[bailey]

hi,

just read your post and you seem to be slowly getting rid, I live on a farm so understandable that we have rats though they are kept to very low numbers, we use all methods from the dog/cat, gun and traps.  my main reason for replying is try and change the bait that you use a little, I,ve found that once a few rats have been snapped with peanut butter the trap becomes useless unless bait changed,

I agree with the other posters with respect that rats should be killed and not caught and released,

[coo!]

rats are pests and once caught like squirrels etc they have to be dispatched of by law. as far as dogs are concerned i have a terrier that i use for rattin and ive got some up the top of my garden under the shed she cant get them! she stays up there for hours ha bless. get a cheap air rifle for bout £5o good fun too ive shot no end bit of mars bar or beef spred on toast with tent peg through and wait!!