DIY How To Get Rid of Rats

How To Get Rid of Rats:

There is a great deal of wrong information and ignorance regarding rat control. Many extermination companies and people resort to poison use for rat control and this is a big mistake. In short, poison will not solve the problem and creates many additional problems.  The proper way to solve a rat problem is by stopping the problem where it began.  If you want to get rid of rats in your house or attic, you must first find out how they are getting in, and seal off those entry points permanently.  Once that is done, the rats must be physically trapped and removed from the building.  It’s also a good idea to clean and decontaminate the mess that they’ve made.

To get rid of rats permanently, you need to follow four important steps:

• First, you need to perform a full inspection of the home, from top to bottom – under the house and on the roof; anywhere rats or mice can find an entry point. A mouse in the attic may have gotten in at ground level.
• Second, every last entry point that rats and mice can use – and they can squeeze through amazingly small areas, must be sealed. Seal with steel, something rodents can’t chew through. They can even chew through concrete.
• Third, you need to perform rat extermination, but under no circumstances use poison. What is the best way of how to kill rats? Not with poison, but with actual rodent trapping, with snap traps. There are many effective brands, but with many years’ experience, I like the wooden Victors the best. If you have rodents in the attic, then you have to set the traps in the attic, on the rat runways. Trap placement is very important. Look for the droppings, runways, and brown fur grease. Rodent removal is a very exact science, and it must be done correctly if you want permanent rat eradication.