Six steps to successful rat and mouse control

Tidy Up
Tidy up the farmyard to reduce the number of places rats might like to nest, feed and drink.
• Remove and destroy rubbish, old pallets, broken macliinery, piles of old feed sacks/bags - as these provide ideal areas in which rats can live and hide.
• Repair leaking pipes - inside and out of buildings. Rats must drink every day to survive. Deny them water and they will have to seek it elsewhere.
• Seal the bottom of the wooden doors with a metal strip so rat cannot graw their way through to feed stores.
• Keep all doors shut to keep rats out.
• Store feed and dryt goods away from walls - just a foot will do. This stops rats nesting behind them.
• Clean up food spills immediately. If rats can access high energy animal feed easily, they are less likely to take even the best quality bait.
Be ahead of the game - don't let rats become established.