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Jake wrote:

I'll stand in the corner with you as I've lost track of the number of
times I've boobed on something or other. Glad you took the joke in
what I said ;-))

That indicates you are human :-)

You've got a point on suburbia but the OP and I both live next to
farmland (not suburbia in the accepted sense) and the issues are a bit
different.

Yes and no. It doesn't affect the main point, which is whether rats
are attracted to meat per se, or just regular food. My assertion
(and that of the rat catcher who used to deal with ours) is that it
is the latter. It really makes very little difference whether you
put meat scraps on the heap or in the bin, or not.

Adders aren't a problem for me - I'll find one or two in the garden
each year but leave them alone and off they go.

I haven't seen one in years, and I go walking in the Highlands most
years. I wouldn't actually pick one up, but they aren't really a
danger to humans.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.