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Trumpcard
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject: Rats in my ceiling! |
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I live in an older style apartment and as of 2 months ago a rat or something similar has taken up residence in one corner of my bedroom ceiling. It was never really a problem - could hear some scampering now and then but over the past week there seem to be more and they make a really loud chirping sound starting around 5am. There is no means of actually getting into the ceiling (no manholes unlike my previous places).
Going to have to sleep on my sofa if I cant shut them up permanently.... |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: Rats in my ceiling! |
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| Trumpcard wrote: |
| ...they make a really loud chirping sound starting around 5am... |
birds? |
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Trumpcard
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| whatever these things are I'm not sure how they could have got in there in the first place. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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are you sure they aren't bats?
I had bats in my wall once - they were nesting in there - I kept complaining about some strange animal sounds and no one believed me until one day in the hallway one flew into a neighbor
this was in the u.s. but bats are most everywhere.
not a lot of rats here due to the huge number of feral cats but still - if they are reproducing you are in for a bad time if not taken care of soon - !! |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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I had bats in the USA, too.
Sometimes they crawl in the side walls as well. They poop in there, which isn't healthy. My friend's solution was to listen for where it was and try to drive a nail through the dryboard. I'd hate a dead bat stinking-up the place, though! |
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Dazed and Confused
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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If you are sure it is rats you can get poisoned rice from the pharmacy. I had a rat in the office and it took care of him. But like other posters said is it birds? bats? squirells?
I lived in a villa several years back and got a couple nests of pigeons
in and around the roof tiles. I HATE PIGEONS! When the painters came round to paint the roof and trim we told them to pull out the nests because we were tired of the poop and the noise. Those Korean ajoshis replied with "But you can't do that! There's babies in the nests!"  |
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Joe666
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Jesus it's hot down here!
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| If it is bats and they are urinating in the walls or ceiling, you will smell ammonia. Bats and Guinea pigs have high concentrations of ammonia in their urine. |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Spread your urine around all parts of your house. The smell will drive the birds or rats away. |
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| moosehead wrote: |
not a lot of rats here due to the huge number of feral cats |
Somehow I doubt that the cats are keeping the rats in check throughout the entire city (assuming you're talking about Seoul). Just because you don't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there. |
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heynice
Joined: 15 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| DCJames wrote: |
| Spread your urine around all parts of your house. The smell will drive the birds or rats away. |
...and then your house smells like piss... |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
| moosehead wrote: |
not a lot of rats here due to the huge number of feral cats |
Somehow I doubt that the cats are keeping the rats in check throughout the entire city (assuming you're talking about Seoul). Just because you don't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there. |
never said there aren't any rats -
and also never said I haven't seen any rats.
I happen to know quite a bit about animals and can assure you, there are not nearly as many rats here as one might imagine there would be considering the ample water and rice.
there are other reasons as well. over time it will change, the rats are returning slowly but surely but again, the cats keep them pretty much in check.
incidentally, feral cats also impact bird populations. |
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