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gavin[_2_] · 26-07-2008, 12:00 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
T...
In article ,
says...
I've got one of those black plastic compost bin (looks a bit like a
Dalek -
well, kin of!). I've just put some kitchen waste in and "something" was
in
there! I'm sure I saw a tail slither away. Could it be a rat? There is a
gap
at the base which a rat could easily get through. If it is a rat is this
"normal"?

Rats will go in, they like the worms but it is also quite possible that
it was a grass snake or slow worm who like to lay eggs in them because of
the heat

So whatever it was I don't need to take any action? Sorry for such basic
questions!