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Rats are resilient, and if a natural rat repellent doesn’t work, you may have to go with a rat poison. This is a poison that is not meant to keep rats away, but it will kill them when you make the right poison.

You can also find commercial rat poisons that will kill rats over a period of 3 – 7 days, depending on the type of poison used.

Killing rats with baking soda actually works, but you have to use the right amount. Baking soda contains sodium bicarbonate, and this is lethal to rats if they consume 7.3 grams of it. When compared to other poisons, this is a lot.

Since the rat needs to eat about 7 grams of baking soda, you’ll need to use 1.5 teaspoons, or slightly less, of baking soda to kill the rat.

A good recipe for killing a rat is the following:

Place 1/2 cup of peanut butter in a bowl
Place 1/2 cup of baking soda into a bowl
Mix all of the ingredients well
Once you’re happy with your mixture, you can then create little peanut butter balls. The balls will act as bait, and you’ll want to place them in key areas where you’ve seen rats or the presence of rats.

I recommend using gloves when mixing and placing the balls together.

The goal is to continue placing these treats out for rats until they consume enough of it to reach toxicity and die. While these ingredients may be safe for animals, baking soda in large quantities can harm smaller animals. It’s best to keep all of your homemade rat poison away from your pets just to be on the safe side.

Even many of the pet safe rat poisons you buy commercially can be deadly to smaller animals or when consumed in large quantities.

Killing Rats With Sugar and Baking Soda

If you don’t have peanut butter, you can choose to substitute sugar instead.

This method requires you to create uniform particles of sugar and baking soda. Onc method that people recommend is to use a coffee grinder to create a similar consistency among all ingredients.

Spread the mixture where you see the signs of a rat infestation.

Rats will need to consume a lot of this mixture, so be sure to place both poisons out daily until you either stop seeing signs or rats or find dead rats in the home. Be sure to discard of the rat safely using gloves.

Plaster of Paris as a Rat Poison

If you want to kill a rat faster than baking soda, you’ll want to use Plaster of Paris. This substance is often used for crafts. It works with water and quickly becomes a moldable paste.

The good news is that you can use the same two recipes mentioned above to form bait balls.

But when choosing your peanut butter, you want to make sure that it’s not too oily. The reason is that the plaster will absorb the oil and then harden. The drier the peanut butter, the better. You’ll need 3 grams of Plaster of Paris to kill a rat.

The idea is simple: rats consume the plaster, it enters the body and soaks up water, and the rats die from dehydration. Since the plaster will harden inside of the rat, it will also not be able to be digested.

Either way, the rat dies from either starvation or dehydration.

You’ll definitely want to keep the plaster away from pets or kids.

Anytime that you use a poison, even one that is very strong and commercial-strength, you’ll want to make sure that you replace the poison often. The poison is almost always slow working, and it will take a few days of consumption to kill the rat.

Size will also play a major role in how long the rat will survive after eating the poison. If the rat is extremely large, it will take more poison to kill it.

If you’re going for the most effective route, I recommend trying the same ingredients with multiple approaches. For example, use peanut butter and the sugar recipe at the same time to lure in more rats. You can also use meat scraps, which rats love to eat, and fill the meat with the substance, too.

Using multiple “lures” will allow you to attract more rats and ensure that the rats don’t get tired of the bait.

How to Get Rid of Rats Outside

Rats may be disease-carrying pests, but they’re still a part of nature and play a role in the ecosystem. The great outdoors is their natural environment, so it can be a challenge to expel them from your yard – and keep them away.

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