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Re: Rats

Nick Day wrote:
> 
> 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


When I first moved to my rural home in 1983 my cats would kill a rat
every few days.  Haven't seen above one or two a year in that last
several years.  These are field rats, not grey or Norway rats.  They're
not much above 20cm body length.  I did find two grey rats (separately)
a few years ago that the cats had killed, though.  One of them was as
big as a typical cat!

Steve  (Maritime...)
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