Rats are destructive, illness transporting creatures and you don't want them anywhere near the inside or outside your home.
To get rid of rats, you first need to determine where the rats are gathering as it makes no sense placing traps in the kitchen if they are in the attic for instance.
When you have located where the vermin are nesting, it is time to find and close off all accessible entry points into your home.
Keep in mind a rat can gain access to an opening that is only half an inch wide.
Search out cracks in the home foundations or in any room where there are any wires or water lines that enter into your home.
Additionally check outside and inside the basement, cupboards and other regions looking for holes to be sealed.
When you have located these holes stuff them with steel wool as it can cut the gums of the rats if they attempt to chew through it.
Rats possess a tendency to chew through most materials, so one of the best ways to seal off any probable entrances is with cement, sheet meshing, or any metal material.
For additional protection add some shards of glass to wet cement to deter rats from acquiring entry.
Rats are attracted to drinking water and live in sewers and could be attracted to the scent of food in the water lines that connect to the bathroom.
If you find a rat in your bathroom bowl squirt dishwater liquid directly into bowl, close lid, procrastinate a minute or two and afterwards flush.
One of the very best ways to get rid of rats, is to use a snap trap with a bait of a small amount of peanut butter distributed over a cotton ball as this will attract the rats and you will find that the bait works better than having a piece of cheese in the trap.
As rats are fast and have the capability to grab the lure and escape before the lure snaps, try also tying the cotton ball on with dentist floss as this should get stuck in their teeth and slow their attempt to escape.
Look to place the trap where you find holes or rat droppings, taking proper care to place it away from reach of youngsters or family pets.
If as a last resort you do decide to use rat poison choose one that once the rats eat it will go away as some poisons will kill the rats but they die close to where they have eaten the poison and you are left with an unpleasant smell where the rats