"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Kay writes:
| In article , Nick Maclaren
| writes
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| They will go once disturbed, anyway. Temporarily.
|
| Rats are pretty common. There's a saying that you're never more
than
| 60ft from a rat. Or 20ft. Or something.

Yes. I think the accurate one says that 99% of the population
is within XXX feet of a rat at any one time. I don't believe
that people swimming 100x offshore are likely to have their toes
nibbled by a passing rat, somehow.

| Call the council rat catcher, or buy some rat traps. But don't
over-
| react or feel that you are a public health nuisance - just relax.
Rats
| happen.

Equally well, don't treat them as just large mice and ignore them.
They are a significant health hazard, though NOT enough of one to
go into panic mode.

Are they genuinely more of a health risk than a pet cat?

Franz