Just be overly careful with the pellets with any kids or animals, my rottweiler had gotten into the ones I put down and luckily we caught it quick enough that she didnt die on us.

Thanks for the info! So, being it is now day 5 and no more rat noises and no smell of death yet, Even with the poison they used containing "Brametholine" they will still want water and go searching for it? The first product used was "Rat X" and they are Sodium based and safe around domestic pets. The main thing that it does it shuts off the part in there brains that tell them to get water and the high sodium content shuts there organs down and die. So, as I said I am still new to this Rat killing thing, Thanks for the info again! Yes, my little guy is not allowed in the rooms where the poison pellets were put above in drop ceilings. So he is safe.

where on the outside of the house should the maintenance men start looking for the holes and cracks where these rodents enter so they can seal up? if anyone knows this please comment on this. I am needing to give a list to owner of this house so that he can tell his workers where to start. Also, what materials should they use to do this job and type that rats will not get through. THanks

Be careful anyway - my parents house had poison put out for mice, and even though the poison was not placed anywhere my puppy could reach it or find it, she still got poisoned because the mice carried some of the poison and stored it like food for later in another room that my pup DID have access too. My pup found the stash in a pile of material in my mother's sewing room and ate a bunch. The rodents can and do move poison around if it is in a solid form. We found out in time and my pup was okay after an emergency vet visit, but still!

Sorry your pup got to that. Glad he is okay,,,, Do you no longer have rats in your home? How and wjat is needed to seal up all openings? Do you know?

It was my parents' home and they still have the mice, just fewer. They've always had mice all the years I lived there until now, LOL! The house is in the middle of the woods, and during the cold months it seems more mice come in because it is warm. They are getting in through some kind of openings, probably around roof eves or near windows under siding where something isn't sealed well. The problem with rodents is they can chew through so many things that it's hard to find something that will work to block openings. My parents have also had squirrels get in and those make way more noise than the mice when they are in the walls/ceilings. My sister's house had mice, but then their cat noticed the mice and there are less/no mice now. :-) I wouldn't let my pups go after mice in my home though in case they had recently ingested poison from somewhere else. Not to mention fleas or other parasites. I live in NYC and there are mice in the house sometimes, but we can get rid of them for a while with snap traps. We don't use poison after the experience with our pup at my parents' house. It works for a while. There are plenty of rats in NYC, but other than the subway stations, I've only seen then on the sidewalk near trashcans outdoors myself. Thankfully.

You can follow the path of rats into the house by looking along pipes, trees close to the roof and screened entrances to the attic. Once they find an entrance point they will use it routinely, so you are looking specifically for grease stains along these potential pathways - it will look like dirt smudges. Keep in mind that they can also enter beneath doors, not just cracks, and that some of the entrance points may be providing air flow to your home, or are inaccessible. Having an exterminator look at this and give you an estimate will give you a much better result than than trying to direct the maintenance guy, however. Most companies will do this much for free, and it sounds as though your landlord needs a policy, not a one time fix. An exterminator will check on a regular basis and will remove carcasses, as well. Good luck.

what about lower access points on how they get into basement? this is where they are and remaining to hang out in?

Same idea: beneath doors, along pipes, any ventilation screens, broken windows or cracks.