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We are rat-free inside but obviously there are many outside. Nothing new, I know, but suddenly our cats are bringing a dead, smallish one inside every day. We can only assume there is at least one nest outside. It's fairly disgusting. Will this end as the rats get older, take on their student debt, buy Ikea starter packs and set off into the world, or is there any reason/benefit to getting K&O (to pre-empt the inevitable recommendation) to look for it in our garden?
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On the other hand, a while back when we had a rat problem the council rat man aka 'pest control' said that he (not being a particular cat lover) had had to get a cat to deter rats in his garden after his local neighborhood became over-run.


May be worth sticking some rat poison in areas that pets cannot access but rats can?

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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> It always surprises me when people snuggle up to

> their cats or allow their cats to lick them when

> they must he aware that said cats spend much of

> their time biting into rodents.


More risk of infection from a human bite than a cat/dog bite I remember being told.


I snuggle up to my cats big time and allow them to snuggle up to me. One of life's great pleasures!

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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> It always surprises me when people snuggle up to

> their cats or allow their cats to lick them when

> they must he aware that said cats spend much of

> their time biting into rodents.


At least cats - unlike dogs - have the good sense not to eat their own shite.



"C'mere boy - gimme a nice big kiss mmmmmm!"

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