{"id":9084,"date":"2025-10-03T15:05:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schopf-hygiene.com\/schopf-animalcare\/tips\/rat-control\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:35:49","slug":"rat-control","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schopf-hygiene.com\/en\/schopf-animalcare\/tips\/rat-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Rat control"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9084\" class=\"elementor elementor-9084 elementor-4640\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dccc1b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1dccc1b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e0db6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7e0db6\" 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elementor-element-f5372ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5372ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Norway rat reaches a body length of 25 cm, its tail is 18-21 cm long,\nit weighs between 200 and 400 g<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc9c0a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc9c0a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Norway rats are large, powerfully built rats with an angular skull, blunt snout and thick tail<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"fas fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Biology\/development:<\/b><br> Norway rats live in a hierarchically organized pack of up to 100 individuals. They use their sense of smell for orientation and the members of a clan recognize each other by smell. They are territorial and are ready to fight to defend their territory from other packs. They are nocturnal and crepuscular animals and are extremely intelligent and adaptive, which is why fighting them can sometimes prove very difficult. The females have 3-7 litters a year, each with 4-8 young. Norway rats are omnivores.     <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2640b90 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2640b90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81464db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"81464db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c445d8f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c445d8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Damage patterns:<\/b><br> Rats are carriers of diseases such as viral diseases: Foot and mouth disease, swine fever, rabies and hantavirus infections, diseases caused by bacteria: Leptospirosis, tuberculosis, salmonellosis, rat bite fever, Lyme borelliosis and spotted fever, they are also carriers of worm diseases and fleas. They spoil food9 and feed by eating and contaminating it, as well as transmitting fungi and mites. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf10ddc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf10ddc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15759fe elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"15759fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"> <b> Control:<\/b><br> Today, control is usually carried out with active substances that inhibit blood clotting. Use of feeding baits in pourable form at bait stations. Gel baits are ideal for locations where water is scarce, such as grain stores, as rats drink regularly. The quantity of a bait station for rats should be at least 150-200 g and should be checked regularly once a week.   <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf57f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bdf57f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd8508 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bdd8508\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a214e14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a214e14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rat &amp; 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