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No rats or mice in the barn #8311829 07/04/21 12:42 AM
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Found these under a work bench today, I guess there doing their job keeping the critters in check. Almost 6' is a good rat snake.
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Re: No rats or mice in the barn [Re: angus1956] #8311834 07/04/21 12:52 AM
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I need to borrow one to put inside my Tundra. A packrat has moved in. I put out poison, but I went to town the other day and, while filling up, briefly saw the tell-TAIL evidence that he is still very much alive. No scat the last few days and he's avoided 2 glue traps, but I need to make sure he's made boarding arrangements elsewhere.


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Re: No rats or mice in the barn [Re: angus1956] #8311855 07/04/21 01:29 AM
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Good snake. cheers


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Re: No rats or mice in the barn [Re: angus1956] #8312723 07/05/21 12:47 PM
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We have one in a storage building...never seen him, but we find a skin every now and then.
Never seen a rat in there.


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Re: No rats or mice in the barn [Re: Creekrunner] #8312858 07/05/21 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Creekrunner
I need to borrow one to put inside my Tundra. A packrat has moved in. I put out poison, but I went to town the other day and, while filling up, briefly saw the tell-TAIL evidence that he is still very much alive. No scat the last few days and he's avoided 2 glue traps, but I need to make sure he's made boarding arrangements elsewhere.


Lots of glue traps. We had 25 in my wife's Explorer. It was a PITA for her to have to move the ones in the driver's floorboard to drive...but after catching 4 mice...I'm confident we got 'em all. We tried just a few at first with no luck.

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Good snakes for sure but they will still make you jump around a bit when surprised by one.


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Good snakes for sure but they will still make you jump around a bit when surprised by one.

The snake that makes you hurt yourself.


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Originally Posted by Creekrunner
I need to borrow one to put inside my Tundra. A packrat has moved in. I put out poison, but I went to town the other day and, while filling up, briefly saw the tell-TAIL evidence that he is still very much alive. No scat the last few days and he's avoided 2 glue traps, but I need to make sure he's made boarding arrangements elsewhere.


They don't like the smell of Irish Spring. Consider switching from Dove when you shower or just cut some chips off and put them in your vehicle. Park over a bar and replace it from time to time.

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Got one that patrols my hay barn. Good snakes for sure.


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Lucky you. I'd love to have rat snakes in my shed. I just don't want a heart attack.

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Originally Posted by Creekrunner
I need to borrow one to put inside my Tundra. A packrat has moved in. I put out poison, but I went to town the other day and, while filling up, briefly saw the tell-TAIL evidence that he is still very much alive. No scat the last few days and he's avoided 2 glue traps, but I need to make sure he's made boarding arrangements elsewhere.

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Re: No rats or mice in the barn [Re: garyrapp55] #8313742 07/06/21 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by garyrapp55
Lucky you. I'd love to have rat snakes in my shed. I just don't want a heart attack.

Gary,
Seen a smaller one in the barn but not these big boys. Just have to be snake aware when in the barn digging around.

Re: No rats or mice in the barn [Re: angus1956] #8313771 07/06/21 03:50 PM
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Re: No rats or mice in the barn [Re: Creekrunner] #8313793 07/06/21 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Creekrunner
I need to borrow one to put inside my Tundra. A packrat has moved in. I put out poison, but I went to town the other day and, while filling up, briefly saw the tell-TAIL evidence that he is still very much alive. No scat the last few days and he's avoided 2 glue traps, but I need to make sure he's made boarding arrangements elsewhere.


Use the old fashion trap with a little peanut butter....


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Re: No rats or mice in the barn [Re: Creekrunner] #8313956 07/06/21 08:19 PM
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Go buy a bag of mothballs (cheap at Dollar General) and place some under your hood or in the vicinity of the packrat nest. Might have to anchor them inside a baggie with holes in it.

Rats/squirrels hate mothballs and will move out pretty quickly.

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