hi arnie

Two years ago we detected rats in our garden not far from the side door.
As it happens I have one of these lights that switches on automatically if anything moves. Some nights the light would go on but I never spotted why. This happens with cats so I didn't bother.

Then one night the light flicked on and I saw a large rat bustling down the garden heading away from the house.

The next day I inspected the area along that side and noticed a couple of holes.

So I called out the council "rat man" who came straight away. He baited the holes with what he called teabags and then lifted a drain cover and baited that too.

He came back twice over the next couple of weeks and declared the rat(s) "taken care of ".

There was no charge for this.

We haven't seen any sign since.

I noticed a piece in one of the newspapers some time back which declared that in the UK you are nevr more than 10 yards from a rat !!!!

The article went on to blame the Councils for only collecting refuse every fortnight rather than weekly as previous.

Cheers

MikeL2