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They keep returning and I am losing it :( if you have other ideas I am open to them
Don't listen to this person. Don't use posion because it's bad for other wildlife. Get the old reliable snap traps and break those fucker's necks.
I will admit I did try this at one point, they didn't work and I didn't have the heart to keep doing it. I haven't done poison yet for the same reason.
fun story. I had a mouse problem and got those traps. fucker was too quick for his own good though.
One night I hear the SNAP and go to investigate. when I find it all I see is an empty trap.... no...wait.....not empty.
that fucker lost his front two arms in the trap and had ripped them clean off.
little son of a bitch wasn't so fast anymore after that, the next trap got him.
brutal...but it works most of time.
I was thinking of having those CO² traps, then I checked and it was 200? yeah...no
they're returning because it's easier to find food in your house than in the wild. I'd suggest keeping your bin empty, sealing off bags of food, and just generally not allowing them to eat in your place. If you remove their source of food/water, they most likely won't come back
I am no kind of professional in this regard, just my 2c
FWIW, I had a roach problem, and since I've been keeping on top of my chores (THANK YOU HABITICA!!), they have mostly gone away. I removed their source of food, and they're mostly gone now. I still find one or two, but considering how many i had before that, it's a damn sight better than 15-20 a day.
Been doing all these things. They chew through sealed packages, bin is always empty, so I am stumped as to what they are eating here. We live in a city, so it's not like we're the only option, but our landlord won't seal the holes in the house up so I've been assuming we're just the most accessible warm location on the block. Thank you for your advice.
no worries. best of luck removing the rats. :(
Off-topic but wow, great recommendation. Setting it up right away!
Shame it requires an account. Doubt they don't do some heavy data tracking like every other similar app
Yup. It's literally changed my life. As i said, I had a HUGE roach problem. But now they're mostly gone because i am keeping on top of my chores. HABITICA? HELLYEAHICA!
You need to take them a fair distance away. The recommendations I've seen are to take them at least 3 kilometers (~2 miles) away.
Thank you for the advice (and the use of a reasonable measurement), I will take them to the next town and find out
Hopefully it helps! Killing them is not an option for me or my partner, so we did a fair bit of research. We found a lovely little wooded stream to drop the mice off at, and we made sure to sprinkle some good mouse food around the area before we let them out (since their survival rate will be quite low without some kind of help).
My partners are very against it and I was too, but I had been reaching a wall and disabilities were making things even harder to the point where I felt like I needed to do something. I had been avoiding poison because there is a falcon that loves our rewilded yard and I don't want to poison him.
I totally feel you. Hopefully this works for you. Barring that, I hope you and your partners are able to reach an accomodation on this. You sound really frustrated and defeated here, so hopefully they can help you, or work with you on a different solution.