"99windstar" wrote in message
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We have snakes too but they don't help with the rat population. We want to
keep the trees.
Anyone else have any suggestions?

"BillandJeny" wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 01:22:27 GMT, "99windstar"
wrote:

This question is going to seem weird but I am sure you all will
understand.
I have an Apple tree and Pear Tree. Our first year in our home we didn't
have any fruit. Last year we had fruit on both. Along with the fruit we
had
rats! We diligently picked up the dropped fruit but still had rats. Our
first year when there was no fruit there were no rats. My question is
how
do
we stop the trees from bearing fruit? We don't want to cut them down,
they
are nice trees but the fruit invite unwelcomed guests. Any ideas?


Dig up the trees and give them to the neighbors or get some snakes to
take care of the rats.

zhan

rat traps?