So my girlfriend brought her rat into my appartment and it fucked off and is now behind my massive bookshelf.
I can't move the shelf, it's as long as the entire wall of the room and is screwed to the wall.
It's a female rat so it is probably pregnant. How do I get it out of there before it gives birth and the problem becomes much bigger?
It will come out once it's hungry, right?
>>2350544
Buy a live trap and bait it. You should catch the thing in a day. Sounds like the rat is unfriendly, mine come right up to me.
>>2350555
She just bought it because one of hers died. Came directly from the store.
What should I use as bait? I heard chocolate works best
>>2350563
Chocolate should do, just make sure it's pure and don't have much additives in it.
>>2350563
penus butter
>>2350544
Gas it.
Alright, I set a trap, put some chocolate and some nuts in.
I can hear it coming out when I am in the other room bit it doesn't seem to go for the trap.
>>2350669
It'll take a bit, she'll eventually get hungry enough to go in. Unless you're stashing food behind your book case.
Look up rat treats and offer her some
This is like the /fit/ post where the guy moved out of his apartment because a rat was stuck inside his oven and he couldn't turn it on because the rat would start flipping shit and he would feel bad for it and turn it back off so they were doing this for weeks and he hadn't eaten
>>2350830
Haha I feel bad for laughing at both the dude's hunger and the rat's pain.
>>2350544
Peanut butter, chocolate chips, and nuts make good trap food. If you have a live trap set it and leave the room. She won't come out with you there anon
>>2350544
be patient and use crispy bacon to lure it out
>>2350836
Yes it os a live trap.
I am using a piece of snickers bar now.
>>2351138
*is
I didn't have succsess all night. Also I just went out for two hours and it still didn't work.
>>2350544
rats like their space
put her cage next to the shelf and put peanut butter in there(or something she can't carry away like syrup, ketchup, etc) wait for her to go to it then close the cage door. Done and Done.
making a little trail helps. Use tiny cracker bits so you here the crunching so you know to go check the rat. Once you hear the crunching stop, cautiously check around a corner or something to see where she is. If she's in the cage, slowly approach and shut the cage door as above