Thread: RATS ARE EATING MY D3

Very sympathetic - we live in suburban Ashgrove in Brisbane, and had a rat attack our RRV - in the carport - last year....fortunately it didn't do too much damage (under the bonnet like you) and we repaired it at our cost.


Now the dog sleeps in his bed in the carport at night (a Hungarian Vizsla I've learnt is a very efficient pest controller) and no more RR ambushes...just a dead rat left in the drive by "Rigby" every couple of months.

Originally Posted by RHS58

The mice and rats have been thriving in the garden shed on a diet of Tomcat blocks. Obviously they are tolerant of it after a while.

Have just switched over to Talon.

Have set a variety of traps in the car garage - I reckon if I put baits in there the ****ers will have a feed and crawl in to the cars to die, and boy, won't that stink, particularly on top of a hot motor or in a ventilation duct!

Have searched high and low, can't find where they 've been able to enter the car.

Cheers

Ron

The 'special brew' that my father used in country SA, that I quoted earlier, was used around vehicles and seems to work slowly and so he did not ever have a mouse or rat die in the vehicle.

These blighters are bad but when I was living in Kenya monkeys were an absolute menace. Leave a door ajar and they would trash your whole house.
We all had small weld mesh on all the windows.

So far nothing in the traps.
Fresh droppings on the cars bonnets and D4 engine cover.
Found an impressive nest under the Honda's bonnet insulation.
No evidence of chewed wires etc so far.
Put out baits this morning.

Gonna have to get a cat. I'm allergic to cats

The suspense is killing me....you'll have to post pictures to prove success!!!!

Originally Posted by SimmAus

The suspense is killing me....you'll have to post pictures to prove success!!!!

The tally so far:
1 x Mouse - RIP
1 x Yellow-footed Antechinus - this is the little female pictured that I suspect has been pooping and peeing over and within the D4, and nesting in the Honda. She has now been relocated.

Bacon rind seems to be the bait of choice.

Have placed out 3 x rat traps, 2 x mouse traps, 3 live cage traps.

Hopefully you got the culprit.
The yellow footed thing got my interest, so I googled...

The yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes), also known as the mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia. One notable feature of the species is its sexual behavior. The male yellow-footed antechinus engages in such frenzied mating that its immune system becomes compromised, resulting in stressrelated death before it is one year old.


Poor bugger!

Some would say " what a way to go!"

I cringe to think what's been happening in my D4. ��