millikins
Well-Known Member
Just musing really. I've been on my yard for nearly 8 years and in all that time have never had a confirmed rat population. Every Autumn I find a few droppings and they chewed under the doors one year but then they vanish. I've never seen a live one but I take no measures to keep them away. Yard is reasonably clean, but not immaculate, couple of domestic cats wander in but aren't resident. Only deterrent I can think of is a large number of squirrels which are perhaps bigger and more aggressive than your average rat? Could I have found a useful role for the verminous grey Americans?