geoff wrote:


Well fancy that, you've kept the cats out and the result is that
something else (normally kept away by cats) arrives instead.

It would be a brave and very hungry cat which attacked a rat defending its
young - I wonder if cats can contract (or transfer from their paws) Weils
disease?

.... yes, but the presence of cats in the area definitely *does* keep
rats away. We used to get rats visiting our horse feed but now our
cats have access to it the rats are never seen.

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Chris Green )