FussyGalore Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For the first time, I saw a large rat (thought it > was pregnant) trotting through our tiny back > garden. I live near Colwell Road, Playfield > Crescent and Melbourne Grove. Has anyone else seen > rats? This is certainly an unwelcome situation. It is certainly an unwelcome situation but something that people will have to live with in London streets. A few years ago we had a wasp nest and a rat living in our attic at the same time. We had somebody in to sort out the wasp nest but a few days/weeks later still kept hearing scratching noises at night which kept me awake. With expert advice we found out that it was a lone rat living in our attic and also accessing a large row of houses through their attic system. Apparently, a lone rate urinates and poos in the same spot which they find comfortable, unlike mice which wee and poo everywhere. The rat was urinating and pooing in our attic as their main spot. It was so horrible having to live with the scratching and thought that a rat was above our heads! Rats can climb walls, fences, drain pipes and can access not just ground spaces but rooftops etc.