Dealing with Rats

[Geritt Shipley]

Hello, I've got a single family home in Portland, OR and the tenants began hearing rats in the attic about a month ago. Since then I have located the area where they entered and sealed it off, however I'm having trouble killing the ones currently living in the attic. Has anyone had success with Rat poison and if so which one? I've been using Rat X and am convinced it doesn't actually kill them, currently just have snap traps in place. Any advice on the matter is greatly appreciated.

[Nathan Gesner]

Good ol' fashioned spring traps. Set a bunch of them with peanut butter. Check and reset them daily to remove the dead ones and reset the traps.

Poison is easier and works well, but the mice die somewhere in the house and you may have an odor problem for a week or two.