We dont usually have rats inside. It must have wandered in during the day. Theres a lot of them outside.
It was big like a squirrel. If it had a fluffy tail you would want to pet it.
We dont usually have rats inside. It must have wandered in during the day. Theres a lot of them outside.
It was big like a squirrel. If it had a fluffy tail you would want to pet it.
Depending where you are, you might have a legal responsibility to control them. Even if you don’t, I would seriously consider getting some traps because they could become a serious issue if left to multiply. The fact one got in the house should be an alarm bell.
My neighbour throws bird seed around and when I work from home I always see rats in their garden. I’ve told them and it carries on. I think it is extremely unfair to me the other neighbours to knowingly have rats and essentially encourage them by continuing to feed them.
Traps and any potential improvements to the compost rig should be high on the list based on what you have described.
Edit, I’ve merged yours and OPs writing in my tired mind, but the general point is the same.
No they haven’t gotten near the main house and never inside of our shed either (only mice and I think we have trapped and killed the whole nest because the mice slowly got smaller in the traps and now we haven’t had any for 6 months or more)
I will probably do traps because changing the compost up would probably cost hundreds of euros that we can’t afford right now with our renovation, we have an open compost now, but only uncooked veggie scraps go on it and coffee grounds. Also maybe getting rid of most of the places they can live (we have a pile of scrap iron from our renovation that our german shepherd is convinced something is living in) might help push them further away from the house.