If you’ve got a rat infestation, you will likely know about it due to the devastating damage they do to your home. Rats are known to gnaw on electrical wires, eat through walls, burrow under homes and eat your food. The rodents are also known to spread more than 35 diseases that can infect both humans and pets.
Some of the diseases rats can spread include salmonellosis, hantavirus, leptospirosis and toxoplasmosis.
If you have rats in your home, it’s important you try and get rid of them as quickly as possible.
Luckily, fans of cleaning sensation Mrs Hinch, whose full name is Sophie Hinchliffe, have shared their simple solution for deterring rats.
The cleaning and lifestyle influencer has more than 4.5 million followers on Instagram and often shares her garden and home tips online.
Fans of hers have taken to social media to share their hacks for solving common household problems in recent years.
On one such group, Facebook user Michelle Frisby posted: “Help! Does anyone know anything about rats in the house?
“I’m currently having my kitchen completely pulled apart and my builder has found rat evidence in my ceiling.
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Other suggestions from Mrs Hinch fans included using peppermint oil, baking soda, sticky traps and a rat blocker.
Jacqueline Pollard said: “They don’t like the smell of peppermint oil. We had one under our shed a few weeks ago. I put peppermint oil on cotton pads around the areas I thought he was and he never returned.
“If you feed the birds stop for a while. Hope this helps and is safer for your pets.”
Mandie Mcdonald commented: “Use peppermint oil soaked in cotton wool balls. Heard that’s meant to do the trick.
“Extra precautions – get a trap and bait it with peanut butter out of reach of pets and kids. It should do the trick. You’re not dirty but I’ve heard there are rats everywhere at the moment.”
Jacquie Thomson posted: “Peppermint oil? They don’t like that.”
Ashley Nicole Morrison replied: “Sticky traps, easiest way and won’t affect your pets or children. It might get stuck if they step on it but it peels off.”
Rachael Brewer said: “Bicarbonate of soda and peanut butter – a 50/50 mix. Make into balls. Rats love peanut butter and bicarbonate of soda explodes their insides.”
Kirsty Thomson agreed and replied: “Bicarbonate of soda and peanut butter. Roll into balls apparently that kills them.”
Anita Sullivan wrote: “We tried everything. In the end, we got a Rat Blocker for drains and installed it in the sewer pipe entrance.
“Touch wood we haven’t heard anything since. I had recently read about putting bicarbonate of soda with sugar mixture down as well.”
Some cleaning enthusiasts warned not to use poison to get rid of rats as this could be fatal to pets and will likely impact local ecosystems.
Jo North commented: “If you do have poison down and the rat dies under your floorboards. It will absolutely stink then you will get maggots and then flies.
“This happened in an old house I had. It wasn’t great. Please be aware. Good luck.”
Katy Wilkinson said: “Please don’t use poison. The knock-on effect on local wildlife can be fatal.
“Foxes and owls to name a few are also put at risk, as the food chain goes. Please look into using humane traps instead.”
Jess Heather agreed and wrote: “As much as people need to get rid of rats, please don’t use poison. It’s an agonising death for them and any animal who may eat it.”
Sallie Jo replied: “Please don’t use poison for two reasons. One, it’s an absolutely horrendous way for them to die.
“They suffer through 24 hours of agony apparently. “Also, local cats may eat them when they’re dead along with the poison that’s still inside them.”
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