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Rat Facts STEP 2 STEP 3 Exterminate the Rodent Population Keel) Rodents Out of Your Yard Rats eat everything! Trapping and poisoning are two effective ways Don't make your yard a nesting zone for Rats climb, jump and swim. If a squirrel can to exterminate rodents. Some rodent problems rodents. Don't provide them with a place to climb it- a rat can climb it. may be too difficult to control on your own and live and raise their young. Rats gnaw through plastic, wood,soft metals, you may need to hire a licensed pest control electrical wires (sometimes causing fires) and operator. You can find them inthe yellow pages Rats will nest in: even cinderblock and brick. of the telephone directory under"Pest Control . Outdoor piles of Rats squeeze into tiny spaces, nest where it is Services" garbage and junk dark and warm and can produce a litter of • Under wood piles pups (babies) every 3 to 4 weeks! Trapping or lumber. Stack Trapping is the preferred wood piles 18 method of killing rats inches off the ground indoors. Wooden snap . Under blackberry bushes, shrubs, vines and traps are inexpensive in tall grasses that are not trimmed or cut and effective. Peanut back butter usually works as a bait. Set the trap and • In cars, appliances, furniture and carpet Actual size hole Actual size hole p that has been put outside and is no longer a rat can enter a mouse can enter place it in an area with the most rodent activity. being used It should be placed about 3 inches from a wall. The trigger should face the wall. The traps may • In holes under buildings STEP 1 be placed in a box with openings on both ends Take Away Their Food to protect children and pets. Rodents will eat an To STEP 4 anything. Poisoning get rid of rats you must get rid Poisoned rodents may die in floors and walls Deep Rodents Out of Your Home of their food. causing an odor. Poisons are not recommended Small openings in homes, buildings Common outdoor food sources for use inside homes or buildings. Rat poison for or sheds must be sealed to include: bird food (all varieties), use outdoors is available from many hardware prevent rodents from entering. squirrel food, pet food, food waste in open stores and can also be purchased from some home compost bins, fallen fruit from fruit trees, professional pest control services or a store that . Check for openings where blackberries, garbage, grass seed and pet specializes in pest control products. pipes or wires enter the feces. building, under eaves, and around foundations, doors and windows. poison should d ��+`! � What do rats eat when they get inside? Rat Ratalways be used • Use cement, /a inch hardware cloth, wire The same foods we do. How we store foods in mesh or steel wool to seal openings. secured bait station Crawls aces and attics must be sealed to our own home is important to preventing rats. to keep it away from - p If rats and mice are getting into your home children and pets. prevent rodent access. store foods that are usually packaged in Only use it according • Rodents often enter through open doors, cardboard boxes or plastic bags in durable to the directions on windows or though pet doors.Install kick containers! the label. plates to prevent access under doors. Bait station or"Bait box"