I have a Rat in the Shed

I think i have a wild rat in the shed. It's starting to get cold outside, and it's pretty warm in there. Not to mention its a food buffet for any wild rodents. I do all my rat breeding in the shed, and i've been noticing things just not right. Insulation getting ripped out of the wall. a mound of food in one corner of the shed. The rat droppings are huge too! What in the world do you do in this situation. Thats all i need my neighbors to start complaining that wild rats are in their house. I'll be dead!

Oh yeah i checked for, escapees and i'm pretty sure, it's not one of my rats. Everybody seems to be there, and none of the tubs are chewed!
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-Tyree

Traps, and lots of them.

And when you catch it, kill it.

And also check your feeders for mites.

Ditto that. Rat poison, lots o' traps and check your rats for any illness or parasites.

I think i just found how he got in too! gonna be tough to patch this hole up! Ahhhhh!

i guess it would help if i didn't drop food all over the floor when i'm filling up the hoppers!


wow thats a lot of rats to check! :rage::rage::rage::rage:

You could just go ahead and treat them, just to be safe.

Make sure to keep a check on the water lines. That was my biggest problem with wild rats, chewing water lines and creating floods.

I don't think it would have mattered if you didn't drop food on the floor. :P Good luck finding that rat.

I hate killing things but wild rats are not on my saving list. I would say trap it and dispose of it. I would check all your rats just to make sure nothing is wrong and patch up the whole. I hope everything turns out ok!

Get a live trap and set it free in a field miles and miles away from your house. Poison it and it could die somewhere hard to reach and you won't notice it until it starts stinking.

My concern would be that it might carry something and make my feeders sick.

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by FatBoy

Make sure to keep a check on the water lines. That was my biggest problem with wild rats, chewing water lines and creating floods.

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i have water bottles! But i get your point! i gotta catch him!

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Originally Posted by Rapture

I don't think it would have mattered if you didn't drop food on the floor. :P Good luck finding that rat.

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Yea i'm sure he would have gotten in anyway!

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Originally Posted by RoyalGuardian

I hate killing things but wild rats are not on my saving list. I would say trap it and dispose of it. I would check all your rats just to make sure nothing is wrong and patch up the whole. I hope everything turns out ok!

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i think patching up the hole is going to be extremely impossible. its right by the door and rats can squeeze into just about anything!

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Originally Posted by marmie

Get a live trap and set it free in a field miles and miles away from your house. Poison it and it could die somewhere hard to reach and you won't notice it until it starts stinking.

My concern would be that it might carry something and make my feeders sick.

Good luck!

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I'm too worried about the smell because it's outside. but your right stinking, molding dead rat is not a good smell. how about when i went on a weekend trip and i forgot about the F/t rat that wasn't eaten. it was left in a bucket in the snake room and WOW! still makes my eye tear!