Getting rid of rats/mice (merged threads)

UsernameAlreadyExists

Do you like squirrels?
If so, what's the difference between a squirrel and a rat with a bushy tail? (apart from not much)

daffodil

I love squirrels - they are so cuddly - not like r--- at all.
Oh I get it - yes perhaps a way around it is to imagine that the rat is a squirrel and then I wont be as anxious - I might just give that a try - thankyou so much.

UsernameAlreadyExists

You can imagine it that way but in all seriousness, there's not much difference. Look at a squirrel pic. now look at a rat pic. Now add a bushy tail to the rat pic. there's not much difference really.

*used to have pet rats. they're lovely.

spannerzone

wow there must be some very small mice to be able to get through a pencil sized hole!

I had pet rats years ago and sure enough they could get through very small holes but not that small.... I seem to recall they could get through 1inch sized square holed chicken wire with a bit of effort.

daffodil

Perhaps you are right - I am so trusting, I just assumed that the man from the council should know - he could have been pulling my leg couldnt he.
The boss is calling have to go - will check back tomorrow - night night

Leif

daffodil wrote: »

Yes the man from the council said so it must be true

I find this hard to believe but it is reported in many places:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-404395/Separating-pub-fact-pub-fiction.html

I know mice can jump off a kitchen work surface onto the ground, without harm.

Leif

UsernameAlreadyExists wrote: »

You can imagine it that way but in all seriousness, there's not much difference. Look at a squirrel pic. now look at a rat pic. Now add a bushy tail to the rat pic. there's not much difference really.

*used to have pet rats. they're lovely.

Tree rats are a pest. But as far as I know they do not carry diseases whereas a rat's bite can and does kill.

Wasn't it David Attenborough who recounts having a dump in a eastern country, and a forest rat leapt out from between his legs and ran off. I think he hates rats.

UsernameAlreadyExists

Daily Mail.
Honestly

"Baby" mice, perhaps ... not rats though. Not a chance

UsernameAlreadyExists

Leif wrote: »

Tree rats are a pest. But as far as I know they do not carry diseases whereas a rat's bite can and does kill.

Wasn't it David Attenborough who recounts having a dump in a eastern country, and a forest rat leapt out from between his legs and ran off. I think he hates rats.

David Attenborough's Forest rats from the eastern country won't be coming up through the toilets. They'll be boring sewer rats. big, brown, smelly, and no bushy tails.

Leif

UsernameAlreadyExists wrote: »

David Attenborough's Forest rats from the eastern country won't be coming up through the toilets. They'll be boring sewer rats. big, brown, smelly, and no bushy tails.

You don't say. Brown rats in this country, who would have guessed it.