I hosed my raised food bed yesterday evening & out jumped a rodent!
Wehad rats about two/three years ago. The. Council stopped baiting & trapping sewers so numbers multiplied apparently.(first rat id seen since living here32 years ago) im hoping it was a mouse, not a rat butdont suppose there's much difference? Maybe rats are. More powerful / destructive?
I remember reading up on them at the time: mice only need a tiny amount of water to survive but rats need much more. I should empty my waterbowls at night I guess. Ive got loads.