Perfection. You may experience it once-or-twice in your life. That inch-thick New York strip that was grilled flawlessly. The summer lawn is weed less, greener than a leprechaun and cut with the precision of a surgeon from the best hospital in the world. Driving to work and not hitting any red lights.

On the opposite side of the coin, there’s failure. Like renting a deep sea fishing vessel for the day and coming back with just a big, fat ball of coagulated oil from a previous petroleum rig snafu. Paying a thousand bucks for a bottle of aged Scotch only to find that it tastes a heck of a lot like something digested by a Great White Whale. The worst is finding a nest of crows in your underwear drawer.

Rats!

A big bummer is when you hear scratching across the kitchen floor. As you turn on the light, yikes! It’s a rat the size 10-week old Doberman. Time to set some traps to catch your new pet. You can do it alone, but it’s best to contact a pest control specialist. When you see one rodent, sure bet; there are many more hiding in your t-shirt drawer.

But if you decide to DIY, you’ll not only need traps but poison and a pail of patience. We say to hold on to your hat because rodents are suspicious of anything new in their trails along the walls. Could take 4-days for one to sample the cuisine.

Only DIY if you have no kids or pets. Call a pro. Don’t want to find either of these welcomed guys belly-up in the family room.

Still No Bites?

Could be a fail in the baiting technique? Check out these possible SNAFUs:

• Maybe the beast has built-up a resistance to the poison you’re using. They sneak a tiny taste everyday over a couple of weeks and have become immune to the stuff.
• Could be they just don’t like the type of bait that you’re using. After all, they’re roaming around your house and if you’re not a clean-freak, they’ve developed a gourmet taste for the finer scraps of life.
• If you’re getting your bait from a convenience or drug store, it’s probably not the top quality material you need. Go to garden supply place. they’ve got better poison vittles. Again, you could save yourself all this work and do it right by calling a pest control pro.
• You haven’t set  enough traps. Rule of thumb: For mice, about 8-feet apart. For that Doberman-sized rat, place the traps about 20-feet apart.
• The bait has been contaminated. For instance, if you smoke inside, the nicotine will make the poison unappealing.  Haven’t you ever seen that late-night ad for rats? You know, the one that tries to get rodents to stop smoking. Always use fresh baits that haven’t picked up the smell of insecticides or cleaning materials. Change the lure about every two weeks.
• Don’t give up if you haven’t snatched a rat in a 6-or-7 dats. Remember, patience. If you build it, they’ll eventually grab their mitts and bats and come to play.
• Always use enough bait, don’t be stingy. You don’t want to apply it with a garden shovel; simply enough that they can munch until their tummy is full.
• Just because you saw the monster in the kitchen, place traps everywhere. Like all of us, they enjoy a good stroll now-and-again.
• Put the traps away from too much human activity. They hate to do anything but bug us. Absolutely no interest in sitting at the card table with you, guzzling that terrible tasting Scotch and playing Texas Hold ‘Em with you and your Thursday night poker pals.

Original Source:https://www.vulcantermite.com/home-pest-control/fixing-rat-bait-fails/