auntsuse, lol, thanks for the info. that pretty impressive about your walker hound shepard mix! Make me a bit concerned now what else may get pulled out of here and there. O-well I guess if its there it might as well get caught!
I am suprised I havent attracted more fans of this breed. But post is still new so we will see what happens.
I will keep you posted with the future adventure of Rott-en-Rat when its gets underway.

Any Rat-T’s out there?

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Your correct! fyi – dog/cats are as susceptible whether or not they actually come in direct contact with rats etc.
If the property has rats and those rats are diseased (?) then more then likely the property has the disease itself and needs to be treated with bleach, routinely treated is better. Standing water being the biggest problem. Leptospinosis is one of the diseases that a pet can catch from standing contaminated water, feces etc. Diseased Rats urine in standing water can be as bad as rat bite. If pet were to get it on their paws then later lick them it likely will catch the disease, maybe not if vaccinated?
So the pet doesn’t necessarily have to come in direct contact for the pet to become ill. But I hear what your saying…
Putting your rat zapper (for which I am familiar) in the garage is allowing the disease to be tracked in that much closer to your pets before it reaches control remedies.
I have rat/mouse-poison bait stations located at the perimeter of my property and where dogs cant access them but rats can.
I like the rat zapper but have no electricity where I would want to put the zapper, and where I do I don’t want the rats. If you have a shed away from the house the pets cant get to and have or can get electricity to it you and your pets would be better off! Allowing access for rats and putting the zapper there. And spraying that area with bleach as long as your seeing new droppings etc.
As far as mice, there gone thanks to MickeyMoose. First kill/score when he was only 11 weeks, lol. Hasn’t tangled with a rat yet! But hes caught a lot of big bugs etc. and carcases laying on their back on the sidewalk everyday! lol
Again keeping them vaccinated in this case is obviously wise…But the disease are treatable and rats don’t usual carry rabies. Also rats life expectancy with disease is short, not sure if that includes all disease? So if you were to ever see a dead rat wear gloves when discarding and assume it died from disease, spray entire area with bleach asap!
If it makes people feel any better; rats are very smart, and likely will not hover on the property where they are being constantly stalked and harassed. They will however go no further then the next door neighbors yard where they know their predators cant reach them. So its up to you as far as leaving your cats inside, however the rats know their inside and that your property is safe to scavenge on thereby tracking disease (again if their diseased) onto your property for you to track into the house etc. And vice-versa if you neighbor has a dog and leaves him outside a lot. This means rats may be in your yard more often smiling at your cats in the window?
But evidently their already being allowed to track into your garage…I look at that…

Wow thats good the zapper is battery powered I forgot and was thinking the industrial model(s). Didnt know a battery would be enough to kill? Unless of coarse your jumper-cabling it to the car battery 😉
Dont forget the bleach…