@Rob_le_Pest what’s your take on those ultrasound things, I’ve just plugged one in but I’m not convinced they do anything?!
There are a lot of gimmicks out there which are a complete waste of money. If you live on the Heathrow flight path, the first 3 months is annoying, after that you ignore the jumbo 500m above your head whilst having tea and scones in your back garden, whereas your mother in law living in Cornwall has just had a cardiac arrest.
Do not waste your money, same as those solar sonic mole things. However white noise (detuned radio) the noise is variable and they don’t can’t get used to it and it will eventually drive them away.
Vibrations are more effective. This is the only product I’ve found that works, sorry back to French! It’s designed for farms and sends shock waves through the buildings. It ain’t cheap though.
BLACK TERRIER PLUS
Imprimer
Transducteur électronique émettant des vibrations acoustiques à une fréquence de 15,6 kHz avec une pression acoustique de 90 Db à 1 mètre de distance.
Ces vibrations, qui se propagent, dans l’air en ligne droite et sont réfléchies par les corps solides non phono-absorbants, désorientent les rats, souris, loirs … par hypersensibilisation de l’ouïe et les repoussent sans utiliser aucun produit chimique.
S’utilise seul avec une alimentation secteur.
Niveau de protection IP 66 qui assure une protection complète contre la poussière et les jets d’eau.
Conçu en conformité avec les normes HACCP et la norme CE.
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Geez I need to put my prices up. I sell it for 16€ht a kilo:confounded:
“qualité professionnelle formulés” All products for amateur or professional have the same toxicity. If the am dram is not as toxic, the rodents won’t die. Don’t be afraid of buying bait from supermarkets. Although I prefer blocks, they are less prone to falling out of bait boxes.
FT_63_FT_NOTRAC_2010.pdf (448.8 KB)
RTFM (read the manual)
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I think I need to get myself some of that. I saw some on Amazon, but don’t know whether it is available for shipping in/to France.
Hi All,
Very helpful thread.
I don’t want to hijack it, but I’ve also been having some sleepless nights. I thought I had a fouine in my roof space rght above my bed because the sounds of the animals steps were pretty heavy. Then I discovered that fouine make screetching sounds.
The animals here are silent except for running around like crazy in the middle of the night, eating what sounds like wires, shuffeling around in the day, and driving me nuts.
I found some poo. Here’s a photo.
What do you think I’m dealing with?
Thanks!
I’m an expert on bat-poo…
and am intrigued to learn what is in your loft… 
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Hi,
My reckoning is that the poo is rat. Way too small for fouine and bat poo is about the size of a grain of rice, usually concentrated in one area, just below where they roost.
Have you been baiting already? The poo looks reddish as though they’ve already taken some bait.
Please pm me your details and I’ll email you a brochure regarding rodent treatment. It will talk you through what you can do to prevent and treat.
Kind regards
Rob
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Thanks Robert,
I was thinking rat at first also but the owner of the house says he thinks it’s Lerot or Loir.
I remember the smell of rats from my cellar in Berlin. I’m not getting that smell here.
Also it might be helpful to mention that when I hit the wall right where they are sleeping or moving on the other side, they don’t run. They freeze, wait a few moments then continue their business.
The attic space is about 5 meters off the ground so they must be climbing the rock wall on the outside.
They never come in the house except once I saw what I thought was a grey mouse scurry across the floor inside. right up the chimney.
I haven’t tried baiting yet. The picture might make it seem a bit red but they are black.
I’ll PM you.
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Thanks
Sorry about that. I just updated 
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Ha. Me too!
I have a similar problem and think the wild life camera is a great idea. Thank you.
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My solution to loirs in the roof was to download 8 hrs of owls hooting. I then put it on before they normally came back to the house after their ‘day out’. My speakers are placed on the beams near the roof so they got the full effect and they kept away after that! For me it was a calming background sound so I enjoyed having it on!
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what a brilliant idea… I do like that…
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Genius!
In our current house we have had everything! Being single story with a 30yr old wisteria up & over the roof has not helped.
However I’m always amazed that the first thought for many people is to kill!
You kill a rodent & it goes outside to die. It’s eaten by an owl - it dies. The owl is eaten by a fox - it dies and on and on.
Over the years we have had many, many visitors to our loft but usually they are quite seasonal and not there all the time. Most effective we have found are the sonic plug ins, put into the room that has the most overhead noise.
I have also bought the very small mesh wire, cut it and stick it into any small gaps that I can see around the house at the end of the tiles. It does make a difference.
We also have lots of owls, encourage them and they will help with the removal!
PLEASE do not kill things!
regards
Beth
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