Rodent infestation can be a real problem.

Rats and mice can ruin any pantry and leave nothing for you to salvage.

They also carry a lot of diseases with them which makes extermination much more urgent.

Getting rid of them isn’t easy.

It gets even more difficult when the more effective options include poisons and chemicals that can be harmful to you as well.

Luckily, a homesteader showed a natural and affordable solution to the rat problem. Jerry Hanson has been providing different tips to homesteaders like him.

His methods are not only usable by farms, they can also be used in city houses too.

His YouTube channel Pine Meadows Hobby Farm is also an avenue for him to share his frugal way of life with people all over the world.

Hanson had been dealing with mice.

He said that the rodents can be frequently seen raiding their barn and eating the nuts stored there.

Of course, one can’t leave them unattended because their populations could quickly balloon.

Hanson also shared that he tried different ways of dealing with rats but found none to be as effective as he wanted them to be.

Then he found the best method.

Before he shared the trick, he even showed a bucket with water and a rolling can bridge trap. Hanson mentioned that he never caught anything with a trap.

It was then that he switched to a more cost-efficient solution.

His concoction has only two ingredients.

For less than two dollars, he got himself a small box of corn muffin mix and a box of baking soda.

Baking soda is believed to be a good way of getting rid of rats as it can be easily mixed with other foodstuffs.

Why? Gas, that’s why.

Once ingested, the baking soda would then interact with gut acids which would make it fizz and bubble.

It is widely believed that rats and mice cannot burp or pass gas. This can be so uncomfortable for them that they’d retreat to their burrow and die there.

To make the bait trap:

Mix equal parts of corn muffin mix and baking soda. For starters, you can use 4 tablespoons of both. Put it inside a small container where you can bait the rodents in.

Make sure the container has a cover so it won’t be eaten by other animals like birds and the like. Keep away from children’s reach too.

Hanson swears by this method.

He said that when the mouse infestation was at its peak, the unruly visitors would often leave some “gifts” for him to sweep up.

Eventually, Hanson said he noticed that rodent activities became less obvious and less frequent. He also noticed that he was changing his bait far less often.

He said the mice “just vanished” from their vicinity.

He also said that if larger animals eat the bait or scavenge a rat carcass, they’d be safe because they can pass gas or burp.

See how you can make an affordable and natural rat eradicator in the video below!

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Source: YouTube – PINE MEADOWS HOBBY FARM A Frugal Homestead, Facebook – Jerry Hanson