Thread: RATS ARE EATING MY D3

I had this problem in the Falcon work car two years ago. But alas with two small children there was probably a few crumbs in the car seats they were after. I just cleaned the car and never had the problem again.
I have heard that snake poo scattered around tthe outside of the house will keep them away.
We currently have a cat at the moment and are one of the select few without a mice problem at the moment.
good luck with it, they can be very destructive.

Originally Posted by wardh

Anyhow you have cheered me up somewhat but does anybody know how to get into the centre console around the auto selector lever. Still need to see if there is damage or lf they can access the vehicle interier.

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We have rat / mouse problems on the Mornington Peninsula as well. A client was down at their holiday house at Mt Martha over the easter break. The wife left her brand new Mercedes Benz in the garage and used the husbands car over the break.
In that short time, rats had made a nest behind one of the headlights and eaten out part of the wiring loom. Cost her $1,800.00.
BTW: It is a brand new home and about 500m from the beach.
Cheers, Craig

read in the paper (forgot which newspaper duh) about the rodent plague we are having now up to 8000 rodents per hectare!
i think 1 cat would be very fat before they even made inroads on that number same for the python

Originally Posted by bigcarle

read in the paper (forgot which newspaper duh) about the rodent plague we are having now up to 8000 rodents per hectare!

New York Times ? Sounds like Manhattan a couple of
summers back

8000 per Hc. is a seperation of 20" per rat !

For about the last two to three months or so around here you have not been able to buy Ratsack or any other poisen as it is always sold out in every supermarket and general store every time we go in.

We have mice in the house and no matter what we do, how many traps we set, how much poisen we put down we can't get rid of them. Recently I have even seen mice crossing the roads around Goulburn as I have been driving along, that means there are millions of the blighters around the area.

Its certainly a problem all around the country it would seam.

cheers,
Terry

Originally Posted by TerryO

For about the last two to three months or so around here you have not been able to buy Ratsack or any other poisen as it is always sold out in every supermarket and general store every time we go in.

A local here tried snail bait (the blue one) saying it killed them in about 5 minutes and is cheaper than rodent bait. Napthalene keeps them away for a little but they end-up eating it and dying from it and I think they stink worse when dead.

Get your bait from a rural commodity supplier - they are selling heaps.

I caught a very large rat over night in the garage and I am hopefull he was the offender. The wife did a lot of research yesterday and found some useful information.

It seems that pepermint is one of the best deterants, they hate it because it irratates their mucus membrane, so last night she made up a spray with water & pure essential peppermint oil, I sprayed the bonnet lining and the insulation under the vehicle, Then parked the D3 away from the house over night. I set more traps in the garage and hey presto, trapped rat and no more damage to D3. Will repeat for a few days.

Cheers

Howard