hey folks i got rats back in the barn i've been experimenting with different
solutions and i've came up with one that is the most successful for me stay tuned
do
so does
corn muffin mix and baking soda kill rats well i've had great success with it i'm going to put
a kind of a fresh concoction together for you because i uh i encountered a rat in the barn now
it's not multiple rats because we had multiple rats here when i started launching into coming
up with different concoctions we finally got rid of those little beasts and now uh here's my recipe
that's worked very well for killing rats and mice and i will demonstrate how it works
went to dollar tree and got a set of these i think there are three comes in a pack
so get these little uh things and put a little hole in there so the rodents can get in there but
it pretty much protects it from other livestock but you know what this will not hurt any other
animal it won't hurt birds won't hurt chickens it won't hurt your dogs or cats it's safe for them
so we're gonna put the concoction together and make this but i want to point out dollar tree
is no longer a dollar i was down there yesterday and everything was priced at about 25.
are you kidding me 25 inflation that's got to be the biggest inflation jump of any store ever
are you serious come on dollar tree anyway let's put it together i went to walmart for 72 cents i
bought some baking soda walmart brand saving money keeping it frugal and for about 85 cents i bought
get this american favorite corn muffin mix that's jiffy and it has real honey in it
this is not going to kill a rat or a mouse they'll this attracts them they'll eat this up
yeah and you want to attract them this is what's going to kill them let's make
the mixture and i'm going to show you how it works with the jiffy mix i'm just going to take
about four of these spoonfuls of the mix that's it four and with the baking soda i'm also going
to use equal parts for and for the baking soda i'm going to use four of these teaspoons
mix it up
because you want to attract the rodent and this is fresh stuff so hopefully it'll get to the road
in you don't need anything else do not put water nearby because water is not what activates this
stuff in their 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 that uncomfortable they go back to their nest and they die yep this is why they die
by the way this is just vinegar white vinegar this is probably one of the most passive traps or bait
and killer i have ever used i just set it out and about a month later i'll go back and change
it out with some fresh stuff so we just put the lid on it and we'll set it down in the
barn i've tried different traps i've even tried that bucket with a rolling can trap
that doesn't work never caught anything that was from even from smearing the can with peanut butter
and then putting seeds on the can the seeds that they were breaking into the barn for and also
uh the little ramp yeah i tried everything and this solution the cornbread mix and baking soda
has uh eliminated the rodents because they're for two months it took i had such an as infestation it
was yeah i've had great success with this formula over the others and uh i'm going to continue using
this so once i had such an infestation in the barn i didn't notice any difference until about a month
later because it was getting rid of all the rats and mice and i changed it out a couple of times
and now uh there for two or three months i had no evidence of any rat or a mouse in the
barn because they usually leave me a present to sweep up and there was nothing absolutely
nothing so i have one rat that i just noticed one and i think he wandered over from next door
so does baking soda and cornbread mix kill rats and mice yes it does uh every once in a while
i find a little corpse here and there but mostly they just vanish and disappear and no they won't
the if an animal finds the rat or mouse and eats the rat or a mouse well then they have a good meal
because it doesn't affect them because they can do flatulence and burp but apparently mice and
rats don't i'm your host jerry hansen this is pine meadows hobby farm where a frugal homestead
tucked up in the cascade ranges of the pacific northwest please stay tuned to more adventures
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next adventure and hope this works out well for you if it doesn't if it does don't expect results
overnight or within a week give it a couple weeks it depends how bad your infestation is
it may take a little bit of time but keep it up keep it out and i tell you what it works do
you