[emma_mcraf]

Originally Posted by CherryBrandy

Never in all these years have I had a problem with rats. even though we know they all live within feet of houses and sometimes I do see them during the day but rarely and I have guinea pigs but absolutely no food stuffs outside or anywhere in the garden. I even allowed cats into the areas just in case. I hate rats now. They broke into a secure GH, by digging under the glass frame, where the tortoises hibernate naturally, chewing through wooden thickened struts and killed two of my adults including sadly Patina Apple. it was heart breaking as one was alive when I found her and died shortly later, I think from shock more than anything and I still can't stop thinking about it - but what can you do when you live out rurally. I can't keep them in during the day also but I do check they are all locked up at night or as Sandy says they take themselves off around 3- 4 o'clock each day.

Definitely with small ones that size wrap them up in cotton wall and secure top and bottom.

I think just incredibly horrid and concerning but surely very very rare.

CB

I’m so sorry, Clare.