I've got a rat problem. Have several buildings on our farm that are old stone-wall buidings. One we use as our chicken coop, the other has my dad's heifers and steers in it. Both have rats in them. I'm starting to see the rats with more regularity now. I've had traditional traps set out for a couple of months now, but have only caught 1 rat so far.
(as an aside...the Tomcat trap that I caught the rat in worked great. Took the head right off the rat. I was impressed).
Anyway, I'm thinking about putting some poison out, since I'm not getting a lot of action in the traditional traps. My initial concern is keeping the poison away from our farm animals (dogs, cats, and chickens). I think that I can solve this problem by putting the poison in some rat bait stations. However, I'm wondering if I should be concerned about our farm critters eating a poisoned rat? Is this something to be worried about at all?
Any other rat control advice out there? Thanks in advance.
(as an aside...the Tomcat trap that I caught the rat in worked great. Took the head right off the rat. I was impressed).
Anyway, I'm thinking about putting some poison out, since I'm not getting a lot of action in the traditional traps. My initial concern is keeping the poison away from our farm animals (dogs, cats, and chickens). I think that I can solve this problem by putting the poison in some rat bait stations. However, I'm wondering if I should be concerned about our farm critters eating a poisoned rat? Is this something to be worried about at all?
Any other rat control advice out there? Thanks in advance.