This is really disgusting, but I'm looking for ideas how to handle this problem. In my backyard, we have a wooden shed that's pretty old (probably about 15 years old). We have some stuff stored in there, but lately lots of very large rats have taken up residence in it. It is just so gross, I can't even tell you. I have a labrador who lives in the backyard, and she's been hunting them. Thankfully, she doesn't eat them, just tosses them around after she kills them. My concern is that my kids play in the backyard all the time, and I don't want rats anywhere near my kids. My husband won't tear down the shed (don't ask me why, cause I don't know!). He wants to trap them in those snap traps, but I think there are just too many for this to be effective. Poison would be best, but that won't work because of Daisy, my dog. These rats are so daring that they even come out from under the shed when the kids and dog are out there playing. Eeeewwwww! Gives me the creeps just typing this.
Do any of you have ideas of what to do short of calling an exterminator, which we can't afford until at least December at the earliest.
Thanks!
Do any of you have ideas of what to do short of calling an exterminator, which we can't afford until at least December at the earliest.
Thanks!