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There could be a rat next door

giftgrub · 2009-09-14 23:48:43

We just moved into an ex-council house. We're pretty sure that the neighbours next door to us are renting from the local authority. (the house is in total s**t but they managed to get brand new guttering). Their back garden is completely overgrown, and we've heard something scratching around...It sounds like its in our…

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15-09-2009 12:48am

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giftgrub

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We just moved into an ex-council house.

We're pretty sure that the neighbours next door to us are renting from the local authority. (the house is in total s**t but they managed to get brand new guttering).

Their back garden is completely overgrown, and we've heard something scratching around...It sounds like its in our shared wall

Any advice? Should we call environmental health?

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#2 15-09-2009 9:50am
Grawns

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No harm to call but it's probably mice rather than rats. Put down a trap ( they love chocolate) and see what happens. I had rats in my garden as we compost ( they love it yuk!) and the guy ( we called private exterminators) told me we were on their route. They weren't living in the garden but they popped by daily to have a snack. We put down special rat posion boxes ( safe for our dogs) and that was the last we heard of them.

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