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17 years experience getting rats, possums and birds out of roof cavities.
Go and buy two packs of Talon, woolworths or Coles.
Inside the boxes are sub boxes / packets. On each packet place a small smear of peanut paste. On the outside. A SMEAR you are not feeding them. About half a square cm and half a mm deep. Its the smell that will attract them. Open slightly each packet.
Throw these into the ceiling void. Wait 7 days. After 8 days it should be all clear.
Rats are a community type animal. Instinct drives them away from the nesting area when sick. It is rare for a rat to die in the ceiling void. If it does happen the smell goes after 7 - 10 days. Depending on temperature.
I treated rats every work day and had maybe one each year where a rat died in the ceiling.
They are nesting up there. The small amount of peanut paste will be easily found. Rats have "stereo smell" They can tell what direction and approx how far to the source. Believe me that it is only a tiny amount of peanut paste that you need. Too much and you invite cockroaches.
Cheers
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