Rat Mystery Solved.....!

[Rolfe 2]

It had been reported that a Rat was causing havoc in the Green Keepers shed at the golf club. Bags of valuable grass seed had been ripped open and the contents strewn about and contaminated. Try as i may, i could not locate the entry point to the very large metal-clad shed that the Rat was using.

It was impossible to walk around the outside of the building due to the dense bramble undergrowth, until last week that is, when contractors were called in to lay a (fire escape) path around the perimeter of the shed. With access now available i soon found the entry point which was quickly sealed off, it transpires that (split) bags of rock-salt had been stacked against the inside wall and had eaten away at the cladding sheets creating a hole.

Anyway........it was not practicable to set a spring trap........so rodenticide was the order of the day, and old Ratty soon succumbed to the bait. She obviously had a lot of mouths to feed judging by the number of well used teats i found when I examined the lifeless body a few days later. Another successful outcome and the mystery solved. Picture shows the well worn entry point (complete with ratty footprints) and the culprit.

[stealthy1 3,964]

That is one lardy rat

[The one 8,598]

christ no wonder they have rats when you see that hole they patching it up ??

[OldTrapCollector 377]

You had better get looking for those greys Rolfe - they will be well grown and causing mayhem somewhere close!

 

OTC

[Rolfe 2]

You had better get looking for those greys Rolfe - they will be well grown and causing mayhem somewhere close!

 

OTC

Ran the terrier through a couple of times.......(she'd find a mouse in a corn barn).......and no greys to be found, i am pretty sure she has them somewhere in the bank that surrounds the greenkeepers shed as it is full of rabbit buries also. I don't like perimeter baiting as a rule........but may have too for a short while to clear up the remaining colony.

 

Rolfe.