Quote Originally Posted by Adam Chandler View Post
Good luck catching your misplaced rat. However if you do get him back alive I would NOT feed him off or put him back with other rats. You have no idea what he has been eating or running through. It could hurt your BP's or contaminate the other rats.
I agree, a rat that's gotten away should be put down and disposed of. I've had a few get away on me and have had great luck with kill traps. I've used bread to bait them and stuffed it in real good. I've found that rats can get bait out of the trap without setting it off if they don't have to work for it.

I'd also have a look around the edges of the room and under anything you can look under for droppings, and place your traps where you see most of them.