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Rodents an be tough suckers to coax into taking a bait if there is other food sources around that they prefer.
One trick that is coating the cables in chilli oil or powder. To make the powder stick, a small smear if vaseline will do. Don't use crushed chillies as this is too course and will fall off too easily. I've used my home grown Carolina Reaper chillies that I dehydrated and pulverised - really dangerous stuff! You don't stuff around with this stuff.
Another trick is to smear a little peanut butter on the block of bait, with a little smeared on the wire/cable too. They will nibble on the peanut butter coated wire and then head for the bait...
Don't use a bait with the active ingredient being Warfarin as rats and mice have built a tolerance to it. More effective baits use Bromadiolone or Brodifacoum. Be careful with this stuff of course too, as it doesn't discriminate with native animals.
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