Be careful about rats. Doesn't matter whether it is the country or town. We had one chew through the floorboards, carpet edging strip underlay and carpet. It was eating the parrots' food at night. Not sure how long it had been going on for as was leaving no evidence. Once discovered we screwed a large block of wood over the hole. The next morning it had chewed through the concrete floor of the extension half of the room where it abutted the floorboards of the original half and left a big hole in the carpet in the middle of the room. The parrots were unharmed and never called out.
When the turtles were all outside I saw one run across the wire cover (these are fireguards from Mothercare so tough) of one of the ponds. This was the weekend before they were all due to come back indoors. All ponds are escape proof, but sadly a turtle had gone from her pond.
Nothing is safe from them. The 'Rat Man' told me they travel five miles a night on a set route, and just got lucky here, hence why supermarkets are advised to re-arrange their stockrooms regularly.
CB, so sorry to read what happened.
|