I Outsmarted The Rat!
@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
May 31, 2019 3:56am CST
In the office, there are rats.
My officemates whenever they arrive in the morning would find out that the wrapper of whatever unopened chips and pastries they have at their side tables, were already with holes .
As for me, I have the tin can in the picture , to keep the crackers and whatever left-overs of snacks I ate .
In addition , I keep my still unopened chips and other snack items at the side drawer of my table which I always make sure to be closed.
I outsmarted the rat by that.
However, today, I found out that the brown paper of the still unripe Indian mangoes I placed under my table the other day, has holes on it.
But the rat didn’t eat the mangoes that were a bit ripe already.
I ate the 4 of them for snack a while ago. But I do still have unripe mangoes in brown paper though I placed them on a high open drawer.
I hope the rat will not eat any of them when I come back on Monday.
I wonder how we can eliminate those rats in the office.
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@wolfgirl569 (96423)
• Marion, Ohio
31 May 19
You can get them by putting coke a cola out where they can drink it.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
2 Jun 19
@wolfgirl569 so you just leave a bottle open? what if they tip it over?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
2 Jun 19
really? what will happen when they drink it?
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@wolfgirl569 (96423)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Jun 19
@hereandthere They cant pass gas from either end. So it will kill them. Any soda will work, but coke causes the most gas build up. I have used it in the barn many times when we would get large rats. If the cats do drink it they are fine. Unlike if they eat a poisoned rat.
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@rsa101 (37969)
• Philippines
31 May 19
We also have that kind of a problem since we are in an old building office that is why rat infestation is common. Many of my co workers will see that their food are partially consumed by them. I even saw one that he boldly crossed along the hallway in our office. i do not bring food or leave food at the office because they seem to be attracted to it. There was even one table that the rat defecated on top of her office table and only knew it Monday when we are back in the office. The bldg admin has warned us that we should avoid leaving food in our workplace and discourage us eating in the workplace so that the smell of food would not stick to the office and rats would be attracted to the food scent left.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
31 May 19
I assume they are just mice since make small holes on snacks, it's very easy to capture and kill them, just buy fly paper and put the snack bait in the middle of the paper, just make sure there are no other foods lying around, it would catch several but I must warn you that it's not a very humane way to get rid of them.
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@crossbones27 (48542)
• Mojave, California
31 May 19
@louievill Poisen indeed because those traps crap, They so built for their environment, some tough sob's Hey dodge it what ever that at least tells them they trying to kill them do not come back . Traps predators they think they can outsmart and they can for most part and why when do get caught in trap because they halfway out smarted it. Then left to listen them to suffer.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
31 May 19
@hereandthere poison maybe or live traps if you are the kind who does not like to kill.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
31 May 19
They tend to go there because of the food there. Your strategy to keep your food in a closed can is best. You can try using some rat bait or rat poison?
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@arunima25 (85885)
• Bangalore, India
31 May 19
If there is rat problem, one should not leave food unattended there. That might attract more and more of them.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Jun 19
@arunima25 I agree. That is why, I told HR to be very vigilant of the workplaces specially when dismissal comes.
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@arunima25 (85885)
• Bangalore, India
3 Jun 19
@SIMPLYD If practised well, it will really have positive effects. Unattended food in night attract them and they find a good breesing ground around these food.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16559)
• China
31 May 19
Rats do upset us ! The mousetrap does the trick sometimes.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Jun 19
Wow, you have no rats n your place? You are so lucky. 
But in our house in my mother's , they have no rats. That's because we have lots of cats outside the house. So they got one small kitten that they will train to eliminate waste in a bag of sand so, he can stay inside the house, because mice are said to be away when there is a cat.
But in our house in my mother's , they have no rats. That's because we have lots of cats outside the house. So they got one small kitten that they will train to eliminate waste in a bag of sand so, he can stay inside the house, because mice are said to be away when there is a cat.1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
1 Jun 19
@greatlady There are no rats also where I live, I have never seen one.
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
31 May 19
oh dear, that'd be most 'nsanitary. wonder why they'll not tend 'em? one'd need to find their entry/nest 'n fix that'n set traps.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Jun 19
@crazyhorseladycx My sisters and the old folks also believes in that. I think that is true, because in our house there are no rats. Although, the cats are just outside the house .
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
3 Jun 19
@SIMPLYD 
i reckon they need to keep a couple cats there, ya know therapy cats to keep y'all calm 'n somethin' to outsmart the rats?
i reckon they need to keep a couple cats there, ya know therapy cats to keep y'all calm 'n somethin' to outsmart the rats?1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Jun 19
@rakski I had two during lunch break - the ripe ones, since I had an early lunch at 10:00 am. during our morning snack time. 
Then just a while ago, during our mid afternoon snack time, I had two "manibalang" ones but this time I dipped them in Barrio fiesta spicy sauteed bagoong. So, yummy!
I bought the bagoong from Puregold just downstairs during lunch break.
Then just a while ago, during our mid afternoon snack time, I had two "manibalang" ones but this time I dipped them in Barrio fiesta spicy sauteed bagoong. So, yummy!
I bought the bagoong from Puregold just downstairs during lunch break.1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Jun 19
wow, rats are big. here at home, we do not have rats, but mice. these ''mabait'' rodents, we do not curse them because they might destroy our things.
once, there was a big rat lying on the floor in front of the ref; it ate some crushed coumadin tablets so it internally bled.
rats are so gross; mice are cute. heheheh.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Jun 19
@ridingbet I think so too. Rats are the big black ones, specially those in the field, while mouse are those that pester houses.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
7 Jun 19
@SIMPLYD there is internal bleeding already once the mouse goes out in the light. coumadin causes blindness due to bleeding.
i think there is a difference between a mouse and a rat. a rat is a bigger rodent and it grows bigger too, it has also a short snout.
the mouse is a smaller rodent and has a longer snout. so, i think the mouse does not grow as big as a rat.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Jun 19
Yes, we used also a rat poison when there are rats running in the ceiling. We knew that they are rats because they ran heavily in the ceiling.
@snowy22315 (171197)
• United States
31 May 19
Ha, I thought you were talking about a human rat!
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
5 Jun 19
Glad you outsmarted the rat. They are certainly persistent!
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Jun 19
Yes, they really are.
But they don't like the not ripe yet, mangoes. So, they just made a hole in the brown paper but didn't bite the mangoes. 
@allknowing (130292)
• India
31 May 19
Eating 4 mangoes at a time is quite a feat
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
13 Jun 19
You may have to use sticky traps or more humane traps but yes if they eat poison they die in the walls and there would be smell. Perhaps just call an exterminator, they know what to do.
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@mrki444 (15150)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
1 Jun 19
@greatlady My was in work space so it is not convenient.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Jun 19
Yes, we already did that in our house . But it seems the mice knows that it is a trap already.
That is what they do at the office. It caught a rat . But the next time no more.
That is what they do at the office. It caught a rat . But the next time no more. 