how to catch a rat?

[akaangela]

Good luck catching the rat. My dog is the official mouse catcher (when my asf's get out) my cat doesn't want to be bothered by trying to catch them :

[mdjudson]

I just put 2 sticky traps with peanut butter out so we will see what happens... if all else false I let the doberman loose!

[wishexotics]

Since I breed rats in a large quantity I may have a couple of tips. First of all rodents always run along walls rarely across open spaces, with their poor eyesight they need to be able to feel where they are going. Sticky traps suck, don't work. They collect dust and they can run across them. If you do manage to get him stuck to it, you have to kill the rat with a blunt object. You cannot rip them off, it will remove fur and skin. I prefer either catching them by hand, with a little coaxing and cornering. If that fails I either use snap traps or a bb gun (bb guns work for shooting PETA supporters too!). I would never use poison in your house has it will dehydrate them and they will die inside a wall. You will have to locate the awful smell they produce. If you can reach the rat the best thing really is to try to sneak up on it and pin it with your palm to the ground. Good luck!

[Kevin_Hornby]

Ya i'd go with a snap trap no need to catch it live you don't want to feed that thing to your snake anymore. Who knows what it ate while it was in the wall.

[amandajf]

Thanks guys I put sticky traps everywhere. Hopefully that will do the trick. Alive or dead I just need to catch the guy before my wife gets home!

as a wife... roflmao!

[Simpson Balls]

Whoa that happens to me all the time, I just let the dog loose and 9.5/10 he's comes back with a treat for me!

Daniel

[Vypyrz]

I had a big med rat jump and run. I got him cornered behind a dresser I have. I sucked him out with a vacuum cleaner. He was mad as hell and biting the hose he was stuck to. That was also my first attempt at P/K. I had to steam clean the carpet from all the pee and poop that went everywhere... So now as long as they keep eating I will stick with that...

[Vypyrz]

as a wife... roflmao!

See! when you come home and ask," How was your day, honey?"

"oh! Fine."

You never really know...

[hud556]

I use the live traps and peanut butter.
Lynn

peanut butter is their kryptonite

[Neal]

Wow, I want to laugh because the story is funny, but then again I don't want this to happen to me, and it hasn't so far. When I get a mouse from the store to feed my snake I normally open the top of the bag and lay it down so the mouse comes out, instead of sticking my hand in there to grab him and get bit, and when he does I grab him by the tail and pluck him to knock/kill him out and feed to my snake. I need to change the way of letting him out the bag now because one may dash off and get loose, though it would be hard for him to get anywheres.