Collier County, Naples Rat Control Situation:
Hello David, We are a warehouse in Naples FL. That deals with telecommunications. We have switch room full of wires and supplies for telephones and Internet supplies. We recently started seen Feces on our shop floor; we also have several huge bay doors but we keep no food or anything like that in the warehouse. It looks as though the rat is only staying in the shop we have not found any feces in our offices or upstairs offices. We have put out liquid poison and hard poison like bars, pellets, and etc. I have even gone to the extreme of a trail deer camera and peanut butter to see if we could get a look at this thing leaving feces. I've Google the feces I've found and came up with roof rat we even have broken the feces up and it looks like its eat crickets an Jun bugs . I guess tonight I will try a hotdog and trail camera again to see if I can get a shot of the rat or thing that is leaving feces everywhere.
Hi David, I was cringing reading your site about rats... I fear them the most of all 4 legged creatures! I couldn't even look at the pictures of them. On that note... I'm just starting to smell a foul scent in a certain area of our home, downstairs. My gut tells me its a dead rat somewhere in the walls. To get a second opinion, I asked our gardener to come inside and take a whiff for himself. I didn't tell him what I thought it was, and he immediately said, "it smells like you have a dead rat somewhere in your walls or in the floor." :-( I'm so disgusted by this... Do you travel to Naples in Southern Florida? If not, can you pls recommend someone good to take care of this problem? Thank you so very much for your expertise and time. Its very much appreciated! Feilani
Naples Rat Control Tip of The Week
Are Cats Good at Keeping Rats Away?
When it comes to removing rats from homes, the use of cats in hunting these rodents is one of the best natural ways of getting that done. Cats and rats are natural enemies; hence cats are good at keeping rats away. The only issue with keeping cats to remove rats from your home is that there is a high probability of it being prone to catching other non-target animals like frogs, birds, and lizards. Also, there are no guarantees that the cat you bring into your home to keep rats away will help catch the rat within a specific time.
Apart from the hunting skills that cats use to remove rats, the scent of a cat will also make rats stay away from your home. Rats have a well-developed sense of smell and can easily pick up slight scents. With this, they can sense the presence of a cat in a particular area and stay as far as possible away from it. This survival instinct of rats will send them packing.
But for this to work the way you want it to, you need to find a cat that displays typical hunting behavior. Naturally, cats do have hunting instincts and the urge to catch rats. But this only gets triggered when the right environment is in place or the cats are encouraged to do so.
If you want a cat with a good hunting instinct, the first thing you need to do is to make inquiries as to whether the mother of the kitten was a good hunter or not. Cats learn the required hunting skills from their mother. If you want the cat you will be introducing into your home to be a good hunter, it will need to learn these hunting skills from its mother.
Are cats good at keeping rats away?
When it comes to removing rats from homes, the use of cats in hunting these rodents is one of the best natural ways of getting that done. Cats and rats are natural enemies; hence cats are good at keeping rats away. The only issue with keeping cats to remove rats from your home is that there is a high probability of it being prone to catching other non-target animals like frogs, birds, and lizards. Also, there are no guarantees that the cat you bring into your home to keep rats away will help catch the rat within a specific time.
Apart from the hunting skills that cats use to remove rats, the scent of a cat will also make rats stay away from your home. Rats have a well-developed sense of smell and can easily pick up slight scents. With this, they can sense the presence of a cat in a particular area and stay as far as possible away from it. This survival instinct of rats will send them packing.
But for this to work the way you want it to, you need to find a cat that displays typical hunting behavior. Naturally, cats do have hunting instincts and the urge to catch rats. But this only gets triggered when the right environment is in place or the cats are encouraged to do so.
If you want a cat with a good hunting instinct, the first thing you need to do is to make inquiries as to whether the mother of the kitten was a good hunter or not. Cats learn the required hunting skills from their mother. If you want the cat you will be introducing into your home to be a good hunter, it will need to learn these hunting skills from its mother.
