It is possible to get rid of rats in your attic or crawlspace without having to kill them. How? Scare them to death so that they never want to come back to your home again, using a special strobe light.

Let me start off by saying that I battled rats in my attic for over 18 years. I started off with pest control companies trapping rats and sealing entry points. Unfortunately, sooner or later the rats would just chew a new hole through my Cedar siding and the scurrying of little feet across our ceiling would start again. In desperation I tried everything. First it was peppermint oil in the attic, then it was predator urine, then sonic devices, and in between the never ending trapping, killing rats and sealing holes. But no matter how many we killed (and we killed a lot) or how many holes we sealed the furry invasion could never be stopped.

After years of fruitless effort and thousands of dollars spent on pest control, I began to develop a feeling of depression about the whole thing. It just seemed nothing was ever going to stop the rats from coming back to our attic. Their unstoppable determination, sheer numbers and seeming willingness to die to win control of the attic made it all seem so hopeless.

Then one day I read an article online published by a pest control trade magazine. It described how a large pest control company, that actually was in my area, had successfully tested a new type of strobe light that repelled squirrels and rodents. According to the article it worked so well that this company now made the lights a permanent part of their rodent control service. I was excited! Normally I would have cynically thought to myself “oh yeah like that's going to work." Reading such a rock-solid testimonial from a large company that I was familiar with overcame my cynicism.

I set out to obtain these lights called the Squirrel Evictor and Rat Repeller. I ordered some and placed them in my attic barely daring to hope that they might work. Almost immediately the pitter patter of little feet on the ceiling became less and less. Eventually, there was not a sound. A miracle had occurred right in my own home. The rats were gone! For the first time in so many years, my attic was uninhabited. I wanted to run through the streets, stopping total strangers and yelling “they're gone! My attic is empty!” Of course I restrained myself though my enthusiasm remains.

These lights, called the Squirrel Evictor and Rat Repeller emit a blinding slow strobe effect. The manufacturer says the lights annoy the rodent's eyes which become fatigued and they no longer want to nest in your attic. Personally, I like to think it just scares them to death. Having been in the attic with the Squirrel Evictor turned on, I cannot imagine any rodent, animal, or human remaining there long enough for their eyes to become fatigued because the light is overwhelming to the senses. Unless someone starts providing rats and squirrels with little sunglasses, I think the solution to rodents in the attic is here.

So if you have been trying unsuccessfully to get rid of rats, try shining some light on the problem. Even though it is a strobe light, the squirrels and rats won't start disco dancing, instead they will be elbowing each other to get out of your attic. At least, that's how I like to envision it.

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