Poppy, your situation is so different from mine. I live in a big city where you are never more than a few yards from rats and where the foxes are scavengers of the rubbish bins where rats abound. I do hope the deterrent works. In the absence of the natural predators of rats whom we have over the centuries eliminated, we have to protect ourselves from their ravages, not just the threat to our houses but from the disease they can cause.
I didn't mind the mice, but the rats had to go. I was on tenterhooks as I slowly emptied the compost bins, keeping my heavy spade to hand ready to administer capital rodenticide. But they had been given a tip. The box was empty. The rest of my family was greatly relieved not to see either scurrying rats or me chasing after them.
Poppy - sorry to hear about your rat. My mum always jokes that despite all my efforts to make her garden a wildlife haven, all she's ever had are wasps and rats. One year she had a rat hibernating in her compost bins. She made me go out with a spade to 'evict' it. I turned the bins over and, thankfully, the rat ran off, never to be seen again. Good luck with your deterrent, fingers crossed it works.
Kate, it's coming to the time of year when I catch glimpses of my dormice, when I am out at dusk having bramble bonfires, as they sleep for six months of the year and are nocturnal. But they like to eat lots of nuts to put on fat for the winter and I can be sure to hear them scurrying up through the ivy in my pear tree which has lots of hiding places to stop and nibble and is near my spinney of nut trees. I look forward to the pleasure of their company each year in the autumn.
well ... update..... detterent has not worked [well so i think anyway],rats are still around not as busy looking for food though but that might just be that its a warm day....so now it means nasty food time,im gonna have to buy some of the you know what..... i counted 7 in my garden this morning...im dreading putting the food down but im just gonna have to do it.
although just had another idea,do rats go from the nest once there big enough???? as if they do maybe i dont need to put nasty food down....
hiya people,sorry but this hasnt got anything to do with mice, if i was to put weedkiller on my lawn to kill all the weeds would it kill the grass??? if so whats the best method to rid the weeds from my lawn... thank you.
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i also have a fox family...
so again...confused
Happymarion - I am so jealous of your dormice!
Kate
detterent has not worked [well so i think anyway],rats are still around not as busy looking for food though but that might just be that its a warm day....so now it means nasty food time,im gonna have to buy some of the you know what.....
i counted 7 in my garden this morning...im dreading putting the food down but im just gonna have to do it.
although just had another idea,do rats go from the nest once there big enough????
as if they do maybe i dont need to put nasty food down....
if i was to put weedkiller on my lawn to kill all the weeds would it kill the grass???
if so whats the best method to rid the weeds from my lawn...
thank you.
Had to call the local Be sherrif, who put the queen in a small hive and all the others followed her.