Droppings are scattered, dry and black, spindle-shaped or curved, approximately 10 mm long
Paw and tail tracks in dust
Grains have been hulled
Gnawed wood and electric cables
BEHAVIOUR:
Lives in dry places, high up
Makes nests (never burrows) in insulating panels, walls, lofts, trees...
d’isolants, les murs, les greniers, les arbres...
ATTITUDE:
Suspicious
OUR ADVICE:
Unlike mice, rats eat large quantities in a small number of different places.
We recommend that the following doses should be placed at a height, on cable ducts, beams and in false ceilings
- Paste: 4 to 6 sachets, approximately every 5 to 15 m*
- Blocks: 3 to 4 blocks, approximately every 5 to 15 m*
- Cereals: 100 g approximately every 4 to 6 m*
*depending on the level of infestation
ONE COUPLE OF RATS HAS AROUND
900 YOUNG IN ONE YEAR!
Weight: 140 to 250 g.
Length of head + body (excluding tail): 14 to 23 cm.
Tail is longer than the head and body (unlike sewer rats).
Rounded ears, quite big.
Damage to
electric cables
3 to 5 litters per year,
6 to 10 young per litter.
(less common and less prolific than sewer rats)
Likes dry places.
Feeding habits:
omnivorous but prefers grains, fruit and vegetables.
