a man's home is his castle and when it is invaded by pesky rodents and other vermin
it's time to deploy the arsenal that you have available to you
stay tuned i'm going to show you that arsenal and the recipe i used to effectively kill
rats and mice dead and it's safe for all the other creatures
so
do
hello welcome back to pine meadows hobby farm i'm your host jerry hansen like i said in the bumper
a man's home is his castle and when it comes under invasion by unwanted guests it's time
to release the arsenal against them take no mercy take no prisoners i not only have problems in the
house but with animal feed in the barn and other outbuildings well it's an attractant to these
unwanted guests from the nearby forest lands we live in the wilderness but everybody has
problems with rodents and i'm going to share with you a simple recipe that's cheap that's
readily available that you can kill rats and mice dead and let's get started here's my arsenal
the first thing on the list is one of the things i tried i found it on youtube a couple of years ago
got this seven gallon bucket filled it about halfway with water and put this wire through
it and put a pop can on it yes spins well i got the wood plank uh so we can get the rodents to
walk the plank but getting them up there and even attracting them isn't another thing i use peanut
butter and i coat the plank with peanut butter and also put the seeds and grain that i store and feed
my animals on the peanut butter it sticks to it so that's an attractive gets them used to going up to
the plank and onto the can i also coat the can with peanut butter and seeds
never had any success thus far with this with this item never so uh in today's episode i'm going to
go ahead and deploy it in the trash cart because i do have rodents in there i have not put any
poisons or traps in the tractor barns but i got to turn the galore in there
so we're going to try to get to them in there oh also some other things i have
is these little snap traps these are the my snap traps bake them with a little peanut butter
and also bake them with a little bit of the grain seed too and set them i'm gonna put these two in
the barn now i also have this rat snap trap yeah we're going to go ahead and deploy this
uh on the foundation of the house because rats usually like and mice usually like to go around
the foundation of a home and try to find a way to get in number one is if you're getting rodents in
your house look to find where they're getting in and plug that gap uh with anything possible steel
wall or even the metal um screed for windows go down get you some of that but still wool plugging
the hole works very effectively i've used this so called expanding foam that's supposed to be rodent
proof so far it is it's rodent-proof except for one spot where they did they were determined so
they got through on the line set with the cooling unit anyway i managed to get rid of them out of
the house i have no more chewing and destruction and pest and disease going on under the house
now i did buy some of this bait trap and it's supposed to attract a mouse
it's just for mice and the mouse is supposed to go into this little bait trap and eat that bait never
never ever even though i've had mice we've never had a mouse go in there ever that i know of so
at first we were effectively getting them with the snap traps but they sometimes we're getting two
wise to the snap traps so i resorted to something else and this other trap it's an interesting
little trap i got free from an estate cleanup i set that it caught a rat this sucker caught
a rat and i was so pleased that it got a rat uh so we're gonna deploy that into the storage shed
and along with this other trap this is a trap that i effectively catch squirrels and rats in
have not cut a skunk in it but i can effectively catch squirrels and rats
i bait it with peanut butter and grain and then we'll just go ahead and set the
trap and then i'm going to go ahead and deploy this trap also in the storage shed
now i got this big trap this the squirrel elator is what it's called the brand name
uh it comes with a bucket you fill the bucket full of water and you just pick up the trap and
set it down into the water and dispatch the little pest that way i've been effective at
catching squirrels rats and skunks in this thing and it depends on what you bait it with
for skunks i bait with eggs because that's what they're going for is the chicken eggs
duck eggs goose eggs boy i got them on video camera speaking of the video camera or the
trail camera i'm going to go ahead and set that up in the tractor barn on the combination of a
few traps and see if this bucket trap is going to work and also a couple of the other traps now
the traps are the poisons that i chose to use i've tried these ultrasonic plug-in devices that
are supposed to put out a high-pitched sound that you can't hear but rodents can hear to try to keep
rodents and bugs away from the house those simply do not work don't even waste your money they do
not work uh we've got we had an infestation as a result of it so uh poisons i tried rat x no
avail i've tried a couple of other poisons i can't remember what they were but the most effective one
i've tried flour and baking soda well that worked but i needed a more solid attractant to want to
attract the rats and the mice to be able to go eat the concoction what it is is equal parts
attractant and i'll go through the list of attractants and it's equal parts baking soda
and here's what baking soda does in a rat gut in their gut that helps them digest foods
is acids you know your body creates an acid so we're simulating a rat gut right here this is an
acid and in here is a spoonful of this solution and watch what happens look at that it bubbles
that's what's happening in the rat's stomach rats can't burp and rats can't fart and that's why
it kills a rat and a mouse what they do is they feel the uncomfortable they go back to their nest
and they die don't put any water aside the stomach juices the acids in the animal's belly is what
activates it and it causes to blow up inside and that's what kills them because unlike all
other creatures rats and mice cannot burp and they cannot fart they just blow up internally
yeah it might be painful but what you're gonna do is you're gonna they're gonna eat it they're
gonna get uncomfortable they're gonna go back to their nest which is their their safety zone and
they're going to uh die so that's why you don't see evidence of dead rats and dead mouse lying
around because they don't die instantly it's time you might smell an odor for about a week or two if
they die in the walls of your house if you've got that infestation if you don't notice any sign of
diminishing in the first week keep it up keep going keep attracting them keep poisoning them
with the baking soda because it's an infestation what happens is they'll go back to the nest
they have babies in those nests the baby mama dies daddy dies babies grow up and they start
wandering out for food and then they grow up and now you've got the infestation uh it cycles
so just keep it out keep it going and then pretty soon they will all be dead because once the babies
go out looking for food they found the food they eat it they die so you got rid of the whole colony
that has infestated your home another attractant i've used this cocoa i would not recommend cocoa
in place of flour uh for these poisons if you have other animals and other critters that you
don't want to poison please don't use cocoa it's hazardous to dogs i've also used plaster of paris
your animal might get into plaster paris and yes it'll solidify in their gut just like
the rat gut in the mouse gut so i don't even recommend um the plaster of paris
uh with the flour and the baking soda or just the plaster of paris
and the baking soda the most effective recipe i have learned that i came up with is this
uh cornbread mix i got it at walmart and baking soda equal parts like a a tablespoon of baking
soda a tablespoon of this corn flour corn flour will work too but the jiffy cornbread mix has
sweetener has honey has other things in it along with a little bit of flour and stuff
so it has that ingredients in it and it's a good attractant and this one i've had epic success with
epic success uh here's a dead rat that i found as a result of well coming against my arsenal
so you can uh you could put these in any kind of container i you know a cottage cheese container
with a hole cut in the side put the lid on it if you're going to set it outside the lid protects it
from rain so it doesn't get rained on and get you know unattractive to the road and it keeps it dry
i use this in the garden during garden season so it keeps it dry i also use these dollar tree
containers cut a little hole in the side but snap the lid back on
i'm going to put one under the chicken coop and i'm going to put another one
in the tractor barn and we'll see again they'll be within view of the trail camera and that way
follow me for an update and that way you guys could see if it was successful just as i was
filming this and putting things away i noticed a squirrel here under the chicken coop so i'm
going to go ahead and set the squirrel later trap up here and then bait it with some of this seed
okay there's an opening right here so i'll just dump that right there
i'll put this over the top of it
okay let's go deploy the arsenal in the barn
okay there's some poison there's that block that they won't do
and here's the mouse trap we'll see how that goes and i'll show you guys the
updated film so stay tuned to that one you could do that by subscribing first
then clicking that bell icon which alerts you to the new video uh you don't have to subscribe but
tune in uh periodically to the channel and see the uh if i got the video uploaded for the new update
also give us a thumbs up like the show click that share button sharing my video on your social media
platforms help spread the word to people on how to effectively get rid of these nasty
disease infested uh creatures from your home that could possibly be a hazard to your kid's health
uh your wife's house your husband's health at your health you know it's you know it's
it's necessary it's a necessary evil get rid of these creatures from your home they're
okay in their environment they have their place in the environment not in your home
oh
wow
remember always be safe and please be kind we'll see you guys in the next adventure bye bye now
do
you