Dead rat problem

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    No, it's a tiny pond, or, carrion soup right now.
     
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      Hi
      Had the hedgehog fallen in and coudnt climb out ? even a piece of chicken wire running along one side would help anything climb out .
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      No the hedgehog is lying on some slabs. It's a bit more solid than the rat so easily spadeable.
       
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      I never thought of the chicken wire 'thing' @Spruce ...nice one:dbgrtmb: I've got rocks in the pond but the Chicken wire is a good one:dbgrtmb:
       
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        I would watch out for more Rats Madahhlia..I always say if there is one there are more...phone your local council and say that you have rat problems..they should come out ASAP..:thumbsup:
         
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        most Councils charge now, well they do in Wales all 22 of them .

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        I planted Aubrita next to the pond and you coudnt see the chicken wire , you could also use the mesh plastic the one you train plant up , and it doesn't rust plus you can get in green and brown .

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          Well i know for sure they do not charge here were i live..I would just tell them its a vermin problem..Especially if kids are around:)
           
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          just checked , I was wrong with my data , 2012, six councils in Wales charged for the service compared with just one seven years previously and this may of changed again

          http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21658694

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          I had the rat people out from the council a year or so ago because I thought I glimpsed something but they found no evidence of a problem at all. Good thing it was free! It's a big city anyway, never more than 2 inches away from a rat.

          I can't even be sure it was a rat anyway, it is so decomposed. The skeleton seems too big.

          I am more concerned about serial dead animals turning up in my garden. So far this season:
          1 robin
          1 dormouse
          1 pigeon
          1 unspecified rodent thing
          1 hedgehog

          One expects the occasional corpse but this is an unusually high body count. I'm blaming my high slug pellet use this season - far more than usual.
           
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            since the cats have been given away next door I have very little thankfully but I do miss them.

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            Good evening its not me that has a rat problem,its the rats that have a problem,with my furry friend Penny(My Jack Russel) out at the farm she can dispose of 40 in an hour;):smile:
             
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