Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Massey solved my problem. Stuffed points of entry with steel wool. Rats traps outside of home.
They used "beef jerky" in the rat traps in the attic. Also helps to make sure the roof has end caps. Mine was missing one. They can get into the smallest of openings and are a pain as they eat through phone wires and electric wires.
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Use glue traps with peanut butter and cut down your citrus trees...
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#18
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Gary DePalma does pest control, but you should insist on a free estimate before he does any work for you. He may charge you a $179.00 "service charge" just to come out and look at the problem.
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We used Tru-Tech--local # 352-630-2048---800-842-7296
Cost was $618.00==included repairs to attic vents--and sealing other access points |
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Are you sure?
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Feral bee hives are at greater risk to have "Africanized" (killer) bees. Also, are you sure that none of your potential guests, like grandchildren, are not sensitive to bee stings. I have one son who can go into anaphylactic shock if stung by a bee. A note to my friend Graciegirl: I have been feeding birds with TWO bird feeders and a birdbath in my back yard for over 30 years. The only time I ever had rats in my yard was when they came up from a nearby swamp area to eat the tomatoes I was growing in the yard. I quit growing tomatoes. I'll admit that I had to take measures to keep squirrels off of the feeders, but I also accomplished that with a very simple measure. I continue to enjoy a variety of birds at my two feeders in the back yard.
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Rats certainly go have after citrus fruits, but I'm not convinced removing the trees removes the problem. If you notice at your post office area, there are black rat traps around the building. Clearly there are no citrus trees there either. Rats are a problem in this area according to our pesticide people, because there used to be citrus groves here, and the housing in the villages has displaced the fruit groves yet left the rat population.
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Now I'm sorry I complained about the feral cats getting in my garbage!!
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You can do this.
I am astounded at the prices people are quoting for a simple pest control issue. It is not as if the providers must come up with new technology.
The advice I gave previously was sound advice based upon having WORKED MY WAY THROUGH COLLEGE AS AN ORKIN EXTERMINATING COMPANY PEST CONTROL technician. Unless you are physically unable to perform some simple tasks, YOU CAN DO THIS.
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Looks like I'm going to have to rent out the cat. She's small, but the rates are cheap.
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Rattraps and glue boards. Why pay hundreds of dollars for someone to do the same thing? You can buy the commercial quality bait boxes just like at the postal stations. One brand is Rodent Baiters found online.
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The best solution is to have a pest control company take are of the entire house for rodents, termites, roaches, ants, etc.
If you see any sign of the pest, call them and it is taken care of immediatly. Or - let a couple of pythons loose in the lanai. |
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Not much help but we have a couple of resident feral cats that keep the rats and squirrels away. Last year, the snow birds came down and decided they didn't like the cats so the cats disappeared and the rats came back. We have never had any trouble with the cats in the past and they clean up after themselves. One resident that had been feeding one of the cats in her garage even had the female cat fixed so it would not reproduce. She's allergic to them so she could not adopt and house it. So, the rats came back and became a nuisance until another feral cat moved into the neighborhood. The only time you would see the cat was early morning or evening before dark. The rats disappeared over the summer, but now the snow birds have returned and the cat's body was found in front of a neighbors house, apparently poisoned. I know one Villager that had to pay $600 to replace wiring in his truck after a rat destroyed it by eating his wiring and the tubing on his windshield washer. He has since put an ultrasonic device on his truck, hoping for positive results.
I realize that this is not really much help, but you might give the ultrasonic device idea a chance. I have no idea whether it works or not. |
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D-Con Mice and Rat killer Walmart and Lowes, Listen my boyfriend was confined to the bed so we put a few bird feeders out. Until we saw RATS We sure fattened them up in 4 months. #1 no more bird feeders. In 4 months, we put maybe two packages I'm not sure how many come in a package, but we had 9 huge RATS that died from eating the poison. If your neighbors are feeding the birds and now the rats live by you it is a vicious cycle. So kill them NO need calling a company just put these Feeder traps out. You will find them dead here and there and so will your neighbors but they will be thankful you did kill them. Best of luck this stuff is GREAT
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#30
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Ants will eat peanut butter of rat traps
I had same problem thinking rats are eating peanut butter off
rat traps without tripping trap. But more than likely it's the ants that are getting the peanut butter as they are too light to trip trap. Try using food that makes it hard for them as suggested in thread. |
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