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was walking home from school on friday at the back of some shops on union rd, with my son and noticed something lurking near the bins!!!.......yes it was a bloody RAT!!....OMG,Attachment 9982 it had a bloody long tail and a scabby body, and the little vermin wasnt even scared to see us!!!, it just carried on doing what it was doing going in the shops back yard, i soon got out of that area and have never shoped in them shops since ....ewwwww:(

oh and its the first time iv seen a living rat run around the streets....Attachment 9982

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When I lived in Church my cat used to deliver them to me quite regularly. :D
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1289644.ece
The rise in rat populations is blamed on careless disposal of food waste

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If you dont like rats then dont consider living in Spring Hill - lots of cats up here but, believe me, the rats dont care. Problem has been much worse since this two weekly bin collection started

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i often pass through spring hill and i have to say I have never seen one...thank god!!, rats come where people leave food for them, cleaner back yards would be better...the amount of **** iv seen in peoples back yards, its disgusting, i would hate to think what their house looks like:(, and as for fortnightly bins, i have no problem with that;)

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Rats we have load round where I live.

And two in the house.:D

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i once saw one at Reeces school scurrying around near the bins, i was gobsmacked

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I think theres a saying that theres a rat never more than six feet away...erm i am not sure whether thats a real rat, or some scumbag:wacko8:

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rats, scumbags, they are all the same ;)

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:rofl38: :lol:,,NICE ONE FLASHY

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was staggering home on hyndburn rd, from church late 60s and one ran right across the road by the river stink, the cheeky blighter ran acoss my winklepickers,--- they can fly!:D

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After dark, in the middle of Hyde Park Corner in London, there used to come out a pack of rats as big as cats.

I thought of buying a set of pipes to play, to lure them the twenty five feet into the garden of Buckingham Palace.:D

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One day sunbathing in my back garden a rat ran out from underneath next doors shed and ran underneath the sunbed i was lying on then into the bushes at the back of my garden. Turned out we were in the middle of a rat run. One of the houses further on up the road bred budgies and the birdseed had fallen down through the cracks in the shed and there was a nest of rats underneath and they'd made a run through all the gardens on the estate backing onto this house oh and the house owner knew about this and had the pest control officer out but not said a word to anyone else about it - even though there were kids and old people in the vicinity.

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do people still call that the river stink? not heard that in ages

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Apparently that's true, rats are everywhere. My office car park backs on to an alleyway behind a row of shops in Warrington. Most of those shops are either restaurants or takeaways and I can tell you their back yards are full of rats (I don't eat there!). Environmental Health come along every now and then and get rid of them but they always reappear.

On an animal level I don't mind rats at all. They are fascinating to watch and, really, a bit like squirrels with bald tails and the females are very good mothers. I'm not scared of them but on the hygiene level they are a definite no-no and when one invades your garage as one, attracted by a neighbour's rabbits, did with me and chews big holes in your wellies for its nest (have you ever seen a pair of wellies like a collander?) it's time to call in the Council - good mother or not.

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At a place I used to work we used to go out for lunch on a Friday and take a stroll across the stream to the pub on the other side. The times when we were sat in there and we would see them on the sides of the stream.

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They could have been water rats or, more properly, water voles. They don't invade property like rats do and they are vegetarians. We have a lot of them on the banks of the canal here and they look very similar to the rat but their tails are furry, though thin. They are an endangered species.

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I use,t to take my jack-russel ratting and he loved it but now with him getting on a bit i just let him get spider,s nower days.

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as anyone got those pest repellants ya plug in to get rid?

do you think they work?

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Are they for rats?

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OMG do rats attack old people? :rolleyes:

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some old people ARE rats

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I have a Pestclear plug in repeller that repels (not kills) mice rats gerbils guinea pigs and all crawling insects - including spiders - it works

""Pestclear 2000 Insect Repeller

Pestclear 2000 also known as Pest Stop 2000 repellent unit.

If you want to deter and repel spiders, the UK and Europes top selling Pest Repeller, the Pest Clear or Pest Stop 2000 repellent unit is an effective plug in electric pest repeller to prevent crawling insects such as spiders, ants, cockroaches, woodlice, earwigs and many other insects entering the home, as well as being a part of effective rat and mouse control. There is also a setting on this plugin bug and insect repellent to deter mosquitos in the room where the repeller is positioned.

The Pestclear 2000 is a combined Ultrasonic and electromagnetic pest and bug repeller and deterrent, suitable to treat an infestation in an average sized house of up to 2000 sq.ft. The plug in spider electric insect repeller is inaudible to the human ear and will not affect cats, dogs, fish or birds.

Simple and most effective electronic pest control - Just select the required settings, plug in, and the Pestclear 2000 repellent for spiders will do the rest.

This ultra sonic repellent unit is also a humane pest control method.

I bought another one for a friend recently on ebay for £24.99.
There are cheaper ones that emit sound only but you need one in each room of that type

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I have a Pestclear plug in repeller that repels (not kills)
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Oh my god Margaret if i caught a rat it would have to be dead....:eek:

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The man in the flat below me goes off to his caravan for weeks on end in the summer. He got mice in from the woods at the back. They came up into my bathroom via the drains duct. My cat who doesnt play out (too old) presented me with a mouse one day. I traced the holes they were using and used loads of Polyfilla blocking them. I have always had spiders due to the trees back and front. This pestclear has cured both problems. I dont waste time clearing cobwebs every week now.

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We have a problem with snails i hate them and put salt on them,,,,but oh the horrible slimey mess after :eek: