If you don t have peppermint oil great alternatives are citronella oil and castor oil.
Poison to kill roof rats.
However they will simply die in outdoor conditions.
I put out bait boxes which are boxes that secure the bait inside.
This bait is weather proof so you can quickly spread the pellets inside or outside of the home where rats walk mostly.
If you have a vegetable garden where voles and rats are out of control and eat your crops it is your best poison for rats.
Baiting baiting uses poisons also known as rodenticides to attract and kill rodents.
It s easy to use and good to kill multiple rats at a time.
Rats can t stand the smell of peppermint oil.
Woodrats look for elements such as human hair to make their nests.
Baiting is a smart choice for outdoors.
Dip some cotton balls in peppermint oil and spread them throughout the rat prone areas.
Get some hair from a brush or after a shower from the drain to catch and place the hair close to the nest.
Anticoagulants will make the poor critters crawl out from their nests and shelters in order to breathe.
Warfarin is a highly effective anticoagulant with very low effect on the environment.
Ramik nuggets are a polyvalent poison of rats that kills rats mice and voles.
Diphacinone bromadiolone brodifacoum bromethalin difethialone and corn gluten will kill roof rats in several days after ingestion.
Also you can poison human hair near the rats nests.
Rodents will sniff out the bait and return to feed on it until the poison kills them.
The pellets are available in large portions suitable for once off feeding to kill the vermin in your garden.
Once you have identified that you have roof rats you can work to eliminate rats from your property in the following ways.