Rats in Garden Landcroft rd

[Tom McCrae]

Yesterday afternoon while sitting in the kitchen around 2:30pm, I saw a brown rat come through the fence and stroll around my garden with out a care in the world.

The dog was barking at the door to go after it and the rat which we now call (Roger) just kept walking around near the door as if the dog wasn't even there.

As soon as I open the door it ran off into the next garden door.

We never used to suffer from rats or mice until a couple of years ago, but when neighbours afew doors away started digging up floors in the house and gardens we now seem to be hearing and seeing them on a regular bases

[Countrlass22]

We had same.spoke our neighbour turned out was nest under there old shed they got rid it.put poison or something no further issue horrid things.

Suggest you drop round speak them

[Sue]

Rats are very intelligent.

[civilservant]

as Sue says, they are clever animals and have a strong instinct for self preservation

so if you've got a dog, you don't need to worry about the rat setting up home in your garden, it'll give your house a wide berth.

[DulwichFox]

Do dogs keep rats away?

Can a pet dog help repel rats? Unfortunately, not really.

read more.. http://www.attic-rat.com/dog.html

DulwichFox

[nxjen]

Earlier this morning at Sainsburys, I saw two rats near the chiildren?s play area.

[DulwichFox]

nxjen Wrote:

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> Earlier this morning at Sainsburys, I saw two rats

> near the chiildren?s play area.

I think there may be many Rats in that area. I have seen them.

They are not at all bothered by human presence.

DulwichFox

[nxjen]

I saw some there many years ago but not recently.

[Countrlass22]

Defintley is rats sainsburys park seen few recent months.

Not seen council rat traps either usally there parks have them.

[Sue]

It isn't a council park, is it?

That's probably why?

[civilservant]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Do dogs keep rats away?

> Can a pet dog help repel rats? Unfortunately, not

> really.

not quite what i meant, DF - more that rats prefer to avoid hanging around near where dogs hang out

although few dogs seem to want to catch rats any more, even though i've seen terriers have a go

i understand that foxes do kill rats for food, (and i've certainly seen a fox trotting past with a squirrel in its mouth)

i can't understand the other posters' resentment of rats minding their own business in public spaces

[Sue]

civilservant Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Do dogs keep rats away?

> > Can a pet dog help repel rats? Unfortunately,

> not

> > really.

>

>

> not quite what i meant, DF - more that rats prefer

> to avoid hanging around near where dogs hang out

> although few dogs seem to want to catch rats any

> more, even though i've seen terriers have a go

> i understand that foxes do kill rats for food,

> (and i've certainly seen a fox trotting past with

> a squirrel in its mouth)

>

> i can't understand the other posters' resentment

> of rats minding their own business in public

> spaces

Nor me. They have as much right to be there as us.

[dulwichrat]

Please stop calling me ?Roger?, it?s starting to give me a complex

[Sue]

dulwichrat Wrote:

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> Please stop calling me ?Roger?, it?s starting to

> give me a complex

:))

I see you give your real name on here as Rattus Pratus.

What shall we call you then? Ratty?

:))

[Nigello]

I saw a large rat - about 12" nose-to-tail - at the pond in Peckham Rye Park. It was a golden colour, not dark brown, which struck me as odd.

[Green Goose]

Why not visit https://trapbarn.com and get the problem solved?

[oliviaandmilo]

Very big problem! People dropping their filthy rubbish/ half eaten food is a major contribution. Look up the diseases! They can cause kidney failure! More should be done to at least bring their numbers down.

[civilservant]

i agree that half-eaten food litter is a big problem, and so is sharing your living space with a (non-pet) rat, but time to get a grip!

kidney failure is mostly associated with the complications of diabetes. if you want to reduce your risk of kidney failure, the NHS advises you to

- Manage underlying conditions

- Stop smoking

- eat a healthy diet

- Cut down on alcohol

- Exercise regularly

- Be careful with painkillers

i don't see rats in there, do you?

incidence of Weil's disease, which i presume you are referring to, is so rare that any case in the UK makes it into the newspaper.

however, 'ED resident suffered kidney failure because they smoked, drank and ate junk food while sitting on the sofa' isn't deemed newsworthy. i wonder why? is it because it's just too common an occurrence to make it even into the EDF?

[Penguin68]

incidence of Weil's disease

Contracting Weil's disease is most frequently associated, I believe, with bathing in contaminated water (i.e swimming or splashing about in rivers or ponds) - not a lot of that goes in in ED, I'm guessing. There are apparently about 60 leptospirosis cases in the UK yearly, of which about 10% may develop into Weil's disease, the most severe form, which itself has about a 10% mortality.

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/staff/wellbeing/oh/guidanceandadvice/leptospirosisweilsdisease/

https://patient.info/health/leptospirosis-and-weils-disease