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Rats

Our garden backs onto fields and hills in Gloucestershire, UK, and we have
been visited by one or two rats several times in the last week. A neighbour
arranged for the local pest control officer to visit; he thought they were
using the local gardens as runs, foraging for food. Can anyone please tell
me...

If a neighbour uses a poison, is it likely to transfer to our veg?

Are the rats likely to pass diseases on to us through the veg?

How quickly do they multiply?

Are they likely to colonise the compost heap? (we will avoid putting cooked
food in the heap, and have stopped putting bread out for the birds).

Will they limit most of their visits to night-time?

Thanks,

Nick
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