Please explain where in my question I posted anything political? I chose to move to the UK from the US to get away from many of the disgusting practices that the US government sweep under the rug, among a lot of other reasons. For crying out loud, look at the current ‘leadership’! I’ve no reason...
For anyone following this ridiculousness, I have spoken to a few neighbours who have confirmed that the house 3 houses down from me is harbouring the rats, as every summer they come out in troves from his garden towards my garden, but the local authority is doing nothing because they can’t see...
Thank you for linking these as they are a good and informative read. I think some people may be misunderstanding me though (not necessarily you) because I’ve been trying to deal with them in my property since I found out we have a problem with them, but they’re a neighbourhood issue, so they run...
I mean, that’s never really a good idea as whatever then eats the poisoned rat will be poisoned too. We have 2 Rottweilers and I’m not taking that chance and there are several neighbourhood cats that come in our garden. I’m looking for more preventative measures than killing the animal. I don’t...
England. Our garden is a lot tidier than when we moved in 2 years ago. There was a 6.5’ tall by 12’ long by 4.5’ deep pile of wood that was rotting. We took 3 days to clear that. There are two massive mounds of dirt in the back garden that rats have been using. We have been working towards...
As far as I can see, no rats are getting in. We’ve put fencing with very small holes (way too small for a mouse to fit, let alone a rat, at the bottom of the run along the inside edge, put cement slabs and bricks on top and I see no tunnels or holes. I do check every day. We have 3 ducks so I...
Back information before I get to the problem at hand. I live at the end of the road. I have 5 gardens that back into mine from the next street over. The village I live in is completely surrounded by vegetative farmlands. My husband and I have been working our butts off since we moved into this...