Submitted by Frances Parlane on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 19:51.
How much petrol do you recommend? My husband says he can imagine explosions running all along the fence alarming the neighbours - let alone me!
I've used boiling water before but had the problem of the little critters running out at top speed. Would that not happen with the petrol?
Frances
I shall probably get in trouble for this comment, but here goes. If you can see the rat holes you can pour a very small quantity of petrol in and drop in a lighted paper. This is very effective at killing the rats with little or no damage to anything else.
Submitted by Richard Webber on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:40.
Ray - thanks - and there was I feeling I shouldn't mention the rat traps I've been using! Yours is an interesting idea - luckily the runs are nowhere near the wooden shed! Richard
How much petrol do you recommend? My husband says he can imagine explosions running all along the fence alarming the neighbours - let alone me!
I've used boiling water before but had the problem of the little critters running out at top speed. Would that not happen with the petrol?
Frances
I shall probably get in trouble for this comment, but here goes. If you can see the rat holes you can pour a very small quantity of petrol in and drop in a lighted paper. This is very effective at killing the rats with little or no damage to anything else.
Ray - thanks - and there was I feeling I shouldn't mention the rat traps I've been using! Yours is an interesting idea - luckily the runs are nowhere near the wooden shed! Richard
I have used this a number of times myself with some success.
Ray