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Keep your thumb out of the way when setting a rat trap. π π
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Thankfully, with 2 cats and regular visits from the rat man we do not see too many (in any event, they are probably all in the grain store up the road).
A few years ago when I lived on my own I discovered a couple of nests. I phoned the local pest controller and asked him to come and find mum since I had just despatched about a dozen or so young ones. He laughed at me and said "how did you do that?", I replied "I have a cat and a shovel".
Next door to us is the last of 6 Housing Association houses. The septic tank for all of them borders our garden and garage. We can't get into it (fenced off). It is a haven for rats, especially as the house next door has decking more-or-less throughout.
We spend a fortune every year in rat poison (chuck it over the fence into the no-go area) but it has now got beyond a joke. Our mongrel terrier had a great time at the weekend and killed a young rat which wandered across the lawn. So we investigated (or rather Mr J2 did because I'm all but immobile right now). Around the edges of our garage floor there are piles of soil thrown up around the concrete and rat droppings.
Cue grand clear-up and more poison - but now we worry about the stability of the boiler, freezer etc.
So, Melv16, you are obviously experienced - care to come along and help us out here? Any other ideas welcome. π