Just made up some home made bait, as we get rats under floor and in the roof each year in spite of cutting back tree branches. Went to Bunnings and purchased some wall plaster powder. At home I mixed it up with some cinnamin [sorry] and sugar, and placed it in the two spaces. One can figure out what will happen next.
pauldw,
May 13, 10:19am
This has already been tested. The worst that will happen is a rat with a sore arse.
harrislucinda,
May 13, 12:05pm
will he die being a model
kam04,
May 13, 12:30pm
and if it doesn't wipe its bum properly the plaster will set and block the hole. Pressure will build up and the rat will explode and there will be rat from arsehole to breakfast - end of the rat. So maybe it does work.
lythande1,
May 13, 12:58pm
Oh right. sure. Seriously? People believe this stuff?
cleggyboy,
May 13, 2:53pm
I have used cornflour & plaster of paris with success.
foal30,
May 13, 4:35pm
It sounds a potentially very cruel method.
maclad,
May 13, 4:42pm
I too think this but is it any more cruel than dying from internal bleeding? I do not know.
les6,
May 13, 7:37pm
who gives a f. ,its a rat?
the-lada-dude,
May 14, 7:59am
bloody knorra, that,s a long tail lol
cantabman1,
May 14, 8:47am
Cornflour; that's a good idea. I am going to check the baits today, and see if they have eaten any. I will probably be able to see their foot prints :-]
cantabman1,
May 14, 8:50am
Oh it works alright. It was sold to South Asian country some years ago, when they had an explosion of rats, and it worked very well.
mrfxit,
May 14, 9:19am
Best ever rat bait I have ever seen, is a pair of pet rats in a cage. Rats are very social creatures & build community's. We are looking after a couple (in a proper steel cage) & the smell go the better of us so we put them in the garage. I had a fair idea that they would attract other rats & mice from around the local area so nailed a bait block to the shed wall next to their cage & for 3 days running & I had to put a new block up each day. Next block after that lasted 2 days, then 5 days. Latest block is still there untouched for over a week.
pauldw,
May 14, 10:25am
I look forward to your report. There are plenty of Youtube videos showing the recipe and distribution of the bait but no comment on whether it works. One guy mentioned that the plaster bait was very popular but when the rats kept eating it he spoilt the test by throwing out some commercial bait blocks. In the testing I mentioned 2 groups of rats were fed on plaster of paris or portland cement based baits for 14 days with no fatalities. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=vpc14
cantabman1,
May 15, 8:16am
You may well be correct, but I do not seam to have anymore activity going on in the roof space, although I did see one quickly scamper away from the compost heap yesterday.
bryshaw,
May 15, 9:55am
An old timer told me that you warm cement powder, let it cool and lay it near the rat trail. The rats eat it and it sets.
elect70,
Nov 8, 10:48pm
Why bother, just buy tin of brodificoum pellets for$18 from RD1 .I had mice chewing the insulation off my downlights .I could hear them scuttling around at night & they would come out & get into the pantry & eat anything not in a tin . Threw handfulls in the ceiling & 2 weeks later no more mice
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