Rats are intelligent, I have to admit this. Do you agree?

@Sreekala (34312)
India
April 23, 2019 2:57am CST
Our office is on ground floor, usually ground floors are the favourite places for rats. There are small as well as big (you can find a variety of rats indeed). Two weeks ago a small one spotted inside the office room. Since computers are her we become alert and worried. The lady who came for sweeping, suggested buying a ‘glue-trap’. If a rat runs over it then it will be sticky on the surface. She herself bought it and it has been kept on different places inside the office room but the rat is so clever and avoided it wisely. We could find poops of rats nearby the trap but it never touch on the trap. Yesterday a big one spotted but none of them get hooked within this trap. I think rats are aware about the danger and avoid the same cleverly. We have to find out some other way to avoid the rats from office premises. How do you trapped rats if you find one anywhere near to you? Image from google
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@allknowing (136531)
• India
23 Apr 19
There are many ways - traps, rat poison are some of those
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
Somehow I turned against killing
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
@allknowing I do agree dear, earlier I was in that kind of mindset. But now I don't know why I feel not kill any animals.
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@allknowing (136531)
• India
23 Apr 19
@Sreekala No one wants to kill but they are destructive and they are a health hazard.
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• Pamplona, Spain
28 Apr 19
They are very clever indeed but they give me the shivers just to look at them.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
29 Apr 19
Do you have them at your home?
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
30 Apr 19
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• Pamplona, Spain
29 Apr 19
@Sreekala Not likely no chance I would say either they would move out or I would move instead.
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@mayka123 (16605)
• India
24 Apr 19
Our office is on the 6th floor but we regularly have rats roaming around at night. I heard there housekeeping staff keep the glue pads at various places at night.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
You are getting rats on 6th floor? My goodness, I thought they are coming here as it is a ground floor.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
25 Apr 19
@mayka123 haha you people are providing lift facility to rats. Great indeed.
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@mayka123 (16605)
• India
25 Apr 19
@Sreekala yes.. I think they come by the lift
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@May2k8 (18362)
• Indonesia
23 Apr 19
They even removed my empty soy sauce bottle.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
haha but it is empty so their work is easy.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
@May2k8 They may need fork too so please be careful
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@May2k8 (18362)
• Indonesia
23 Apr 19
@Sreekala We can't let them off, my spoons are also taken by them
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
23 Apr 19
Yes rates are too much clever, once they eat my printer at my shop in this way that i have no hope to repair it. We are using cage at my house. You can also used it. If problem is serious one than you can use a pestisides, red phasphorse. It is a strong poison It is available at pesticides shops. Be careful for yours computers.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
Yes, that is the worrying part, if they cut any cables or wires then it will be costly. Otherwise we have no enmity with them
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
@anil02 Very true.
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
23 Apr 19
@Sreekala Yes they also have not enmity with us but they have friendship with their habits.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
24 Apr 19
@Sreekala Where I used to live I saw a big rat once climbing up the building and was so happy I had a cat because they stay away from places where cats are. Maybe you should have a cat in the office and then the rat will be gone.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
Cat in the office, very good idea then who will take care of it. Earlier some cats used to visit on the back yard now a days they are too not present.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
@Hannihar Here, employees have not enough time to look after themselves and you are talking about taking care of a pet in office.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
24 Apr 19
@Sreekala Have different people take care of it and on holidays someone make sure it is fed and has water either by going there or taking the little one home.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
23 Apr 19
I had to buy a cage trap to catch a wood mouse last year, because my cat was not interested by it. When you put a trap or poisoned food you need to wear plastic gloves, or a mouse/rat will stay away if it smells that a human touched the trap. It is perhaps the problem with your glue trap.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
In our earlier house, we used to get rats at times and we use the cage trap for catching them then let them free in a park. We kept food items inside without using any gloves. May be they are tempted on food items. Here the in this glue trap, no food is there. Need to change the method of operation.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
@topffer Will try it for sure. We have to bring something from outside.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
23 Apr 19
@Sreekala Maybe you should put a piece of food on the middle of the trap ?
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
23 Apr 19
Mice and rats have always been extremely intelligent. We do not have rats and mice here.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
You are lucky my dear. I am tired up with these insects, some are at home and some other at office. Luckily our home is safe with rats now but ants and lizards are occupied some places.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
@LadyDuck Lizards come inside through the wholes (exhaust fan). Ants are large in number and different types too. I don't know from where they are coming.
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
24 Apr 19
@Sreekala Ants are giving me a hard time, the lizards stay outside. They should do a better work eating the ants.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
23 Apr 19
I agree that rats are intelligent. I think thats why some people have them as pets.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
People keep white rats as pet. They are so cute on looks.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Apr 19
@Sreekala I've seen different colored pet rats but I would never have one.
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
23 Apr 19
That is our problem here too, that is why husband always buy a stick on trap, like that with your picture
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
Some of the mylotters suggested to keep some food in the middle so it will get attracted. I have to do that trick today.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
@resukill22 Yes, I will.
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
24 Apr 19
@Sreekala do some traps
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@wunnam (552)
• Ghana
23 Apr 19
Yes you are right, rats are really smart, dangerous and very clever. And to do away from them is really hard to succeed.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
They disappear in a second without noticing by us. May be they are blessed in a way to save their life.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
@wunnam (552)
• Ghana
23 Apr 19
@Sreekala it is true
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@dya80dya (36656)
23 Apr 19
Rats are smart and this is good to them.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
But they are not showing any interest to get trapped.
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@dya80dya (36656)
30 Apr 19
@Sojourn (13837)
• India
23 Apr 19
They are becoming more intelligent...... humans beware
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
I think we wasted the money (100 rupees).
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@Sojourn (13837)
• India
23 Apr 19
@Sreekala Please, tell the rats to bring more fortune as it is the servant of Lord Ganesha.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
@Sojourn haha no way they will serve us.
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@Junbals (1421)
• Philippines
23 Apr 19
Put food like cheese on the trap.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
That something we never thought, we have to bring something to office in that case.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
@Junbals Will update it for sure, here
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@Junbals (1421)
• Philippines
23 Apr 19
@Sreekala would like to know if you caught something later.
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@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
23 Apr 19
I don’t trap them, but I have them as pets. They are incredibly smart and can be taught to do tricks like dogs!
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
The small one is really smart and will.escape from all traps.
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• Philippines
23 Apr 19
They piss me off all the time, but there are good moments were I would caught one of them.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
Every day on coming office I am checking the trap first, lol but they are hiding somewhere happily.
@jstory07 (139742)
• Roseburg, Oregon
25 Apr 19
How about rat poison or a trap. I do not have that problem.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
25 Apr 19
We used the glue trap but no luck for us.
@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
23 Apr 19
I usually kill them myself but they are faster than me... Ha ha
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
It is not easy to kill them. They do whatever they can do to save themselves.
@Janet357 (75646)
23 Apr 19
A lot of people say they are smart. We buy mouse traps like when they walk into it, they will get stuck to it.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 Apr 19
Some are too tiny and they are too smart to run everywhere and never allow you to catch them.
@debjani1 (7202)
23 Apr 19
Hey I am scared of rats. If there is a chance to catch the rat , my father-in-law used the glue trap and the next morning that rat was get trapped.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Apr 19
I think rats in Delhi are more careful and we can't fool them easily.