Rats from the railway

bigblackdog

they live on railway but are foraging in my garden .
worrying .

Ebe_Scrooge

What's worrying ? They're just animals looking for food, they're not going to hurt you.

Ultimately they're just looking for food - if there's none available, they'll soon go away. If they find a food source, they'll stay. Don't throw food scraps onto the garden, make sure there's nothing else lying around that they can eat, they'll soon loose interest. Either that or stake out your garden at midnight with a 12-bore .......

bigblackdog

They spread disease . Theres no food in my garden for them but still they come .

UncleZen

Are they hanging around or just passing through. Rats often "commute" hence the expression "rat-run".

DVardysShadow

UncleZen wrote: »

Are they hanging around or just passing through. Rats often "commute" hence the expression "rat-run".

It is worrying that they don't stay on the trains when they commute

Gloomendoom

DVardysShadow wrote: »

It is worrying that they don't stay on the trains when they commute

Probably forced off the trains by the recent fare increases.

bigblackdog

theres a kind of 'no mans land' all overgrown with weeds , between my fence and the fence alongside the railway line , this area is a 1.5 meter wide strip of land owned by the railway company , it is overgrown with weeds and plants , this is where the rats inhabit but they are not happy just to stay there it seems .
Do foxes eat rats i wonder ? as i have seen a fox over there sometimes

vax2002

Call the council pest control team.
As they breed they form new colonies and look for new territory so if they are not in or around the house now, thats fair game for the new lot.