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The solution will always be removing food, water, and shelter, and sealing buildings. 

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While we do not “endorse” products, some products used to deter and/or control rodents include:
 

Check out our tips here.

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• Dry ice. Inexpensive and cost-effective, it can be purchased at welding supply stores and even grocery stores. Find the rat burrows and seal up all exits before putting the dry ice down into the burrows.
   

• Cayenne pepper – Rats hate it and you can sprinkle it in their pathways or known nest sites. You can use it in compost bins, bird feeders, and chicken coops; it will not harm or repel birds or chickens.​

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• Fresh Cab – A botanical repellent
   

• Rataway more info here
   

• DeTour RoadBlock with Bio-Repellent – All-natural pepper-based repellent irritates rodents’ sensory organs and nerve endings, driving them out of contact areas.
   

• Victor  An electronic trap that can also be used inside a bait box more info here
   

• Evictor® 10K – High-intensity strobe light quickly drives out problem wildlife.
   

• Pro-Pell – Rodents hate this smell and stay away. HIGHLY EFFECTIVE /EASY TO SPRAY ONCE A MONTH

       Essential oil mix is applied to foundations and other rodent targeted areas to repel rodents

       ask your pest control company for details and charge to spray.

       Perfect to use on outside barbeques, autos to prevent wire chewing. Simply spray the inside under hood once a             month for results.

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• Nixalite - Mouse, Rat, Wildlife Control Products.  One of the best sites offering various Humane wildlife Control Products

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• Use Bounce fabric softener sheets, more info here 

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Contrapest by Senestech –ContraPest Liquid Rat Birth Control- IS NOT RECOMMENDED as  The company Senestech is very open about the fact that Contrapest does not work by itself. Standard rat poisons are recommended to be used in conjunction with ContraPest.

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As a last resort, use snap traps inside a bait box and only in locations—i.e., a garage—where no other animals can reach them. Never use snap traps in the open! Birds have been caught, and skunks and other animals that help control rodents seriously injured. Be sure to check and empty the traps regularly. There are many brands of inexpensive, reusable snap traps, like this one.

 

And Finally- PLEASE DO NOT use glue or sticky traps

They are cruel and inhumane and also catch songbirds, small owls, and other small animals.

An animal caught on a glue trap, whether a rodent or a non-target animal, often suffers enormously and for a long period. It will eventually die of starvation, suffocation, pain, stress, and/or horrible injury from trying to escape.

Several countries have banned glue traps, for good reason, but the United States still allows their use.

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Read more here (Humane Society of the United States) and here (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals UK).​

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