18-08-2020, 07:50 AM
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Rats on the lawn!!
I've seen 2 rats prancing about on our lawn!!I'm awaiting delivery of 2 humane traps. (I did have one but can't find it) If the humane traps don't work it will have to be poison. Eeeek I hate rats - what if they breed? We could become invaded!!
The council used to do it for free but now they charge £80 plus £20 for each time they come to check the traps - TOO MUCH!!
Anybody else got/had this problem & how did you solve it?
18-08-2020, 08:03 AM
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Re: Rats on the lawn!!
Humane traps I can’t kill anything.Then I drive them several miles away to release
However I suspect the neighbours don’t have the same qualms as I haven’t seen any for a long while .
I feed the birds so it does attract wildlife .
Maybe the resident snake has solved the problem .
18-08-2020, 10:19 AM
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Re: Rats on the lawn!!
Carol, I occasionally have rats as l keep hens but I always called the local council and the pest controller comes out. The service is free in my area.I once saw a few rats prancing on the lawn, not far from my kitchen window. This was because l had a bird station nearby and they were climbing up that.
The local council pest controller came, put a bait box down and told me to remove the bird station. Which l did.
I have just looked at the local council website and all pest control services have been postponed until further notice due to Covid-19.
18-08-2020, 11:29 AM
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Re: Rats on the lawn!!
about 4 years ago there were rats running all over all the gardens, we've been in our house for over 40 years and never once had rats. even the neighbors in the next street had them. one neighbor called the council and the pest controller came out and put poison down for them....must have done the trick, because there's been no more rats.hope you get rid of them, they're horrible creatures to have running about , we were told that feeding the birds attracts them. the pest controller told one of our neighbors that people i the next village even had them in their house, keep you door closed..
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