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Home remedies to keep away rats and get rid of them
Looking around on the internet to find home remedies to keep away rats and get rid of them is probably going
to be a rather useless exercise. In fact, we can list the “home remedies” you’ll probably come across right
here:
- Black pepper
- High frequency noise machines
- Radios
- Sensor lights
- Lemon juice
- Animal eviction fluid
- Peppermint
- Ammonia
- Mothballs
- Cayenne pepper
Now, let's take a peek at why these things do not work ...
Black pepper, cayenne pepper, peppermint and lemon juice - these apparently keep the rats away because they don’t like the taste and smell.
For the record, these are rodents who will eat human, cat and dog feces because they occasionally still have some nutritional value, so a few
foul-tasting foods and seasonings probably won't put them off too much.
Some homeowners have had great success with things such as cayenne pepper, and it is true that rats have shown not to like the hot stuff much, but
the rats soon learn that there are other tasty treats in your home beyond the barrier they have come up against. They have worse things to deal with
‘in the wild' that a few hot pepper flakes.
Ammonia is a bad idea, much in the same way as poison is, mostly because it's dangerous for the rest of the environment / wildlife. Ammonia is toxic
to humans, so it's definitely going to be toxic to neighborhood pets, and if the ammonia does work, there's a good chance the rat will just burrow deeper
into your home to get away from the toxic stuff.
The thing about repellents is that there is nothing out there that has been proven to have any success. Some people might have luck with one thing, whereas
other people say that its never worked. It's too much of a trial and error situation to put your faith into it, especially when you're talking about parting
with your hard earned cash.
There is only one safe and affective way to rid your home of rats, and it all starts by finding the root of the problem. In this case, finding out how the
rats are getting in, in the first place. Once you know how they're getting in, you can seal up the holes and repair any patches of damage that need urgent
attention, preventing any other rats coming along for the ride. From that point, it is simply a case of finding the right places to put your traps, the right
bait to use in them, and then checking them regularly to dispose of the little rat bodies you find captured in them.
Read more articles about rats:
Do rats hide from humans?
Do rats dig holes? Do they burrow under houses? How deep?
How to use one-way exclusion funnels to remove rats without trapping them
How to inspect a house for rat entry holes
How to get a rat out of the toilet
Can rats swim? Do they drown?
How do rats get in the toilet?
Do rats enter a building through the plumbing?
For more rat information, visit our rat removal tips page, or for more specific how-to instructions, read the how to get rid of rats page with 6 step-by-step instructions.
If you have a problem with rats above your ceiling in your house, read my rats in the attic guide. The most important part of rat control is sealing shut entry holes into the building, but after
you've done that, you'll want to know how to kill rats humanely to complete the rat control job. If you need to hire professional help in your city, click on my directory of over
200 rat removal companies servicing 95% of the USA. we can help your with your rat problem!
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