General Chat

No sightings since yesterday and no sign of rat runs on the lawns or holes for their nests, but across the road at the back there is a railway embankment and then open fields so wonder if he came from over there, if he did hopefully he will get squished crossing the road! OH won't go out into the garden now and had the wobbles when I told her about our furry neighbour. Will keep our eyes open and stop feeding the birds see if that does the trick. If not it will have to be the pest control man!

Hes back! eek but not happy as no bird seed for him to eat, sat on the lawn for a bit then scurried back into the bushes

My husband goes to a computer club in a school, and said there are rats running around the playground, where the kids keep dropping their food.

I laughed- because he said 'They are beautiful rats' , as if they were pets, and not vermin lol

Get a cat!! the only problem there is , they like to bring it back to show you how clever they are, or its an offering,(for what, I have no idea!!)

OOOw, Colin , your makin my toes curl!!!

How about RATCAM make your fortune !!!

We have a stoat in te garden and apparently they keep the rats and mice away.

Suzanne

Got my rat trap ready to despatch him to the great rat run in the sky, any volunteers to remove the deceased?

pity I gave my rifle away or I would sort it for you

Ah! Colin, he may be a friendly rat, is there such a thing, my grand daughters have pet rats, could be a pet, or a pest, you decide. Gillian Jennifer. Evening Colin and Donna XX.

hi l too have a rat .l thought it had gone but noticed it had dug a hole again, last time l phoned the council they sent a man down he told me to stop feeding the birds he put a trap in a tin box the food went but the rat got away!!! so lm just going to wait and see if it comes back again iv filled its hole in.

I have the trap, but so far its sitting unused in the kitchen...don't like the thought of killing the rodent, but dont like the thought of it planning a baby boom either

Have you named him, Colin? LOL.

I've got to admit, I'm sitting here imagining a rat version of "over the hedge" and them planning their trip to gather the sunflower seeds etc.

I can see how the sunflower seeds would be the antidote. Rat poison is generally essentially an anti-coagulant so their blood is thinned to the point it kills them. If I remember right vit K (if that's what is in the seeds) is involved in aiding clotting. And so you have an antidote right there.

Didn't know that about the sunflower seeds as we have those out for the birds.
A few weeks ago I spotted a dead rat in the street about 75 yards from here, and it had lost it's head, I thought it might have been run over but wonder if a local cat or dog got it and then dropped it and it got blown across the road. It looked the same colour and size as ours, and he hasn't been around since then.
The two dogs next door usually start barking if there is anything out there near their garden. The last ones we had were burrowing under the fence but I don't think this one did, he went next door the other side tho.
Lizx

Found this for those interested, looks like it's in most nuts and seeds:

Vitamin K

Vitamin K is found in plants and is produced in the body in the intestines. Vitamin K is used in the body to help control blood clotting and aids the protein found in the liver that controls the clotting. Vitamin K also plays a role in bone formation and repair. In the intestines, it helps assist in converting glucose to glycogen.


Products: cashews, figs, peaches, pears, pumpkin seeds, hazelnuts, pine nuts and tomatoes. etc.

http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/nutritionsorted.php?catid=1200&
catname=Nut%20and%20Seed%20Products&nutid=430

Has a list of the quantities of vit K in various nuts and seeds.

Ratty is hiding today, no sign of him and yes he has been named ' Blair'....hmmmm

pMSL cOLIN,

wE HAD THEM IN OUR HOUSE ONCE, UNDER THE FLOOR BOARDS, THEY GOT IN VIA AN ADJOINING GARAGE......YUK, YUK!!!!


oops left caps on! We had to get enviromental health in and they put poision in hidden places. When one dies we had to smell to find it......shudders!

Caz xx

Colin, LMAO, hilarious. He's probably hiding because you were talking about killin' him.

Blair is still hiding but I will have him....OH wont even go into the garden in case 'it attacks' whoops we now have a rat as 'Weapon of Mass Distruction' alert

PMSL