I had that problem till I built solid sided bins with solid lids and mounted
them on solid pallet bases ......thus 4 inches off the ground
..........liberally painted all round the bin sides etc with creosote
had no more problems since then

"Andrew Wells" wrote in message
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Hi

We've got rat(s) in our compost bin (wooden "beehive" sort, with gaps
between
the sections and at the bottom that I can well believe are big enough for
a
rat to squeeze through). The council sent someone round today to put down
bait, but:
- is there anything I can do to stop them coming back?
- will the worms in there be okay?
- is there any danger of the rat(s) dying in there?
- will the compost still be okay to use?

Thanks

Andrew
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