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    Hi everyone
    Few days ago I was finish some work in the garden and I had to move the GH from where I had to do the job and when I was empting it in one of the plastic crate I had in there a rat jump out. I have to say there was a quite few debris as well considered that the job was a construction of a retaining wall so I could level up the back garden and I've done this in a month and half on my spare time so plenty time for them get in the mess. Now is all clear and I remove whe plastic crates (the green one that you'll find in the veg section of supermarket) and put in a shelf unit so there is no more hiding place. Of course the OH wanted all my Tom in the greenhouse to go to the dump because if rat as eat or done their stuff in there we could get disease from them. Now I didn't see anything around and I'm just wondering. Is the one or more rat that were there gone or my com back soon? My neighbours told me that at the back of the house where there is the railway thee are nest of rat all over the rail so sometime they come to look for food in bins and maybe one looked at my toms and decide to help him self. Should I worry o take further precautions?

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    There are rats absolutely everywhere in built up areas, you just don't generally get to see them as they tend to come out at night.
    Yes, it may have been attracted to your toms, but I think there are so many other easy sources of food for them especially at this time of year such as windfall apples.

    If you have cleared out the boxes in your greenhouse then he's not likely to come back to set up home .
    If your wife would be happier, you could always make a door screen out of chicken wire?
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    • #3
      Ah, make that double chicken wire...to make the holes smaller!
      Here have a look at this.....

      http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g1530/build/

      It looks like the holes need to be less than 1/2" gap for a rat and 1/4" for a mouse !

      Personally I wouldn't worry...yes, wash the toms, but certainly don't waste them by throwing them out!
      Wildlife us everywhere , most greenhouses have mice but I bet rats also visit- you just happened to see one!
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4
        Good idea about the mesh screen for the door. Thanks for the help

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