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Old 03-22-2016, 09:59 PM
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True Grit,

I dont use rat guards, what ever they are. I am sure that the rats got aboard the same way as the lizards, roaches, snakes, crabs, and ants.

I had one 10 years ago and I used poison. It worked quickly and I found him in the bilge, dead. This time, it was worse. The rats ate all sorts of things, including a full antifreeze jug and anchor line.

I used poison again. One dead rat I found in the chain locker, and the other 2 were in the bilge. They head for water after the poison.

Then I smelled a rat, a dead one, that I could not find. I took 3 truckloads of stuff from the boat and hosed the interior. I never found the extra rat, but got the boat cleaned. It smelled for about 2 months, and now it is back to normal.

Now I will keep glue and snap traps aboard. No more rat poison. Just roach poison.
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