here's the chick

[kwbudgerigars]

just an update on the chick







and here's what i'm up against


i counted 15 the other night and saw 2 rats eating a mouse grim i know. i've had to rip out all my birdrrom and am only left with the breeding cages, all the rodents have come of the field next door and i'm infested. have to wash and disenfect all the water and food dishes every day because i dont know wether a rodent has been drinking or peeing in them, i've just about had enough thinking of taking all my birds and equipment out the shed douseing it in petrol and lighting it up and starting from scratch again.

kyle

kyle

[Gaile]

sorry to says that maybe a good idea to burn it down and start again!! the rats and mice will kill your budgies sooner or later!

[kwbudgerigars]

well i've just set up a hide and got out my r-10 air rifle, been sitting out there setting up 10 minutes and already killed 2 rats, going to be a long and busy night me thinks got my gun dog to keep me company though i'll update you on how i get on tommorw

happy hunting ^^

kyle

[Captain Howdy]

I can sympathise here, we have just ripped out everything in our birdroom, all insulation etc as the mice had actually chewed through from the outside! What we're planning on doing now is actually 1/4inch meshing the shed then putting panelled insulation and filling the inside with that foam stuff that hardens when it dries.
Re-doing the aviary as well so it is fully 1/4 by 1/4 inch and concrete floor.

To stop rats however you will need a layer of broken glass under the concrete to stop them chewing their way through it so I've been told.

Nasty buggers and a pain to get rid of once you get em!

[Hezz]

Nov 19, 2011 21:31:59 GMT kwbudgerigars said:

well i've just set up a hide and got out my r-10 air rifle, been sitting out there setting up 10 minutes and already killed 2 rats, going to be a long and busy night me thinks got my gun dog to keep me company though i'll update you on how i get on tommorw

happy hunting ^^

kyle

I hope the score to you kept climbing during the night. There is always something to ruin things!

Love the chick!

[BudgiesBuddy]

Lovely chick Kyle

I hope you get rid of these nasty little things.

[barrieshutt]

Well Kyle i am sorry to read this but the only way is to remove your shed and make it mouse proof, winters on its way and the seed will attract them as they look for a warm place to live.

Never feed birds outside

A concrete base is a starter and the shed walls must cover the shed floor all the way down to the concrete.

[gerwynmr2]

Nov 19, 2011 20:54:18 GMT Gaile said:

sorry to says that maybe a good idea to burn it down and start again!! the rats and mice will kill your budgies sooner or later!

hi there,with that sort of infestation ,got to agree with gaile,rip it down and start again,concrete base ,get some glass and mesh in to it any rubbish will do,get a layer of 9"blocks around the foot print of the shed off the base,and then build your timber shed off this or if funds allow build a concrete block shed,again mesh the interior walls of shed before lining any gaps fill with mesh and expansion foam filler,but most importantly,find ythe hides of where the rats and mice are coming from and get some good poison down there to eradicate them at source, not an easy job and may take a while

[kwbudgerigars]

thanks everyone, well like i though i had a busy night was out there till half 4 this morning and in the end killed 4 rats and trapped 6 mice. found a nest of babies which i dug up from under my shed i diposed of them and killed the parents, havent seen any rodents today but i've started to build the birdroom once again hopefully i killed most of them in the last couple of days.trouble is they breed every week or so :S

kyle

[darren]

just a thought but in my shed i have 6 mouse traps in them coverd of course with wooden boxes with small holes in each end just in case any birds do manage to get out and around the out side of the birdroom i have 3 rat bait boxes which i got from work which i know that you can pick up from hardware stores,fingers crossed i havnt had ny problems yet

[Deleted]

when i had rat problems i had good strong rat traps ...baited with the top off of mars bars ...they cant resist it ...and becuse the toffee is semi hard it stays on well ....
keep putting the traps down even when you think you got them all....i never feed anything in my outside flight any more ....no more rats ......ps i love that chick its lush.... .

[kwbudgerigars]

Dec 9, 2011 18:30:13 GMT @mickmay said:

when i had rat problems i had good strong rat traps ...baited with the top off of mars bars ...they cant resist it ...and becuse the toffee is semi hard it stays on well ....
keep putting the traps down even when you think you got them all....i never feed anything in my outside flight any more ....no more rats ......ps i love that chick its lush.... .

cheers mate, yeah been trapping them i shot 7 rats al together now i think, its clming down a bit now yeah its half pet type half show type mate thought i'd experiment and see what feather lengths i could get but make sure it kep the similar size to a pet budgie, only breeding my show budgerigars now though all my pet type have gone.

kyle

[Deleted]

i have pet and show type im hoping to breed them together and see if it can give the show birds longer life as the pet type seem to live longer ...but also breeding show type lutinos ...but cant show them as i dont ring my birds ....but dont wont to show anyway...so not a problem ..... .

[kwbudgerigars]

Dec 10, 2011 0:35:06 GMT @mickmay said:

i have pet and show type im hoping to breed them together and see if it can give the show birds longer life as the pet type seem to live longer ...but also breeding show type lutinos ...but cant show them as i dont ring my birds ....but dont wont to show anyway...so not a problem ..... .

ahh nice one mate, i;ve always liked lutino's wouldnt mind breeding a few myself and starting a lutino family in my stud but maninly concentrating on keeping grey greens and domminant pieds showing is not importnant to me either mate i get more enjoyment out of breeding the birds if you do breed some lutino's let us know i might come visit

kyle