How to get rid of rodents in a private house

Rodents are carriers of dangerous infections and diseases, so the solution to the question of how to get rid of rats and mice becomes relevant as soon as the owners suspect their presence in their home. There are many methods of fighting rodents, each of which has its own characteristics.

What is the danger of rodent settlements in houses?

Rats and mice often settle in houses with the advent of cold weather, they are in love with sheds in chicken coops, cellars, and also, gnawing through cracks, they penetrate into living quarters, where they can harm people and things:

• mice and rats carry more than 70 types of infectionsas well as bloodsucker insects (ticks and fleas);
• spoil the skirting boards, furniture, wiring in the house, which can cause a short circuit and the likelihood of a fire;
• dig holes in the basement and under the house, thereby harming its foundation;
• rodents in the cellar destroy food and food supplies.

Therefore, getting rid of rats in a private house should be done as soon as possible, before they do much harm.

Methods for getting rid of rodents

There are several ways to fight rats and mice:

• mechanical: mouse cattraps, mousetraps;
• use of chemicals;
• installation of ultrasonic devices;
• call the service for the destruction of rodents (deratization).

Mechanical methods

The most effective and environmentally friendly method that helps to get rid of rodents, especially in a private house is to get a cat that will be successful and fun to catch mice and rats. Rodents are even afraid of the cat smell itself and can leave so as not to meet it.

The next common method is to make homemade or purchased traps, mouse trap. Setting a mousetrap effective along walls in those places where traces of rodents were found: eaten food or things, mouse or rat droppings.

On a note!

Ready-made mousetraps are quite effective for killing mice, but rats are too smart animals, so often after the death of one individual, following in a rat trap, they may not climb.

Home-made traps that promote rodent removal from home:

1. A flower pot is used (clay or thick plastic). Inside it is placed a sharpened wooden support with a strung bait. The pot is placed upside down, and when the rodent tries to climb over the food, the prop falls and the pot covers it.
2. A 3-liter jar is taken, it is necessary to pour a small amount of a mixture of vegetable oil and water into it. The jar is placed in an inclined position so that when the animal climbs in, it becomes vertical. The mouse will not be able to crawl out due to slipping through the oil.

Such traps will help get rid of rodents in a private house, garage, cellar or in the country. Mouse bait and it is better to change the rats periodically so that there is a fresh smell of food. After rodent capture, the appliance should be washed and reinstalled.

Ultrasonic Repellers

Act ultrasonic instruments It is aimed at scaring away rodents, which is successfully used to fight rats and mice in houses, basements, attics. The device distributes microwaves, which the human hearing does not pick up, but animals hear it, which helps to remove them in the territory of the device. Ultrasonic repellers have their own characteristics:

• can work from the power supply network or on replaceable batteries;
• wide range of models (Clean house, Pest Reject, Electrocat) allows you to select the required area of ​​impact;
• the presence of pets that also feel sound waves should be considered;
• walls, the ceiling and large metal objects can serve as an obstacle to the emitted ultrasonic waves; when they hit them, the signal is reflected;
• sound waves act on the nervous system: mice react immediately and leave, but rats leave the territory after 1.5-2 weeks;
• rats can migrate temporarily to their neighbors and then return again.

Folk remedies

Rodents can be repelled by various folk remedies: with the help of smells and poisonous baits. Rats and mice do not like the smell of some herbs, so hanging bunches in a room or in a cellar will scare them away. To such grasses from mice and rats include: peppermint, tansy, ledum, grass rat or black root, chamomile, wormwood, etc.

On a note!

Making poisonous lures is an effective method by which you can get rid of rodents.

Poison from rats at home is made from various substances:

• Mix quicklime with sugar and lay out in the habitat of mice. When it is eaten, a reaction occurs with gastric juice, which causes the death of the animal.
• Combine building gypsum and oatmeal or flour in a 1: 1 ratio with the addition of 20 drops. vegetable oil. The resulting mixture of balls is laid out together with drinking water, after drinking which the gypsum hardens in the stomach, causing the death of the pest.
• From rodents in the cellar and non-residential premises, formalin or kerosene, which process corners, helps, because of the persistent and unpleasant smell, rodents leave this place.
• A mixture of broken glass and a sharp-smelling soap after getting into the stomach provokes injury and death of the rodent.
• The use of sulfuric checkers, which make room fumigation, is an effective way to help get rid of rats in a garage, pantry or cellar. Before the procedure, all cracks and vents should be closed to preserve the smell. Then set fire to the checker and leave smoldering indoors (1 h). The duration of sulfur is 1-1.5 days, after which the treated area must be ventilated for 2 days. The tool helps to fight not only with mice and rats, but also with mold, insect pests.
• Processing the basement with crushed ash, which is sprinkled on all floors per 1 bucket on an area of ​​5-10 sq.m. The alkali in the ash, adhering to the paws, corrodes them, then after licking, it irritates the stomach, as a result of which rats and mice leave the territory.

For rat control in a private house when preparing rat baits, some rules should be taken into account:

• rodents have a high sensitivity to the human smell, so all ingredients should be taken with a spoon from a tree, without taking anything with your hands;
• initially rodents can be lured by ordinary food, and after a couple of days put the mixture with poison for rats and mice;
• ideal mouse bait - cereals and sunflower oil, but the rats eat everything.

Chemicals

Chemical agents from rats and mice are highly effective in killing these pests. Such drugs are of several types, depending on the effect on the body of mice and rats:

• intestinal, acting in the stomach and intestines: arsenic;
• contact, affecting the respiratory system by applying a burn;
• fumigants are toxic poisons that enter the body through respiration.

Important!

When using chemicals in a house or apartment where pets live, care must be taken.

Popular chemicals that allow you to remove mice and rats from home:

• Zoocoumarin is a gray-white powder that, after several doses of it, causes the death of a rodent within 1-2 weeks. For one rat, the lethal dose is 1 mg. It should be borne in mind that the product has a smell that rats will not like, therefore it is better to mix it with the bait. Zoocoumarin will help poison only the first generation of rodents, the next will already develop immunity to it, so the drug will have to be changed in the future.
• Ratindan is a crystalline powder that acts effectively after consumption by its rodent for several days. Its advantage is high safety for humans and pets.
• Rat is a drug that helps bring rats out of a private house by treating them with holes and preparing food lures. Brown powder is not dangerous for humans and domestic animals, but rats can develop resistance to it over time.
• Cyclone-D, Cyclone-B preparations contain hydrocyanic acid, which is toxic for humans and animals, therefore they can be used only in non-residential premises: in warehouses and industrial facilities. When using them, a gas mask and protective clothing should be worn.
• Albichtol - the liquid generated during the processing of shale is applied to the sheaths of electric cables and wires to protect against rodents, shale oil itself is similarly used;
• Fluoroacetamide - a toxic powder that is toxic to humans and animals, can be dissolved in water, used to make baits with the addition of aromatic products (to kill a specific smell).

Call Special Services

If no methods against rats and mice help, then you can call a special service that professionally deals with these issues. There are specialized services in many cities: in Moscow, St. Petersburg, etc. Sometimes this option is the simplest, because he does not require the presence, participation of the owner of the house.

Benefits call special services to destroy rats and mice:

• guarantee a good result with the help of a formal contract;
• in addition to the destruction of rodents, preventive treatment of the premises is also done, which will repel pests for a long time;
• firms engaged in the professional extermination of rodents give a certain warranty period;
• There are many sanitary services that will allow you to choose the most suitable in quality and price.

The disadvantage of this method is the high cost of the service compared to the purchase of chemicals and other methods.