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Wood rat traps Victor Wooden are excellent and reusable for decades. Very cheap on eBay in larger quantities of.12 24 36 or 48 as low as $2 each  
Alternate bait, peanut butter, granola bars, nuts, desserts, meats butter cream etc
Best to change up bait often as rats are smart and learn fast. 
As if approaching toxic or biohazard task, you could slip each hand into plastic newspaper bag, hold trap, hold dead rat, release trap, reverse bag over dead  rat, dispose of dead rat, having never touched hand to disease vector. 
Bagged hands reset trap, wash hands. 

Yes, you could use disposable gloves, but I am showing you how to cut corners and save the earth by using the plastic newspaper bags which double waste bags for dead rat. 

KISS KEEP IT SIMPLE SILLY

Wooden traps are excellent outdoors too, but only if in a shoebox Or small Amazon CARDBOARD box with a little hinged flap, door cut in box via knife or razor blade such that birds do not enter the dark box. 
Rat mouse pest control vermin vector. 

Rat Mouse Rodent squirrel Deterrents Vole Gopher
Peppermint Oil 
Lavender 
Cayenne Pepper Capsicum CS 
PineSol Pine SOL  
Irish Spring soap 
Bounce dryer sheets  toxic
Human pee,  cat pee,  coyote pee 
Ammonia deters raccoons and squirrels from your basement. ( raccoon smells ammonia and assumes there’s a bigger batter, animal down there ) 

1:1 recipes that kill rats
Stucco with  baking flour
Paper machet with baking flour
Cornstarch + 
Ie some thing that hardens to solid plus food. 
Hardens in Rat tummy, blocks passage. 
This method is harmless to cats, dogs, hawks, owls, egrets, herons, bobcats, fox coyote, and mountain lions, who may eat the rats. 

Aptiv pest control aggressively solicits door to door on Segway scooters and uses toxic, dangerous anticoagulants related to warfarin Coumadin blood thinners that pose a lethal poison threat to domestic pets and wildlife

Ecosia.org rat repellent 

Save Hawks Eagles Falcons Owls 
Osprey Kestrel Harrier kite egret heron 
RaptorsAreTheSolution.org 

https://RaptorsAreTheSolution.org 

Boycott Aptiv 
https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking-action/ag-henry-seeks-shutdown-of-non-compliant-exterminator-for-breaking-agreement-by-soliciting-services-door-to-door/ 

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Janet this is going to be a controversial subject, but and I am not accusing you of this, but I accuse others of this. Some people are afraid to kill the rats in their garage because they don’t want to do violence. What these people people do not understand is the following.

If you do not kill the two or three or four or five or six rats in your garage today
You will have dozens of rats in your garage week or next month

The only approach to rodents is to exterminate them ASAP

Same goes for a wheat moth in your kitchen or a.k.a.

Indian grain moth

If you do not eradicate every single one of these pests you ever see they multiply

In this regard, I am laughingly, thrilled and happy if I may admit at watching the video for 

Jack Russel Terriers  Ireland ? 

as hopefully as such in the country these were organic rats, and the dogs suffered no ill feet due to catching them, and again, I repeat those Half dozen Jack Russell terrier had not dispensed of those plenty odd rats then those rats would have bred and reproduced into hundreds of rats so 

Better to nip it in the bud and release the hounds

Those dogs had the best, happiest dreams all night long, and the subsequent evenings as they surely enjoyed their task and anticipation, hoping more such trick-or-treat Easter egg hunt treasure hunts of joy would come their way in future days

Dog says

Best day ever

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Rats eat Soy wires car makes years
Ecosia.org 

Warning, some of these articles are written by entities with a green agenda to push soy based products. 
I have observed orange extension cords, laying in my garage and outdoors for over five decades. No rat ever chewed on my orange extension cords until late the decade of. 2010 plus 2020 2021 2022 

This contrast of five decades of no Rat chew, 
leading into one decade of consistent chew, both in garage and outdoors, is significant. 
Specifically relating to many orange grounded extension, cords of 50, 75, 100 feet and blue grounded extension cords all heavy duty. 
Sharon Heights Menlo Park, California 94025 
2020 2021 2022 

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Angela B
A word about Teslas: Tesla engines use soy protein for making pipes and other engine parts. Cheaper and supposed to be more sustainable. Stupid as all get out as it attracts rodents!! What idiot thought this one out? 
And I now drive a Tesla! 
So please consider Teslas to be rat food too!! 

I now park outside instead of in a garage. I have seen an orange cat under my car a few times. I hope it is chasing the rodents away from those yummy soy protein engine parts!! Sheesh!!!



https://www.caranddriver.com › news › a21933466 › does

Does Your Car Have Wiring That Rodents Think Is Tasty?

Some believe the culprit could be modern car wiring or, more specifically, the soy-based insulation used to wrap it. This insulation can be an irresistible treat for rats, mice, squirrels, and ...



https://www.howtopreventratsfromeatingcarwires.com › 2017 › 02 › 10 › does...

Does Your Car Have Soy Based Wiring? [UPDATED 2023]

Exactly How To Prevent Rats & Mice From Eating Your Car Wires. What you will need: Tomcat Rat Snap Traps (6 traps per car) – For Rats; ... It is important to understand that rodents have been known to chew on wires for many many years before soy based wiring started being used in cars. So, just because you may be purchasing a car that doesn ...



https://www.motorverso.com › which-cars-have-soy-based-wiring

Which Cars Have Soy Based Wiring: Do They Attract Rodents? - Motor Verso

With oil-based car parts thrown out of the mix, it seems as if consumers have to live in constant fear of having their car’s wiring chewed up by rats. Nevertheless, the widespread adoption of soy based wiring in cars continued. Up until about 10 years ago, most car companies used petroleum-based wiring insulations.



https://www.torquenews.com › 1083 › car-talk-helps-bust-myth-soy-why...

Car Talk Helps Bust the Myth That Soy Is Why Rodents Are Eating Your ...

No, it wasn’t soy-based wiring that attracted the mice to chomp on Jim’s 113-year-old car. Rather it was instinct and the need to keep a chewing habit satisfied.



https://www.howtopreventratsfromeatingcarwires.com › 2019 › 04 › 23 › soy...

Soy Based Wiring Lawsuits – Update – How to Prevent Rats from Eating ...

Rodents getting into cars and chewing on wires has been a problem going back decades (i.e. many years prior to soy based wiring entering the scene). ... Exactly How To Prevent Rats & Mice From Eating Your Car Wires. What you will need: Tomcat Rat Snap Traps (6 traps per car) – For Rats;



https://www.freep.com › ... › 05 › 07 › rats-rodents-cars-vehicles › 578398002

Rats eat through your car wiring? Here's why it's happening

Rats can't resist wiring in newer cars: Here's why ... In the same year on the East Coast, AAA car care center technicians were finding a similar problem of rodents chewing through vehicle wires ...



https://carfromjapan.com › ... › which-cars-do-not-have-soy-based-wiring

Which Cars Do Not Have Soy-Based Wiring? Keeping Cars Infestation Free ...

Our drivers shared that sometimes, rodents were attracted to the vehicle (For example: Honda 2017 CRV) because the manufacturers use the soy-based wire coding. And they claimed that they spent a lot of money on damage from rats. Which cars do not have soy-based wiring (Photo: toyota2021) Read more: Use These Tips and Clean Your Car the Easiest Way



https://www.gbnews.com › lifestyle › drivers-warned-vegan-wires-rats...

Drivers warned of ‘vegan’ car wires being ‘eaten by rats’ with huge ...

Drivers warned of ‘plant-based’ car wires being ‘eaten by rats’ and causing huge repair costs ... Some popular car brands have been using soy-based insulations to wrap wiring in the car. According to Car and Driver, the insulation is favoured by rats, mice, squirrels and other animals, and has been the target of class-action lawsuits in ...


Forbes

https://www.forbes.com › sites › michaeldunne › 2017 › 02 › 19 › rats-new-cars...

Rats! New Cars' Soy-Coated Wires Give Rodents Plenty To Chew On - Forbes

No green deed goes unpunished. Newer models cars are using soy-based materials to coat wiring. Rodents are feasting - and causing havoc with cars sensors and electronics.



https://carbuzz.com › news › why-are-rats-snacking-on-many-new-cars...

Why Are Rats Snacking On Many New Cars' Wiring Insulation? - CarBuzz

But the problem of rats invading and feasting on a vehicle's wiring isn't new, and it existed prior to the use of soy-based insulation, hence the reason why automakers are trying to avoid paying ...

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Roger RATS, 2024, AND 2025 ARE BLOOMING IN POPULATION SUBSEQUENT TO CALIFORNIANS TOLERANCE OF COYOTES PREDATION OF OUR CATS 

a mountain lion is an Apex predator. as is a bear. Second tier or second shelf is coyote nearly Apex predator. Fearing only mountain lion and man. One single coyote in an evening cannot dispense with the thousands or tens of thousands of rats in one city.
Therefore is not realistic to think that a coyote or a dozen coyotes in one city could handle the tens of thousands of rats that would breed each month or each year.

Cities would need hundreds of cats to keep a lid on these rat populations which would and

RATS, 2024, AND 2025 ARE BLOOMING IN POPULATION SUBSEQUENT TO CALIFORNIANS TOLERANCE OF COYOTES PREDATION OF OUR CATS 

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some folks trap rats in non-poisoned safe areas, then release them in view of hawks owls or other Raptors 
For example, wide-open fields, near a log or bush, or some refugee 
Rat or rodent will take shelter until it becomes a meal for a predator, hopefully away from other folks, houses and living situations. 

Other folks live release in field in view of Hawk so catch by raptor is swift and sure (best practice) Live Rat irresistible to Hawk. 

Obviously, one would never want to do this if the rat may have been exposed to anticoagulant rat poison, such as warfarin, Coumadin, or other blood, thinners or toxic. These blood thinners are used by Aptiv pesticide company which rode around our neighborhoods on Segway scooters some years ago. Circa 2018 2019 2020 2021 

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Help! Rats in my car! 
https://nextdoor.com/p/LmSk47DRbjSx/c/1293052510?init_source=notification_center

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