Dead rat problem

No, it's a tiny pond, or, carrion soup right now.

 

Hi
Had the hedgehog fallen in and coudnt climb out ? even a piece of chicken wire running along one side would help anything climb out .
Spruce

 

No the hedgehog is lying on some slabs. It's a bit more solid than the rat so easily spadeable.

 

ooohh

 

I never thought of the chicken wire 'thing' @Spruce ...nice one I've got rocks in the pond but the Chicken wire is a good one

 

I would watch out for more Rats Madahhlia..I always say if there is one there are more...phone your local council and say that you have rat problems..they should come out ASAP..

 

most Councils charge now, well they do in Wales all 22 of them .

Spruce

 

I planted Aubrita next to the pond and you coudnt see the chicken wire , you could also use the mesh plastic the one you train plant up , and it doesn't rust plus you can get in green and brown .

Spruce

 

Well i know for sure they do not charge here were i live..I would just tell them its a vermin problem..Especially if kids are around

 

just checked , I was wrong with my data , 2012, six councils in Wales charged for the service compared with just one seven years previously and this may of changed again

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21658694

Spruce

 

I had the rat people out from the council a year or so ago because I thought I glimpsed something but they found no evidence of a problem at all. Good thing it was free! It's a big city anyway, never more than 2 inches away from a rat.

I can't even be sure it was a rat anyway, it is so decomposed. The skeleton seems too big.

I am more concerned about serial dead animals turning up in my garden. So far this season:
1 robin
1 dormouse
1 pigeon
1 unspecified rodent thing
1 hedgehog

One expects the occasional corpse but this is an unusually high body count. I'm blaming my high slug pellet use this season - far more than usual.

 

since the cats have been given away next door I have very little thankfully but I do miss them.

Spruce

 

no photos please woo