We have just had a problem with rats in our loft - having listened to the 'Rat Olympics' one night we got the pest man in to zap them.
We only had one rat although it sounded like a couple of teams up there. We have found where they were coming in and blocked the whole up.
We have 2 compost bins at the bottom of our 100ft garden tucked away in a corner - they are the open pallet type with carpet on the top and not the plastic type.
We generate a lot of compost so I'm loathed to get rid of them but I've been told that a compost heap is a big attraction to rats.
Also, my neighbour has an avery in their garden and refuses to put down pet friendly rat poison as they have a cat. This cat has already had a major fight with a rat and has ended up with an abscess.
My question is, are there any satisfactory plastic compost bins with a big enough hole to extract the compost from - the open ones are so much easier to get the compost out of.
I've seen the ones that spin around and are supposed to generate compost in 21 days but do they work and are they big enough ?
We live on the edge of a village so the rats have some rights I suppose ??? But, not in my garden or house ! Eww!
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Tillyboo · 12/01/2008 21:08
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