Voyageur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone made a comment about rats in homes being > generally associated with them being dirty, which > is a load of bunkum frankly. > We suffered from a rat problem in our block of > flats a few years ago, and my flat is clean as a > whistle. We had to call out the council vermin > crew who advised that rats were entering homes as > they were being driven out of their usual habitats > by rising water levels - the rats were evidently > entering via the drains and scaling the walls > internally. The rat poison went down and we were > warned by the vermin crew to expect a surge in > rats for a week or two! My cats and I fought a > valiant battle over the next 2 weeks before they > were slain either by feline or poison. All > external entry holes were blocked up and we > haven't seen them since. > Incidentally, one of the vermin crew said that he > had recently acquired a moggie as there had been > an increase in rats breaking into nearby homes and > trying to find new places to nest as they had been > displaced due to demolition works going on nearby. Have you considered writing this as a screenplay?