how can you get rid of rats in your yard?
597395
Wild rats can be very mean so my suggestion is to either call animal control and have them remove them, or a pest control company.  They spread disease and can hurt domestic animals.  Poison is to dangerous, if a dog or cat gets into it they will be killed, or if the rats eat it they can crawl to a different place and die and then the body will either be eaten by a dog, cat or wildlife and die from the poisoning as well.  Or it will decay and be a breeding ground for maggots (yuck) then you will also have the stench of rotting flesh.  If anything use a live capture trap and rat bait (usually some sort of rat food you can get at a pet store or some veggies) and try to capture them that way.  If you go that route, make sure you have some thick leather gloves (welders gloves are best) to handle the cage.  Their teeth can be quite long and their jaws are very strong for their size.  A bite would be extremely painful.  Best bet is animal or pest control.  Good luck.
1027632
This is a serious answer, I am not kidding or makeing this up: Piss all over your yard! Old experts, and people who live in the wild, all say that ,that will keep all animals away from your outside area. I found out that it works! A couple of years ago we lived by this rotten man who hated animals and he set out this big cage, (live trap) to catch all kinds of animals. I once asked what does he do with them and he said he turns them loose miles away at some park, well I wasn't sure if I believed him or not. Different nights I would see things in the cage, like: opossums, racoons, and even some cats, and I would sneek in his yard around 3AM and let those poor animals loose, then unset the damn trap so no others could be caught that night. Well he got smart, and put a padlock on his fence, even though he never knew how the animals were escaping. The next night, I saw 4 baby racoons in the cage crying for their momma, who was outside the cage talking to them and biteing at it trying to get to her babies, well no way was I gonna stand for that, so I climbed the fence, freed the babies, who all ran with their mother into the woods, unset the cage and went home. It was at that time, that I remember hearring about putting urine all over your area to keep animals away and the next day I took all day filling up an old masson jar full of my urine. Well that night, I climbed the fence again and splashed urine all over that cage, then I poured some all over his yard, in places under the fence where the animals were comming in, and would you believe it, no animals were ever caught in that damn cage again! It really worked! A couple of days later, the cage was removed for good and he was filling in those places under his fence. He never caught anymore animals and I was able to get some sleep at night cause I no longer had to worry about the trapped animals! I know it sounds gross and embarressing, but the urine does really work!
489871
Yeah i have done once. Well in order to tame them i went through a experiment called as pavlos experiment. This is very easy way to tame animal. here before u give food to animal u ring a bell and then give food. When u do this for next 15-20 times the animal gets habituated. now next time when u ring bell alone animals runs towards you. This way they are tamed. IN case of rats also this is applicable. Just cage them in special cage where there are many twists and turns. this make them work more for their food. Though it takes time but it works aewsome. Abt makig them still then i said u that once they are tamed, just ring bell, they come running to you and stand there until u give them food. NIce way na..!
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I am not sure where you live, but you can never get rid of them.  You can, however, control them by regular pest control measures.  I realize you are only renting the house, but I do not think you can hold the property owner responsible for the bites.  The things are just out there in massive numbers.  I would suggest you look into alternate housing if possible, especially with the children in the household.  I had a brown recluse bite about a month ago and am still battling them in my house.  I have a bad infestation of them.  I feel for you.  God bless.
803700
pour some ammonia around they don't like the smell and will associate the smell with your place and stay away. put some in a trail over to neighbours late at night and fed them regular there. make sure it is neighbour you don't like
892217
take the ball out of the bottom of the mouse and clean the runners, they get crap stuck round them. just scrape it with your finger nail and blow it out.
499203
You got a thing with rats dont you...
202766
I didn't konw that, all the rats in my house moved out. They all had their little sticks with the bandanas tied aruond the end of it. The last one out looked back at me with a tear in his eye and said that I didn't leave enough crumbs on the floor, and they were all gone.
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10 ways to scare your neighbors\n\n1.) Order pizza and other food to their house and pick it up at their doorstep claiming that\nyou don't have a phone. \nhello\n2.) Stand over the plants in your yard with a hose and Scream, "I have your life in my\nhands, bow down to me!". Then point at each one and declare them good or bad\nplants,while watering the bad ones. \n\n3.)Bring them restraining orders on inanimate objects in their house. (ie: chairs, books,\nlamps, etc.) \n\n4.) Ask them if you can put your trash in their cans, if they ask why say, "Mine are full of\nbodies", then stutter and say, "I uh mean other garbage." walk away laughing\nhysterically. \n\n5.)Patrol the perimeter of your yard while carrying a broom. If they come close state that\ntheir is a 3 foot neutral area between the two yards. \n\n6.) At night transplant the plants in their garden. In the morning say, "looks like they're on\nthe move again." \n\n7.) When they're watching TV, pull a lawn chair behind their window. Sit down with popcorn\nand a dink and ask them if they could open a window so you can hear too. \n\n8.)Build snowmen with name tags of your neighbours. Each day hack off a different part of\ntheir body. \n\n9.) Use your TV remote to change the channels on their TV from outside. If asked why,\nsay you protest such programs. (The more educational the program the better.) \n\n10.) Dig shallow graves at night filling your yard with brown grave patches.  Make\nmarkers out of household applainces.
44663
One of the ways you can reduce Beaver damage is to put up some chickenwire around the base of the trees. You only need it to go about four feet up. That'll keep em from knawing it to heck and back.
935431
They are the dreaded mud cat, some times called a polliwog.  They will take over a pond and the only way to get rid of them is drain and dig out the pond/tank.
340583
Find out exactly where they are roosting (they roost in trees). Once you have accomplished this, scare them off of their roost.  If you do this a couple of times they will find somewhere else to roost. It probably will work after the first attempt.
123253
Set some ground pepper around their area and they'll stay in...if you want to kill them I swear by Windex or if you have a baby and worry about fumes try pure vinegar and it'll work, too!
776708
traps on your property. catch a couple of them and the owners might keep them closer to their own home.
600034
My parents are having this problem as well.  Their neighbor has weeds and overgrown bushes.  Get your local alderman/representative involved.  If you're in a neighborhood and have a neighborhood committee, I would appeal to them.  That's what my parents did and saw immediate results.
205994
try a professional exterminator, the stuff you buy doesn't really work longer than a few days!
83540
Try helping your neighbors with their yard work.