On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:07:51 GMT, "gavin"
wrote:

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"?

Friends of mine had a rat in their bin. They called the council pest
control man. He said it was rats because they burrow in under the
bottom and dig out a lot of earth. If you have that evidence you can
guess it is rats. Mice would leave a smaller hole and I would not
bother with them, but rats you need to eliminate.



Pam in Bristol