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Re: Rat(s) & compost??

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In a message dated 9/13/99 7:52:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jcosler@mindspring.com writes:

> Eeeeeeekkkkkk!!
> I noticed a hole going into cement under outside steps.  I asked the
> doiteverythingmiracleman (handy man par excellence) what it is.  He
> said rats.  Then later in the day, he saw a big (aren't they all!!??)
> rat in front yard, scurrying into ivy.  Here's my question: I have
> compost piles & I add ONLY ORGANIC kitchen scraps to them.  No meats,
> fats, dairy; only veggies & fruits & some bread products.  Do rats eat
> this stuff?????  I always bury the scraps, but the beds are open.
>  
I have had rats actually take up residence in my out of doors compost. So yes 
I think they eat what ever we put in at that time. Which is one of the 
reasons I started Vermicomposting indoors in my basement all kitchen scraps I 
used to place out in the large bin in my garden?  You can trap them and move 
them to A new home with a hav-a-heart trap. We have successfully relocated 
quite a few this way.  We have the smaller Norway rat a brown colored outdoor 
living one. Not the BIG gray colored roof rat that carries all the bad 
diseases. Thank GOD.  LOL
Get yourself a small have-a-heart from your local feed and grain and trap 
your rats. and try maybe Vermicomposting or as someone suggested to me just 
bury your scraps right into the garden beds and let the worms there have a 
good feed. 
(c: Bruce


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