Results: Rats in the yard
1.
1.
Last autumn, it looked like rats made their home in our backyard. Do you have rats in your backyard? Yes
9%
•
192 votes
No
70%
•
1456 votes
Undecided
7%
•
147 votes
Not Applicable
13%
•
275 votes
2.
2.
Some of them burrowed and made their way into our shed (chewed right through). Have you ever had this happen to you? Yes
12%
•
250 votes
No
61%
•
1266 votes
Undecided
4%
•
88 votes
Not Applicable
23%
•
466 votes
3.
3.
We reinforced our shed and hammered down new floorboards. We added a 'moat' of patio stones around the shed. This saved our shed from the rats, but they ended up burrowing all over our yard over the winter. After the winter thaw did you notice holes all over your yard? Yes
10%
•
217 votes
No
52%
•
1086 votes
Undecided
4%
•
81 votes
Not Applicable
33%
•
686 votes
4.
4.
How would you deal with rats in your yard? Rat poison
41%
•
844 votes
Clip traps
15%
•
314 votes
Stick traps
13%
•
269 votes
Cage traps
20%
•
409 votes
Leave 'em ... don't care
20%
•
415 votes
Other (please specify)
15%
•
305 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| na | 2.39% | 61 |
| n/a | 1.88% | 48 |
| 1.25% | 32 | |
| Exterminator | 0.43% | 11 |
| Cats | 0.39% | 10 |
| no rats | 0.12% | 3 |
| get a cat | 0.12% | 3 |
| no idea | 0.12% | 3 |
| not sure | 0.12% | 3 |
| none | 0.12% | 3 |
| don't know | 0.12% | 3 |
| Shoot them | 0.08% | 2 |
| IDK | 0.08% | 2 |
| call an exterminator | 0.08% | 2 |
| Call a professional | 0.08% | 2 |
| Get a cat. | 0.08% | 2 |
| not applicable | 0.08% | 2 |
| shotgun | 0.08% | 2 |
| don't have them | 0.08% | 2 |
| Call professional | 0.08% | 2 |
| call for help | 0.08% | 2 |
| hire an exterminator | 0.08% | 2 |
| do not know, never had them. | 0.04% | 1 |
| hire someone to remove | 0.04% | 1 |
| I've never had a rat problem, I also have a cat so I'd worry about poison around my yard. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Whatever is safest for our dogs | 0.04% | 1 |
| n/a - don't have a yard | 0.04% | 1 |
| cat | 0.04% | 1 |
| I would move | 0.04% | 1 |
| let the possiums eat them | 0.04% | 1 |
| Let a professional handle the problem because of little children and pets | 0.04% | 1 |
| our neighborhood has too many cats for rats to show up | 0.04% | 1 |
| N/A I don't have rats in my yard. Please include N/A choices in your surveys when needed. Thankyou. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Keep the yard clean. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I would use whatever trap that would not endanger or harm them. | 0.04% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.04% | 1 |
| humane trap & release is how I deal with field mice in my farmhouse | 0.04% | 1 |
| I have a cat now. He solved the rodents problem! Caught like 80 the first spring summer, 50 yr after, this yr, so far no mice, or rats. | 0.04% | 1 |
| our cats get them | 0.04% | 1 |
| Call a specialist | 0.04% | 1 |
| flood the holes with water | 0.04% | 1 |
| no | 0.04% | 1 |
| Call a pest exterminater. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Ns | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't have them so I don't have to deal with this issue | 0.04% | 1 |
| pellet rifle | 0.04% | 1 |
| No yard | 0.04% | 1 |
| We have moles. | 0.04% | 1 |
| call exterminators | 0.04% | 1 |
| dont have them | 0.04% | 1 |
| extermator | 0.04% | 1 |
| Rats?? Really? uggh! We have moles that burrow in my front and back yard. Try used cat litter to rid rats. It works for moles. | 0.04% | 1 |
| whatever it would take to get rid of them | 0.04% | 1 |
| sonic devices | 0.04% | 1 |
| my cat | 0.04% | 1 |
| dont' know | 0.04% | 1 |
| feed the neighbor's cat so that it hangs around in our yard - we do this and no more rats | 0.04% | 1 |
| call the town to find out why I have rats in my non-rural area | 0.04% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.04% | 1 |
| no rats in alberta | 0.04% | 1 |
| don't have rats | 0.04% | 1 |
| Get a dog or cat | 0.04% | 1 |
| . | 0.04% | 1 |
| never had them | 0.04% | 1 |
| check out what plants they do not like | 0.04% | 1 |
| don't know - in rental- call management | 0.04% | 1 |
| live traps, and take them far away to a park | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't have a home | 0.04% | 1 |
| animal control | 0.04% | 1 |
| bring them inside as pets. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I rent an apartment so N/A | 0.04% | 1 |
| CO | 0.04% | 1 |
| get profestion help | 0.04% | 1 |
| Call Reliable Pest Control | 0.04% | 1 |
| Call for professional help. | 0.04% | 1 |
| No rats here | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't need to my 20 cats will do the job nicely | 0.04% | 1 |
| as long as they don't get in the house, just leave them be they need a safe place to get away from predators | 0.04% | 1 |
| We are rat free in Alberta. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Call the county services | 0.04% | 1 |
| I have indoor/outdoor cats | 0.04% | 1 |
| i do not have any but i would not harm them i would do something to make them not want to stay | 0.04% | 1 |
| Get a good cat. | 0.04% | 1 |
| My dog would chase them away | 0.04% | 1 |
| dont have a rat problem | 0.04% | 1 |
| dont have rats | 0.04% | 1 |
| call pest control | 0.04% | 1 |
| It depends on where exactly they are showing up and what damage they are doing. | 0.04% | 1 |
| move...not sharing my home or yard with rodents | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't have this problem | 0.04% | 1 |
| don't have the problem | 0.04% | 1 |
| a good cat | 0.04% | 1 |
| hire someone to get rid of them | 0.04% | 1 |
| my dogs would take care of them | 0.04% | 1 |
| An appropriate breed of dog or a good barn cat | 0.04% | 1 |
| get some cats | 0.04% | 1 |
| get a snake | 0.04% | 1 |
| dig holes and then put flares in the hole and lite the flares | 0.04% | 1 |
| dont have rats at my house | 0.04% | 1 |
| cats - let them walk around your yard and the rats will leave | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't have a clue | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't have rats in my backyard. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Get a dog | 0.04% | 1 |
| call the landlord for help | 0.04% | 1 |
| they probably are moles | 0.04% | 1 |
| My cat got rid of them for us | 0.04% | 1 |
| not a problem for us | 0.04% | 1 |
| Pet snake | 0.04% | 1 |
| There are no rats in my province | 0.04% | 1 |
| Get a mean cat | 0.04% | 1 |
| pest person | 0.04% | 1 |
| don't have any idea | 0.04% | 1 |
| zzzzzzzzz | 0.04% | 1 |
| gas | 0.04% | 1 |
| my dogs and snakes killed them. | 0.04% | 1 |
| snakes | 0.04% | 1 |
| zzzzzzzzzzz | 0.04% | 1 |
| I dont know | 0.04% | 1 |
| exterminator come and deal with it and use pet/kid friendly solution | 0.04% | 1 |
| have no yard | 0.04% | 1 |
| Move | 0.04% | 1 |
| If it got to be bad I would move away | 0.04% | 1 |
| Don;t notice em | 0.04% | 1 |
| Kill them, and the dogs usually do | 0.04% | 1 |
| call an exterminator. | 0.04% | 1 |
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