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Old October 16, 2017   #31
GrowingCoastal
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I have a constant rat population now due to a neighbours feeding birds/squirrels all summer. An old shed used to house lawnmowers is now used to safely house rat bait boxes, about 12 over 1 year. (=24 dead rats) Baiting them there keeps them out of my loosely closed in car port which is where they always try to cosy up for the inclement weather. Yucky filthy beasts! Cute faces though and I hate to kill anything but refuse to be overrun by them and their filth. If I had such a pile I would do as they now do when demolishing old derelict houses. Leave the situation as is and bait the heck out of it before the rats have a chance to spread then demolish.

However, they are a great food source for some. Apparently preferred over squirrel! Maybe they know something we don't.

'Adult Red Tailed Hawk catches rat in New York city.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8cSLYt-xPQ


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