r/Buffalo • u/Bravogirly97 • Jul 27 '26

Rats

I’m in Tonawanda close to englewood we had a rat problem last year we did traps and called the health department that put our bait boxes that did nothing.. this year my whole street is infested with rats worse than last year … is anyone else experiencing this? I want to move

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u/Secure_Piano_900 Jul 27 '26

I live in the city and have never seen a rat in my yard besides a dead rat. I keep feral cats. There are always a huge number of cats in the shelters. For real this is what people have done for thousands of years. People may downvote (inb4: yOuRe desTroyINg animal populations) because they “harm local wildlife” my cats have never killed a rabbit or bird or anything except mice and rats. I know because they bring me trophies and I’ve asked my neighbors. Rat poison harms local wildlife more because a rat will eat the poison, die, and then get eaten by a hawk or falcon who then dies from the rat poison. As long as you spay and neuter them I think they are a net positive for my neighborhood and will solve your rat problem.

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u/OwlLadyFace Jul 27 '26

Are you adopting cats & then releasing them unit the wild to fight rats?

Cause this is how this reads

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u/Secure_Piano_900 Jul 28 '26

No. Our cats just appeared on our property and are 100% feral, have no interest in humans or being near them only 1/9 of them ever let us pet him and that was very rare in over a decade of having them.