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Was thinking of kebabs, with a nice hot chilli marinade, onions, tomatoes, and peppers. Served in pittas with a green rocket, spinach, and watercress salad, pickled cucumbers followed by butterscotch Angel delight, and chased down with a chilled rose wine, or home made sloe gin cocktails....tho...

Got another young rat last night. I set the trap not expecting anything but stolen bait. Now got three to dispose of somehow. Anyone for a bbq?

Rats are only h/a responsibility if they are in the house. Council/environmental health, no longer deal with rats. Rats are the householders responsibility. Including disposal...and you can't put them in the dog poo bins, on pain of a fine. That is how it is in Somerset. Believe me, I've rung...

I used to work there when it was roundhouse, I've heard it's changed a lot, and the roundhouses are gone, and a saxon house has been built instead. I never got paid for working there, it was all voluntary. Not sure what's going on there nowadays, but one never heard much about it anymore...

Ye gods! That's absolutely stuck me for words better than yuk! , and twisted. How on earth is this cute? I guess some sad person would buy it, but realy....I can barely handle the things. Looking at that on a daily basis..skin crawls. Whuuuuuuah!(shuddering sound) No new rats this morning, but...

Tengu lives near Swindon.

Garage sale. Collect together stuff you want to sell, put up some posters a week beforehand, and sell as much as possible for whatever price you can get. I wish I could come and help, but I'm also battling a few health issues, and live too far away, with no car, it's not possible. I realy wish I...

It is worth a try, I'll try anything to deter them. Toddy is right though, I discovered yet another area today where they have actualy dug under the fence from next door. I've watched them climb over the fence before now. Spring is breeding time, and the weather has been good, so they have...

All food sources have been removed about 3 weeks ago when I first noticed rats, also had the area tidied and cleaned up by my gardener. I've removed the cover over the woodpile that was keeping it dry, and poured hot bleach water over it to make it wet, and smell offensive to rats, as per google...

No intention to capture live rats as it gives me yet another problem....disposal . As you say, they just become a problem elsewhere. No, but I have one with a Yorkshire terrier that is smaller than most of the rats. ... treasured spoilt baby dog...any good.? :)

Seem to be young rats at present. I got three big ones, about 12inches long, a week or so ago. The last half dozen have been young'uns , between 6 -8inches long. Finaly got through to the h/a, (only took an hour!) and they have agreed to send someone to check the loft??????, I have a problem in...

Finaly got through to council, they no longer deal with rats either(automated message) So, h/a won't help, council won't help. Environmental health don't answer phone. 27mins on hold, stayed at 4th in the queue all that time. This is stupid. Ha say contact council, council don't deal with it...

Tried to contact them this morning, gave up after half an hour on hold and still 6th in the queue. In the past they've said its not something they deal with it's up to me. Totaly unhelpful. No idea about food. Compost bin at top of garden, no signs of them there. They seem to congregate at the...

How would you kill them after live capture? I can't use a pop pop which would be easiest, as relocation doesn't sort the problem and I'm dammed if I'd put my hand inside to try and get one out!!!