How to get rid of rats without using dangerous products?
It's not easy to eliminate these rodents that invade the garden, the attic or the chicken coop...
Although these critters aren't aggressive, they can carry diseases and do quite a bit of damage.
They nibble at anything in their path.
Not to mention that they reproduce at high speed...
Fortunately, a gardener friend gave me a natural and radical grandmother's recipe to eliminate rats .
The effective trick is to use a mixture of toothpaste and baking soda to kill rats quickly. Watch:
- A handful of salted peanuts
- 2 tablespoons baking soda
- 1 tablespoon of toothpaste
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of flour (or Maïzena)
1. Put the peanuts in a blender and grind them into powder.
2. Pour the crushed peanuts into a bowl.
3. Add baking soda, toothpaste, flour and sugar.
4. Mix well to obtain a thick paste.
5. Make small balls with the dough.
6. Place the balls on a plate.
7. Place the plate where the rat passes.
There you go, you got rid of the invading rats :-)
Simple, practical and effective!
It only took a few minutes to make your natural homemade pest control.
Easy, isn't it? And it's also very economical .
Don't have a blender? No big deal!
You can also use a pestle and mortar to crumble them.
Also remember to put on gloves when preparing your pest control.
Not that it's dangerous for you.
But by handling the products, you can leave your scent behind.
Which does not fail to alert the rats when they approach the bait!
Thanks to this grandmother's trick, rats won't bother you anymore!
No more small droppings that we find everywhere...
Or gnawed electrical wires that need to be changed!
But the icing on the cake is that this homemade pest control is completely natural.
This means that it represents no danger for your other animals (dogs, chickens, cats, etc.).
But above all you take no risk with your health, your children, or yours.
It is also harmless to the environment.
You probably know that rat poison is a dangerous product.
It is very toxic and must be handled with great care.
Not only is it fatal to rats, but it is also dangerous to other animals.
Especially your pets or birds such as birds of prey...
Indeed, it is enough that they are in direct contact with this product or that it eats an animal which has absorbed it so that they are also contaminated.
The rat is attracted to sugar, flour or even peanuts.
He will therefore rush on them to eat them.
The rodent does not detect the presence of baking soda.
But this product is fatal for him. It is a deadly food for him.
In contact with the gastric juices present in the stomach, the bicarbonate is transformed into gas.
What you need to know is that the rat cannot expel these gases.
It is therefore the pressure of these gases in the intestinal wall that ends up killing the rat.
Toothpaste, on the other hand, binds the different ingredients together.
We're not going to lie to each other.
This anti-rat treatment is very effective, but cruel .
Because the death of the rat or any other rodent is long and painful.
It should therefore only be used as a last resort
The best thing is to try to hun them without killing them.
And for this, there are effective rat repellents or traps to avoid hurting the animal while keeping it away.
So there are natural treatments that hunt rats without killing them.
Natural repellents, non-lethal trap...
Here are 6 natural repellents to drive away rats without killing them.
Some smells have a way of bothering rats.
As soon as they smell them, they go elsewhere. That's good news, isn't it?
This is the case of essential oils.
You can scare away these rodents with essential oils of peppermint, sage, pepper, lemongrass, bay leaf, eucalyptus, clove.
All you have to do is soak cotton balls in these essential oils.
Then leave them in strategic places.
The rats won't ask for their rest!
Rats hate certain plants. So, might as well enjoy it!
This is particularly the case of eucalyptus and angelica.
Arrange a few sprigs where the rats pass.
You can also plant them to make dams against rats.
Be careful, angelica is a very irritating plant.
Think about it before you plant or touch it.
You can also turn to mint, sage or bay leaf.
Just grind up a few leaves and scatter them everywhere.
It disgusts them to come to you.
The presence of predatory animals is a great deterrent to rats.
The latter know very well that their life is at stake... And they prefer not to take risks.
Obviously, we immediately think of the cat. Maybe it's time to adopt one?
But you can also encourage the presence of birds of prey in your garden.
These birds feed on rodents, and therefore rats! This is the case with barn owls, for example.
How to attract owls? Install nesting boxes for them.
If she finds food and shelter with you, there is a chance that they will settle down.
As for chasing moles from your garden, you can use ultrasonic repellents to drive away rats.
These devices emit sounds that only rodents can hear... And that they can't stand!
Which causes them to flee instantly.
How about making a homemade rat repellent from cayenne pepper?
This is a spice that rats hate, especially if you pair it with a hot sauce.
To make your repellent yourself, take an empty spray and put a teaspoon of cayenne pepper in it.
Add a teaspoon of hot sauce and another teaspoon of washing up liquid.
It remains only to pour two cups of water.
Shake hard to mix everything together. And spray your repellent on the areas where your rat has become accustomed.
It's a real anti-rat barrier!
Some rat traps are made to catch rats without killing them.
It is enough to lure them into the trap which closes on the undesirable.
So you can trap them and release them back into the wild, away from home.
Prevention is always the best strategy.
The ideal is to take the necessary precautions to avoid attracting rats.
- For this, you can block all the openings through which a rat can pass. Anti-rodent steel wool is very handy for caulking holes and cracks where they sneak in.
- It is also necessary to put the garbage cans in a well sealed container to avoid attracting them.
- And don't forget to store the food in well-closed containers or in a protected place inaccessible to rodents.
