The cats have discovered a hole in a raised bed which I think is made by rats. Not sure what to do about that. Get in a rat catcher? Just accept I own rats now?
@rachelandrew we had that and I even saw rats during the day which is an indication of a major infestation! I got in the council exterminators and they just put out poison boxes, which I now know are cheaply available online so you can just do it yourself. They’re pet proof! And we even caught a fox trying to get into the box with no luck so I think your cats would be safe.
@seb_ly@rachelandrew the main thing with rats, according to the guy we got in, is they are smart whereas mice are dumb. So rats may be very cautious about new stuff and you have to be careful to not have human scent on any boxes/traps.
@rachelandrew We live near a pond and so see a rat in the garden now and again. Is the hole the rats digging through to access your garden, or is it a home? I imagine that will inform what you do next. (We had mice last year and the very nice person we got in gave us some home truths about courses of action. Needless to say once we’d caught mouse number 10 in about 24h, we shifted from feeling guilty to recognising that if we didn’t do this, we’d have much bigger problems.)
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