tea chest that must've had a nest inside it as at least one rat came out of it (though I may have got some others ).Once the neighbours had a move around in the 'garden', when they uncovered at least three nests and their dogs got 30+ rats Our new place is somewhat rural, but as we don't have anything of interest to them we don't seem to have an issue with them. Stoats, moles, rabbits, yes, and mice get into the sheds and garage. I can put up with the latter, as long as they don't find their way into the Laurel although with the amount of paperwork and household stuff out there I'm not keen when they get into the shed.

[Pillock]

I've got a couple of terriers for rent. Not Leyland ones, four-legged. They don't half shake stuff well so a rat would be a gonner in seconds, although one has a poor grip and likes to let go mid-shake resulting in the shakee being flung through the air.You might also have to play "tuggy" with the remains of the rat.Actually, I think an air-rifle might be better

[fotorabia]

I live in a ginormous old wool shed..beside the river..last winter I had what gradually turned into a huge mafia of rats..they knocked shit over on midnight dog biscuit raids..playing one way over-taking..and my Jack Russel is 7ms below rat level..so hes bloody useless..so i poisoned the fackers..one evening making dinner..a dying rat staggered past much to the dogs suprise...it was just so pathetic and it was getting its dying revenge..so i got a hammer and flattened its head..two blows to make sure..its brain shot a meter towards the dog..

 

 

neither dog or I find rat appetising,,,

[Hudsonpie]

Crikey Charlie looks as hard as nails.....is dat his bitch...?

[FredTransit]

Wouldn't you be better to get hold of somebody who has a terrier?

I'll go with that, the canine type not the 7.5 tonner. We have two Jack Russells, they do like a rat, but get bored when they stop moving. I saw the thing with Martin Clunes, the working terriers were AWSOME!We also have 2 Lurchers, so not much survives in our garden if seen.

[pompei]

Hey, lovejoy, what's our cat doing in your box?

 

Never mind, I'll go and see off those rodents after another sleep ...

 

[wilko]

Air rifle is not really the answer - unless the garage is infested, you could spend hours waiting to even see one & you'll never wipe them out by shooting them. The fact you've seen one means there are probably at least ten in the vicinity though!Just count yourself lucky you've only got a black or a brown rat problem - according to my mate "Ratman Paul" (a professional pest exterminator covering your neck of the woods), there is a small town somewhere in Cambridgeshire (I forget where) where there are american swamp rats breeding in the sewers, and they litterally are the size of a cat... He reckons they may have got over in a cargo shipment to one of the US air bases.

[FredTransit]

All the Jack Russells I have ever met would just call see those Swap Rats as an enjoyable challenge. Trust me, they just don't know their size, and JRTs always think they are the size of a Rotweiler!