Rats, Still waiting for the Hoard..... nothing not even a mouse.

[xtred1]

Question for the rat experts, I heard I think it was Squirrel Hunters Channel say rats don’t like change in their environment. That it takes them a little time to get comfortable with those changes.  We have had a bunch of wind the last two nights. Plants moving and rustling around, things getting blown across the ground. Do rats have a problem with windy nights? Does this put them off?

[ranchibi]

Paulus, your analysis of rattus rattus behavior is spot on! They are very much creatures of habit. When one finds the peanut butter on my bait station they come back to it nightly at pretty much the same time within a few minutes. A guy who on his own trims the ivy in our neighborhood where most of the rattus rattus reside, they stop coming around for weeks at a time because of the disturbance.

[Rick67]

Randall and gents, what Randall said is exactly true..Been hunting rats and mice since I was 12 yo and now I am half a century old, lol! They are indeed punctual creatures but if you disturb their environment they disappear for a long time..One thing funny about them is that would ignore pork, poultry, beef, and fish and would sometimes prefer veggies..I have observed them in the public markets where they would attack fruits and veggies with gusto..Some are so used to human presence they ignore you..Randall, yes, they are Norway rats but in my one of my properties there are lots of roof rats too! In my sister's farm I love hunting tree rats because they are so fast and crafty! To the thread starter, I hope you get visited by your fave vermin soon!

[kbstingwing]

I'm still waiting Patiently, I did notice the neighbor mowed the weeds next to the wall, but the Rats normally use the wall for their super highway, all the PB I put out is getting eaten by a Towhee bird at first light every morning and it's getting fat.....

[screwwork]

Put some bait on the other fences are the house, they may have moved to another highway? 
I have bait on all three fences bordering my backyard.

[kbstingwing]

Put some bait on the other fences are the house, they may have moved to another highway? 
I have bait on all three fences bordering my backyard.

wish I had other fences, I live in a mobile Home Park, No fences, just a wall separating the park from the private homes, I put the feeder at the wall and back corner of my yard, only place I could put it and still have a shot from the covered Patio window. all other directions are unsafe and have no shooting access.