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There is the source of my other issue that I am having to deal with at present. Rats have discovered the compost bin in my garden. I've got rid of the water butt next to it to deny them a source of water, we've stopped composting kitchen waste and I've closed off all their runs with concrete blocks. Anything else I can do that doesn't involve poison? Heard peppermint oil is good anyone tried it?
Bobbo-
I found that digging over regularly persuaded the rats which moved into my compost heap to vacant and go elsewhere.
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Air rifle.
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As above, regular 'disturbance' of the heap may help, but in all honesty, rats will be. glad you’re not going to try poison. They'll not move far if they vacate your heap, so while they are outside, live and let live. If they were inside it would be a different matter.
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I used poison. But I also heavily watered the contents of our tardis as I read they don't like it. In this weather I doubt the compost will come to much harm if it's too wet for a bit.
Still not 100% if they were rats or mice as I only caught one glimpse of them. But they scare the shit out of me and while I was happy to take a pacifist view of now vacated mice in the shed over winter, I'm not fucking around in a space me and my family are enjoying.
Now I'm only putting grass in there, which is annoying. Interestingly I read that it's not just the obvious (egg shells, cooked food, etc.) but also a lot of veg waste will also attract them.
ChasnotRobert
ColinTheBald
JonD
hugo7
Put them in a black bin liner in a corner somewhere and wait for collections to restart.