I know there are other posts about rats but we have tried all the things suggested for killing them and they keep returning. This has been going on 2-3 years now.
We live in a residential street in the city, nowhere near water, building works or any other obvious source of rats.
We've had the co co in putting down poison 3 times, I spoke to about 5 "rentokil" type companies who said all they can do is put poison down and check it regularly so we're doing that ourselves now to avoid paying them huge fees. Poison is taken every now and then but after a while we start seeing evidence of them back - holes in flowerbeds etc.
I have small kids who love to be outside all day and this is worrying me so much.
We do have a deck which I know is a haven for rats but we never leave a crumb of food outside so they must be getting food elsewhere. And surely they can live under sheds too which most people have so why do decks seem to be such a source of trouble?
I spoke to someone in the dept of health last year who wasn't much help but I was thinking of ringing and asking them to call to local houses to see if anyone is leaving out food.
Don't particularly want the hassle of a dog/cat but at this point I'd consider it.
Can anyone suggest anything else we might try to stop them making a beeline for our garden?
We live in a residential street in the city, nowhere near water, building works or any other obvious source of rats.
We've had the co co in putting down poison 3 times, I spoke to about 5 "rentokil" type companies who said all they can do is put poison down and check it regularly so we're doing that ourselves now to avoid paying them huge fees. Poison is taken every now and then but after a while we start seeing evidence of them back - holes in flowerbeds etc.
I have small kids who love to be outside all day and this is worrying me so much.
We do have a deck which I know is a haven for rats but we never leave a crumb of food outside so they must be getting food elsewhere. And surely they can live under sheds too which most people have so why do decks seem to be such a source of trouble?
I spoke to someone in the dept of health last year who wasn't much help but I was thinking of ringing and asking them to call to local houses to see if anyone is leaving out food.
Don't particularly want the hassle of a dog/cat but at this point I'd consider it.
Can anyone suggest anything else we might try to stop them making a beeline for our garden?