Homemade remedies to drive rats away
You can use aggressive poisons to drive rats away, but always the best option is to use natural remedies, which avoiding risks and hazards for animals and humans.
How to drive rats away from home
Commonly, it is believed that domestic rodents only appear in houses with poor hygiene, and it is true. Places full of objects or food are rats, ferrets, and pericotes favorite places, so it is better to keep them away.
Pero en las ciudades, las ratas domésticas gustan de buscar su sustento hasta en los hogares más limpios. El orden ya no es una limitación para estos animales que están a la búsqueda de comida y refugio, así que si tienes de estos visitantes urbanos en tu hogar, te contamos algunas alternativas naturales para mantenerlos fuera de casa, sin recurrir a venenos y químicos peligrosos.
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Peppermint against rats
Its strong aroma is disgusting for domestic rodents, thus, mix a tablespoon of peppermint extract with a cup of water and emulsify. Place the preparation in a bottle and spray in corners, behind furniture or place where you think rats can be. This will keep them away while you enjoy a peppermint fragrance in your house.
Tabasco sauce to drive rats away
Tabasco sauce is our next natural recipe against rats. Mix a cup of water with ½ cup of soap powder with two tablespoons of Tabasco sauce. Apply this preparation in corners and outside corridors of the house where you think rodents are so that the fragrance drives them away. Repeat the treatment every one or two months.
"Places full of objects or food are rats, ferrets and pericotes are favorite places."
Cayenne pepper to avoid rodents
Place small containers with cayenne pepper (or cloves) in cupboards, behind furniture and in place where you think rats live. Be careful and keep the preparation out of the reach of children and pets. Its strong fragrance will make them flee from your house and you will have a natural recipe without dangerous waste.
Ammonia against rats
The strong ammonia odor is repellent for any living being. It is dangerous for plants, animals and human beings, so it must be used with great caution. Mix ammonia with water and place it in a bottle. Spray corners and outside well-ventilated areas. This odor will make rats believe there are big animals in the house (because it is similar to the urine smell) and they will keep away.
Soap powder and toilet bowl cleaner tablets are other options to drive rodents away. Just place them behind furniture and in corners and difficult access areas, so that they can spread its strong odor driving rats away in a safe manner.
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"This odor will make rats believe there are big animals in the house (because it is similar to the urine smell) and they will keep away."
Mortal poisons for rats
Is the plague continues, you can take more aggressive measures that will end rats lives (when one of them is trapped in the house, for instance). Another option is to fill bottle caps with antifreeze and as it has a sweet aroma, rodents will be tempted to drink it and as a consequence, they will die. Another idea is to make a paste with baking soda and sugar, so while rodents eat this preparation, they will get inflamed and die.
These are effective solutions, however, we recommend you to keep them away instead of kill them.
