Household Remedies to eliminate Rats Cockroaches & to drive away Moles - Safe, natural, nontoxic poisons to humans & pets
Remedy for Rats: Winter is arriving in the northern hemisphere and the rats are getting into roofs. Here's a non-toxic, safe recipe to use around pets that won't poison them or our owls that prey on rats. Save the owl population that is in decline because of supermarkets selling rat poisons which should be banned!
Remedy 1:
How to Make Rat Poison. The old fashioned poison that is safe, cheap and easy to use, is to mix equal weights or parts of cornmeal - in Africa: Mielie Meal (dry mielie pap or maize meal) with plaster of Paris - Place under appliances or into rat holes if you have wooden floors.
Remedy 2:
1 cup of flour 1 cup of sugar 1 cup of baking soda (Bicarbonate of soda) Mix together and place in small bowls where rodents frequent. I place this mixture in black polystyrene trays "the ones your meat comes in." Safe to use around household pets. The bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) will react with the stomach acids, producing gasses which will lead to internal combustion.
Remedy for Roaches:
Mix boric acid (obtained from a chemist) with sugar (I mix half & half) on a black polystyrene tray and slip it under my fridge and freezer. Within 3 days they are gone!
Remedy for Moles: If you have moles digging up your lawn if you want to drive them to your neighbors. You have dogs put a glove or plastic bag over your hand and push them poops into the mole holes. I don't bother with moles, but it works for a friend of mine who always does it.
Warning: Keep boric acid away from children & pets just to be safe.
