They just don't stay still for long. By the time I get an alert on my phone they are long gone. They only show up 1 or 2 times a week.
I hate rats, but they are hard to shoot!
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I would think some bait station to hold them ( didn't see any?). I can't bait the farm as too much feed is everywhere . I did try an old PB jar once , they sniffed & moved on quickly! I would put some sort of bird seed out and watch what happens.
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Traps seldom work because I catch more birds and sometimes squirrels if I'm real unlucky y'all piss off a skunk.
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I smear peanut butter on my bait stations platform and the rats have to stay and eat it there, they cannot run off with it like a piece of corn. Some will take a quick small bite and run off then return and repeat that action but then they get tired of that 
. But most stay and eat....I also use a wireless doorcam and get alerts.
. But most stay and eat....I also use a wireless doorcam and get alerts.Upvote 0
I am usually organized, but the last time I asked for a link to these electronic rat alert systems — I did not record it right away — and now I can't find the post....
Would you have some suggestions and links?
Thank you.
Matthias
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I am usually organized, but the last time I asked for a link to these electronic rat alert systems — I did not record it right away — and now I can't find the post....
Would you have some suggestions and links?
Thank you.
Matthias
Matthias! Sorry if I didn't see a post about a link, my bad. Here is the one I am using but there are many to choose from off of amazon. I also rubber band it to a metal rod close to the peanut butter, works like a charm, just make sure not to cover the IR light with the rubber band when doing so.
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Most CCTV cameras have motion detection, the problem is they will sense every little motion most often, so imperative to not have a too wide field of view.
top down view preferred as then nothing in the background.
Modern CCTV cameras also have AI and so if turned on will only alert to human or vehicle shaped motion, but sadly no rat profiles in those.
The Dahua camera on my parked car dont care for cats most birds and whatever little critters, but two magpies nesting in a tree in the back yard, they always come up as human movement detected.
At my friends place we also have one of his CCTV cameras on the place where we bait for mice and rats, but the motion detection are his two rottweilers and of course ourself too, the playback screen are right behind / above his PC monitor.
top down view preferred as then nothing in the background.
Modern CCTV cameras also have AI and so if turned on will only alert to human or vehicle shaped motion, but sadly no rat profiles in those.
The Dahua camera on my parked car dont care for cats most birds and whatever little critters, but two magpies nesting in a tree in the back yard, they always come up as human movement detected.
At my friends place we also have one of his CCTV cameras on the place where we bait for mice and rats, but the motion detection are his two rottweilers and of course ourself too, the playback screen are right behind / above his PC monitor.
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