To move home because of this

[Charltonstrek]

Maybe im overreacting but been in new place 2 months and we have issue with rats coming into the garden so far tried natural deterrents without success im adverse to poison and to be honest its a battle I could do without help please im petrified to even use my garden so upset.

Absolutely not - I am terrified of rats and they will be in the house next! Move if possible

Rats are everywhere. Just make sure you don't have any food stored or accessible out there (rubbish bins, semi blocked drains that get grease, bird feeders etc.) and they'll go elsewhere.

If they are coming into your garden then they are living in your neighbours garden. Go round and ask if they are aware - they might not be - and they can deal with the problem at source.

Get a couple of cats?

Private rental?

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I tried this but had little success.. but it might be cheaper than moving house

The previous owner loved feeding the birds and left a note asking if we'd consider continuing doing this so we have and have loved it so far im so upset about it all

Just moved out of a old grotty rental been wanting our own place for a long time and cant afford the private rents

It's the bird seed attracting the rats. Stop feeding them and consider some humane traps.

Jack Russell?

You will have to pay a professional to come and sort

edited to add just seen about the birds, stop that now

bird food attracts rats big time

Pest control.

I think our council offers free rat control across the borough.

They'd be cheaper than private pest control perhaps if they charge.

Yanbu at all, I would move

Pest control. Get it under control.

I have chickens, have tried natural remedies for years but yet to find one that works.

I know poisoning them is awful, but risking nasty diseases is also awful.

Never mind getting a cat, get a Jack Russell dog. Ours is a lovely gentle girl (she even understands the word gentle when taking treats from your hand) but is a beast and will not stop patrolling when she smells a rodent on our allotment.

She's never actually caught one yet, but neighbouring allotments tell us they've had less trouble with rats since we started bringing our girl to ours. So I reckon rats being fairly intelligent animals, give us a wide birth

Rats need food, water and shelter. Make sure you don’t have any food or water in the garden. Take away the bird seed. You aren’t supposed to feed birds between May and November anyway. Do you or any neighbours have a compost heap? That won’t help.

For now, remove all food for a good few weeks and see if that helps move them on.

I agree, rats are everywhere. We’ve had them recently, they were after the bird feed in next doors garden. They’ve gone now they’ve stopped feeding the birds. It’s such a shame for the birds, my neighbours have been doing it for years and it gives them great enjoyment watching them. I wouldn’t move, there are ways of getting rid of them, I’d call a pest exterminator in first, much cheaper than moving.

I have just built a new compost heap and

1. Moved it away from the neighbours fence and
2. covered it in wire mesh

Seems to be keeping the rats out

We live in a rural area so rats are a thing. Dump the bird feeders, don’t have any kind of rubbish in your garden or put out bread etc for birds/hogs. Don’t give them places to hide. If there’s no food they will move on. No point moving as rats are everywhere, cities or rural, don’t encourage them and they won’t stay. I hate them but I have a terrier who helps get rid.

At the end of the day, rats are just squid with tails, so keep your calm.

your council should be able to help, failing that get a private pest control company in.

And stop feeding the birds until autumn.

They appear to be accessing at a particular point at bottom of garden by the fence and we have noticed signs of tunneling

So is it a rental or not?

Invite them and they will come.
It's the bird food.