We live out in the country and have pack rats -as well as a few other assorted critters. We don't use d-con because there are birds of pray around and we have a cat. We use the snap traps - and you have to be pretty cleaver with keeping the bate on so that the rats don't get the bate and leave. We put them in stove pipes - the rat comes in to get the bate and they can't back out --
Rats are a problem and you have to stay on top of the situation
Rita
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> <<So we have had a few rats invade our property and have baited and caught them and gotten rid of them, but what are some tips I should be aware of to not attract any back?
> The feed is hanging from the coop roof and no other foods are available, so I am curious why they are coming around?>>
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> Could be something growing in the vicinity that they like--or something a neighbor has. If it were more toward autumn, I'd guess they were looking for shelter for the winter.
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> I hope when you say you "got rid" of them, that you killed them rather than releasing them elsewhere. Someone did that here some years ago--we had a terrible time, the rats even gnawed the horses' hooves until they bled. We went through dozens of boxes of D-Con (fortunately we didn't have the chickens then) as well as snap-trapping many more (ditto).
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> Rhonda
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