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It seems that there is a rat invasion in Accrington, residents of Owen Street, Whalley Road, Hood Street and Dowry Street are being plagued with them. One resident says that they have been sharing her fruit bowl. That is gross and another one said one was sitting on her windowsill. Residents say there are a number of reasons for the increase including the large number of take-aways on Whalley Road and lack of action by Network Rail. Think I will avoid the take-aways after reading this!!!

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Maybe I am being a tad dense here but Network Rail being part of the problem?:confused::confused::confused: The take aways I can understand that I cant. Rats once established are nigh on impossible to be exterminated. Will take forever to get it under control this "epidemic" and will be expensive. Would it also mean a change in refuse collection as well.

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EWWWWW RATS .. hate em .. those poor residents . me thinks cat intake will increase

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I go cold when reading about plagues of rats.:eek:

They reckon you're never more than 6ft away from one now, don't they?
I have only ever seen one and that was whilst I was driving over Whinney Hill tip a couple of years ago. Great big hairy thing it was, running from one side of the road to the other, but I coped because I was in my car.

If I came face to face with one on the street or worse, at home, I would probably scream, wet myself, then pass out!:eek:

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Better off with ferrets or polecats as they could get in were the rats do.

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Spuggie think a lot of them come down from the railway tracks, I have seen quite a few when waiting for the train in Accrington. Lilly the thought of them makes me shiver don't know how I would cope with one taking fruit out of my fruitbowl!!!

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A sound repelling gadget works like a pied piper in reverse- works for spiders and mozzies too

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So what's the council doing about this? When I was rodent control operative for Accrington Corporation in the early 70's, myself and my colleague went round every manhole in town baiting them with poison. That certainly did for plenty of the little blighters! Don't they do this anymore?

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Council are most likely too busy puttin' chips in our wheelie bins :rolleyes:

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The residents have been told to contact Enviromental Health if they need help

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my "loverly" cat "kitty" brings me presents of dead rats places them outside on the patio ..i can leave them dead there for a few days all ok as soon as i shift it ..there comes another dead one eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww i hate um too but these are only smallish.

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[quote=BERNADETTE;4826 Lilly the thought of them makes me shiver don't know how I would cope with one taking fruit out of my fruitbowl!!![/quote]

OMG, can you imagine? :eek:

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Not a thought I relish:eek:

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Does it work on the human equivalent?:p

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I used to live in that area .... early one morning around six, it was warm so I had the back door open ( one came in my kitchen ) well that was me gone out side mobile in hand screaming ... it ran behind the cooker my dad came and it ran away: hate them : since I have used the plug in thingys I have never seen any ( do I guess they work ) but they only move them on to where who knows: blood going cold just at the thought of it:

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never had a rat in my house ...ewwwww

what they need is......
http://www.jmldirect.com/images/prod...m/pf_P1020.jpg


one up stairs and one downstairs:D

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If the rats really get to you, move to Alberta, I hear they don't have rats.

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Why can they open the lids on wheelie bins?
I would have thought a wheelie bin with a shut lid would be rat proof.

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Rats don’t need to lift the lid. They just chew through the base.

Given time a rat can chew through bricks, cement, concrete and even metal.

Now if you had a cat this size no rat would stand a chance. To give you some idea of how big Spike was, that cabinet was 12 inches tall.

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Edited to remove some smutty comment :rolleyes::D

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Ah but you can’t stop the email that went out to all subscribers to this thread.

The one that I got relating to your post reads:





Nah! I wouldn’t be so rotten.

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I care not if you do. I just thought better of it after I posted it thats all.

I don't bother with the emailing of messages. I get enough junk mail as it is.

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i got chatting to a council pest control fella (like you do) about the rats and he said the problem had got worse since the bin collections changed to fortnightly...... coincidence??? erm.....no!:eek:

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We have had fortnightly bin collections for a couple of years time now in Ossy.
I have never seen a rat here ... coincidence??? erm.....no!

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ya right neil fortnightly collections have nowt to do with it!!
rats will come wheres theres food, its the messy dirty sods who cant be botherered to pick up food from the streets, and back yards!
like dog food outside, or ya could even have a rabbit !, if the foods all over the place they will come!
if theres no food they will go elsewhere, iv never had a rat in my house nor near my area...thank god!!

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We do have rats in Kingston, but they only appear after a heavy rain puts a lot of strain on the storm sewers. Our garbage is picked up once a week, along with the blue and gray boxes. The rats don't seem to bother it, probably because there is too much competition from the other garbage lovers, the racoons, skunk (a malodorous rat) and the squirels (rats with bushy tails.) However, we are starting to have a problem with Fishers in the city ... these are rats with attitudes and a black belt in the martial arts who fight pit bulls for fun.