There's a rat in my bin, what am I gonna do?

seriously.....I am getting ready for a bike ride, and my dog started growling at the front door...I could hear the lid on the bin 'knocking', so opened the front door and lifted the wheelie bin lid. There is a massive, brown bastid rat in there!
Now,as its Mother's Day, I know I should attempt to get it out and gone, in case wifey puts some rubbish in there, but she's still in bed. Plus I'm scared.
I'll go out for my ride, and see if anyone's found it by the time I get back.....

 

Phone the council they normally have a 24 hour pest control dept or try to contact a celebrity chef who will change it into a fantatsic meal for 4 , with nothing more than a light roast and seasonal veg.

 

Buy it a harness and make it a pet

 

For the future keep some poison in a safe place for days like this.

Any neighbours you could ask if they have poison.


Get a bucket fill with big stones open lid and play splat the rat.

 

Easy


swap it with next doors

 

You could try what my neighbour did when he found a rat in the bin. Hosepipe through the lid, switch water on, tape down lid to prevent escape, leave it for a bit, one drowned rat.

 

You'll need my toolkit.

 

Isn't it mandatory that you report it to the proper authority. Whoever that may be.

 

Keep an eye out for signs of any others about. Droppings look just like licquorice torpedoes, and along the bottom of walls etc for a greasy looking tide mark, about 2/3 inches up. Check under sheds etc and any compost heaps.
Borrow a Jack Russel.

 

Horrible things. I found one in our compost heap, seem to have got rid of it but always paranoid now that there's a nest under or in shed.
And by eck, rats are getting big. I've seem some on the road at night that are the size of small cats. Yes, they were rats.

 

where there's one there's more ,half fill the bin with water,it will swim till its exhausted then keel over

 

I think we all need to be a little more thoughtful in the 'post a lie about Oscar' thread.........

 

Just throw a few parts price lists in the bin and it will be scared to death by the scene tax, job done!

 

big stick, cricket bat, spade or axe

Or swap your bin for nextdoors

 

Show it some love...it might be your friend..

 

And don't forget your rose tinted glasses.

 

Air rifle is more fun than poison.

 

Serious answer, is send the little blighter a solicitors letter telling him to get out the bin he shouldnt be there. he should be in the kitchen

 

Old fashioned compost heap = warm cosy place for rats to live with regular meals thrown in. Use a hotbin for food waste, more efficient and doesn't attract vermin.