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Originally Posted by grannyclaret
I think theres a saying that theres a rat never more than six feet away...
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Apparently that's true, rats are everywhere. My office car park backs on to an alleyway behind a row of shops in Warrington. Most of those shops are either restaurants or takeaways and I can tell you their back yards are full of rats (I don't eat there!). Environmental Health come along every now and then and get rid of them but they always reappear.
On an animal level I don't mind rats at all. They are fascinating to watch and, really, a bit like squirrels with bald tails and the females are very good mothers. I'm not scared of them but on the hygiene level they are a definite no-no and when one invades your garage as one, attracted by a neighbour's rabbits, did with me and chews big holes in your wellies for its nest (have you ever seen a pair of wellies like a collander?) it's time to call in the Council - good mother or not.