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Rats and Hedgehogs
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 19:25:40 +0100, "mark"
wrote: "lloyd" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 18:12:20 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Derek Turner" wrote in message ... On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:22:05 +0100, lloyd wrote: Anything we can do to encourage the hedgehogs, but not the rats from visiting the garden? I have both 1. Terrier from working lines. 2. Huge cat. Yes get some terrier men in.for your rats. Mine come about every six weeks to sort them out. I do have a huge cat, but he's a bit of a wuss about tackling the big ones with the brown chisel teeth. He sorts out the small ones, no problem, but those big ones, they're a job for the terriers, he claims ;-) And he's right. some of the big ones even give the terriers a run for their money, antiseptic needed to dab their bleeding noses where they've been well bitten by a big rat. They don't seem to mind though, it seems to make them more determined.. Tina That sounds completely horrid. Why should anyone want to kill a rat just because it's a rat, is that a crime for the poor beast to be a rat? And if you feel you really must kill them why do it in such a nasty way! I dread to think what you feel we should do with our feral children. They are not just rats though. They are a danger to health No more so than many other animals or insects such as hedgehogs, pigeons, flies, deer. In fact the world can be a flilthy place and much of it down to ourselves. I find washing your hands regularly and the food preperation surfaces will suffice. Fingers crossed. The pest control hype continues to rake in billions, I'm surprised we have not caught on yet. I don't see how one can complain about rats and yet ignore the other wildlife and insects. Even the soil with it's natural toxins. We can't run away from everything. Makes you wonder how we ever got this far from the trees. |
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