FabSwingers.com forum: Rat Explosion

By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sounds messy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No. But I spotted a cute mouse recently.

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

Where has this information come from ?

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

"No. But I spotted a cute mouse recently.

I have one under my wardrobe right now that the cat has brought in

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

We've always had rats on the green by my house. They live under a big tree there.

I saw one in my garden a few months ago.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

We’ve had some mild winters that haven’t reduced the population like a good cold one does. As a result they have been breeding exponentially, they’re becoming a bit of a problem just about everywhere.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sometimes they’re just 3 mice in an overcoat.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Yes. We have a trail cam and the number of rats we see on it is scary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sometimes they’re just 3 mice in an overcoat."

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Show us your rat

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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago

Doire Theas

"Show us your rat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Concerned where my mind is, I thought this post was going to be about a very sick experiment

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

Mars bar and rat trap is the answer, not pleasant I have to say but it's really the only way

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By *igmaMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Any sightings ?"

Just one my kitchen. Don’t know what I’m gonna do about it???

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

What should be fine about these buggers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shoot them!! They are disgusting disease carrying vermin ,

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Shoot them!! They are disgusting disease carrying vermin , "

Is that true ,?

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

I normally see a small mischief of rats when crossing the bridge over the river nearby at night.

They normally scuttle away as they see me approaching, but syndromes just sit and watch.

They don't bother me though, I've got two pet rats. Lovely, intelligent and really clean little things. Taught one of them to play fetch with me recently

I wouldn't go near a wild rat though, same as I wouldn't go near a stray cat or dog.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Shoot them!! They are disgusting disease carrying vermin ,

Is that true ,?"
yes rats are considered vermin and can spread potentially serious diseases, including Leptospirosis, which can lead to Weil's disease.

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

Yes I've seen rats before. My parents house backed onto woodlands and I occasionally saw one there. I was also once stood outside a pub in a quiet side street in Liverpool at night and over the road was a wall that had like ventilation holes in it as the old railway track is the other side and I saw some rats sticking their heads out before going back in.

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By *atricia ParnelWoman
over a year ago

In a town full of colours

"I normally see a small mischief of rats when crossing the bridge over the river nearby at night.

They normally scuttle away as they see me approaching, but syndromes just sit and watch.

They don't bother me though, I've got two pet rats. Lovely, intelligent and really clean little things. Taught one of them to play fetch with me recently

I wouldn't go near a wild rat though, same as I wouldn't go near a stray cat or dog."

All rats are incontinent, that's not clean

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

"I normally see a small mischief of rats when crossing the bridge over the river nearby at night.

They normally scuttle away as they see me approaching, but syndromes just sit and watch.

They don't bother me though, I've got two pet rats. Lovely, intelligent and really clean little things. Taught one of them to play fetch with me recently

I wouldn't go near a wild rat though, same as I wouldn't go near a stray cat or dog.

All rats are incontinent, that's not clean

Sorry but that's not true.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

I live in the country and we have a big bird table and pond in our garden..... We've got bigguns

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Where has this information come from ?"

It's all over the news. I don't make this stuff up

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"I normally see a small mischief of rats when crossing the bridge over the river nearby at night.

They normally scuttle away as they see me approaching, but syndromes just sit and watch.

They don't bother me though, I've got two pet rats. Lovely, intelligent and really clean little things. Taught one of them to play fetch with me recently

I wouldn't go near a wild rat though, same as I wouldn't go near a stray cat or dog.

All rats are incontinent, that's not clean

Sorry but that's not true. "

Fiction: Mice and rats don’t have bladders and are urinating constantly.

Fact: They have bladders. The misconception lies in the fact they use their urine as a form of communication, which causes them to mark their territory constantly.

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By *andy 1Couple
over a year ago

northeast

its them eu rats I don't like

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By *atricia ParnelWoman
over a year ago

In a town full of colours

"I normally see a small mischief of rats when crossing the bridge over the river nearby at night.

They normally scuttle away as they see me approaching, but syndromes just sit and watch.

They don't bother me though, I've got two pet rats. Lovely, intelligent and really clean little things. Taught one of them to play fetch with me recently

I wouldn't go near a wild rat though, same as I wouldn't go near a stray cat or dog.

All rats are incontinent, that's not clean

Sorry but that's not true.

Fiction: Mice and rats don’t have bladders and are urinating constantly.

Fact: They have bladders. The misconception lies in the fact they use their urine as a form of communication, which causes them to mark their territory constantly."

Wrong choice of words on my part, I didn't mean they didn't have bladders and I'll change my words to over urination (causes them to mark their territory constantly) we had fancy rats, which were highly over bred (dumbo eared rats and tailless) the over urination was not pleasant

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By *hantasmagoriaWoman
over a year ago

Newport

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?"

Lmao as a pussy is sometimes referred to as a rat around my way I thought this was a sexual thread

bloody hell I don't want to see rats blow up

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over a year ago

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?

Lmao as a pussy is sometimes referred to as a rat around my way I thought this was a sexual thread

bloody hell I don't want to see rats blow up

That's exactly what I thought

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By *hantasmagoriaWoman
over a year ago

Newport

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?

Lmao as a pussy is sometimes referred to as a rat around my way I thought this was a sexual thread

bloody hell I don't want to see rats blow up

That's exactly what I thought

Lmao rat is a delightful way for lady parts to be referred to

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Is this urinating thing what makes ditches more dangerous..?

Are there any countries that eat these creatures?

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By *.R.MMan
over a year ago

Norfolk

Roland is happy

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By *inkySeeKinkyDoWoman
over a year ago

'tween PontyCarlo & CasVegas in West Yorks

Anyone else think "Coool, exploding rats!" When they saw the thread title?

Nope...just me then...I'll get my coat...

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By *ermite12ukMan
over a year ago

Solihull and Brentwood

A couple of weeks ago saw a rat on it's back in it's death throes, with a small amount of blood coming out of it's mouth. - In a side street, in Coventry City centre.

Not sure what killed it. But to be honest, I thought only flies died on their back

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By *lasphemousGirlWoman
over a year ago

Cambs

Pet rats are awesome and don't typically carry the diseases that wild rats do, we live fairly close to a river so there are plenty about,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sometimes it’s just 4 mice in a trench coat with a trilby

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rats are cleaner then mice...

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"A couple of weeks ago saw a rat on it's back in it's death throes, with a small amount of blood coming out of it's mouth. - In a side street, in Coventry City centre.

Not sure what killed it. But to be honest, I thought only flies died on their back

And humans..... As we lie in bed.....

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

I’ve heard the same and some of our staff who have been at home are worried that the office has been overrun by a swarm of rats

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"I’ve heard the same and some of our staff who have been at home are worried that the office has been overrun by a swarm of rats

Has actually happened where I work... In a portacabin

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By *inkySeeKinkyDoWoman
over a year ago

'tween PontyCarlo & CasVegas in West Yorks

"I’ve heard the same and some of our staff who have been at home are worried that the office has been overrun by a swarm of rats

I went back to the office yesterday after a year out, and our kitchen cupboards were overrun...not by rats though, by weevils ewwww

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"I normally see a small mischief of rats when crossing the bridge over the river nearby at night.

They normally scuttle away as they see me approaching, but syndromes just sit and watch.

They don't bother me though, I've got two pet rats. Lovely, intelligent and really clean little things. Taught one of them to play fetch with me recently

I wouldn't go near a wild rat though, same as I wouldn't go near a stray cat or dog.

All rats are incontinent, that's not clean

They might urinate a lot, but have better personal hygiene than cats and dogs and will often clean themselves for a few hours a day.

They are also less like to pass on bacteria, viruses and parasites (such as toxoplasmosis, which caused my mum to born partially sighted) than cats or dogs.

So if you think rats are bad, you'd probably better also stay away from cats and dogs.

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"A couple of weeks ago saw a rat on it's back in it's death throes, with a small amount of blood coming out of it's mouth. - In a side street, in Coventry City centre.

Not sure what killed it. But to be honest, I thought only flies died on their back

That sounds like the effect of rat poison to me. It was probably writhing about in a lot of pain

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By *uskymotoMan
over a year ago

Cumbria

I think I've only seen 1 rat in the last year and that was outside maccy Ds. Haven't seen a beaver for a few months but that's a different story lol

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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago

Kettering

"I normally see a small mischief of rats when crossing the bridge over the river nearby at night.

They normally scuttle away as they see me approaching, but syndromes just sit and watch.

They don't bother me though, I've got two pet rats. Lovely, intelligent and really clean little things. Taught one of them to play fetch with me recently

I wouldn't go near a wild rat though, same as I wouldn't go near a stray cat or dog.

All rats are incontinent, that's not clean

They might urinate a lot, but have better personal hygiene than cats and dogs and will often clean themselves for a few hours a day.

They are also less like to pass on bacteria, viruses and parasites (such as toxoplasmosis, which caused my mum to born partially sighted) than cats or dogs.

So if you think rats are bad, you'd probably better also stay away from cats and dogs. "

Biggest problem with rats and their urine is Weils disease, very dangerous!

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?

Lmao as a pussy is sometimes referred to as a rat around my way I thought this was a sexual thread

bloody hell I don't want to see rats blow up

That's exactly what I thought

Lmao rat is a delightful way for lady parts to be referred to

To this day I don't understand the reference

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't see many rats round here. I think the foxes eat them.

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By *hantasmagoriaWoman
over a year ago

Newport

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?

Lmao as a pussy is sometimes referred to as a rat around my way I thought this was a sexual thread

bloody hell I don't want to see rats blow up

That's exactly what I thought

Lmao rat is a delightful way for lady parts to be referred to

To this day I don't understand the reference

I know lol its very odd

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"Sometimes they’re just 3 mice in an overcoat."

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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago

Kettering

"Don't see many rats round here. I think the foxes eat them. "

They need 3 things. Food,water and cover. If these 3 things are available then the rats will be there. You might not see them but they are there. There is a saying that you are never more than 2 yards from a rat and this will be especially true in a place like London

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Messy ..

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

"I’ve heard the same and some of our staff who have been at home are worried that the office has been overrun by a swarm of rats

Has actually happened where I work... In a portacabin

I feel for the unfortunate bugger who found them

I can’t think of much worse

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

"I’ve heard the same and some of our staff who have been at home are worried that the office has been overrun by a swarm of rats

I went back to the office yesterday after a year out, and our kitchen cupboards were overrun...not by rats though, by weevils ewwww"

That is grim. Thankfully we have a relatively new office and it’s been manned all year so now infestation issues

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?"

No. The rat population is exploding due to mating.

Litter bins ? Do the rats say ..... No fuck off, I'm not fucking you there's a lovely bin to look at ?

Now to do with bins.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a machine that attracts rats and mouse. They poke their heads into a tube and a steel rod powered by co2 smashed through their skull when it's trigged.

The rats even climb on the bodies to get what's up the tube it smells so good to them

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

What are they planning.............

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There’s a rat in mi kitchen.....

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

Suicide rats? Any idea what their cause is? We could negotiate

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean

"There’s a rat in mi kitchen....."

Wot amma gonna doooooooo ?

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By *host63Man
over a year ago

Bedfont Feltham

You are never far from a rat.

It's a fallacy that it's lack of bins though.

What happens often is that a bin is put out and the residents take their household rubbish and put it in the bin sometimes they take the top of the bin and then put a whole bag in it.

Result binges filled in minutes. Means that someone with a kebab or can or paper goes to bin sees it full then puts their rubbish on the floor. Result rats.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There’s a rat in mi kitchen.....

Wot amma gonna doooooooo ?"
I’m gonna fix that rat that’s what I’m gonna do....

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By *radleyandRavenCouple
over a year ago

Herts

Yep. Always knew there were rats but we started seeing them in the garden in broad daylight, and then they began causing a shit ton of damage.

Traps and poison seems to have taken care of them quite quickly, thankfully, as they had already started breeding.

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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago

Kettering

They are unbelievable! They can have six litters per year (average 10 to 12 per litter) and reach sexual maturity after 4 to 5 weeks so a pair of rats can easily become 1000 plus rats in 12 months

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean

"They are unbelievable! They can have six litters per year (average 10 to 12 per litter) and reach sexual maturity after 4 to 5 weeks so a pair of rats can easily become 1000 plus rats in 12 months "

I blame the man rats....... The women rats must be shagged out.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

We apparently have super rats.

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By *mmixtapeCouple
over a year ago

middle earth

Got three pet boys in our house but we had wildies under the house and I'm pretty sure they still live in the garden. I don't mind them to be honest, as long as they stay our of my house

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

"They are unbelievable! They can have six litters per year (average 10 to 12 per litter) and reach sexual maturity after 4 to 5 weeks so a pair of rats can easily become 1000 plus rats in 12 months

I blame the man rats....... The women rats must be shagged out. "

By that logic we should creat FabRats, then none of the males will get “any”

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By *mmixtapeCouple
over a year ago

middle earth

"They are unbelievable! They can have six litters per year (average 10 to 12 per litter) and reach sexual maturity after 4 to 5 weeks so a pair of rats can easily become 1000 plus rats in 12 months

I blame the man rats....... The women rats must be shagged out. "

Nah it's a pretty efficient process, the boys are done in a second.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean

"They are unbelievable! They can have six litters per year (average 10 to 12 per litter) and reach sexual maturity after 4 to 5 weeks so a pair of rats can easily become 1000 plus rats in 12 months

I blame the man rats....... The women rats must be shagged out.

Nah it's a pretty efficient process, the boys are done in a second. "

Yeah .... and then on to the next She rat.... dirty prolific breeding quick cumming cunning ..... things.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean

"They are unbelievable! They can have six litters per year (average 10 to 12 per litter) and reach sexual maturity after 4 to 5 weeks so a pair of rats can easily become 1000 plus rats in 12 months

I blame the man rats....... The women rats must be shagged out.

By that logic we should creat FabRats, then none of the males will get “any” "

I suggest you put that forward to every council you can get into contact with ........... Do you have Boris' mobile number ? Finished your ventilators yet ?

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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago

Kettering

The expression "shagging like rabbits" needs renaming to "snagging like rats" . Unfortunately wild rabbits are currently very susceptible to diseases as well as myxomatosis but rats are very hardy and not a lot bothers them apart from a 22 rifle or a damn good terrier (although not more than 1 terrier cus that would be breaking the law) ??

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

"They are unbelievable! They can have six litters per year (average 10 to 12 per litter) and reach sexual maturity after 4 to 5 weeks so a pair of rats can easily become 1000 plus rats in 12 months

I blame the man rats....... The women rats must be shagged out.

By that logic we should creat FabRats, then none of the males will get “any”

I suggest you put that forward to every council you can get into contact with ........... Do you have Boris' mobile number ? Finished your ventilators yet ?"

Ventilators are so last year Granny, I have signed a contract with BoJo for fresh air. I am supplying the UK with branded oxygen (DDs Delightful Devon Air) slogan being “you feel debonair because you’re breathing Devon air”

I’ll sound him out about FabRats though, good about; I’ll sell it as a “empowering female rats and building self esteem” though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No. But I spotted a cute mouse recently.

I have one under my wardrobe right now that the cat has brought in

Hmm 2 a pussy bedroom.

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By *ocksareoffMan
over a year ago

Out n About

"No. But I spotted a cute mouse recently.

I have one under my wardrobe right now that the cat has brought in

My cat eats them before she comes in for the night now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I saw a rat today, big bugger too

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

I knew this was from

Tom

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No. But I spotted a cute mouse recently.

I have one under my wardrobe right now that the cat has brought in

Your cat adores you. I had 3 in the last fortnight.

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?"

You are rarely 2 foot away from a rat. They are being seen more because they aren't feeding from resturants etc

other than household pets or foxes, they have few predators & breed like feck, i'm not surprised tbh.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don’t think I’ve seen a rat in years. I did see a fox sniffing about in my garden a couple of days ago, before it gently trotted off.

I kept as still as a statue when I noticed it. Why do we always get a itch whenever we’re trying to stay still??

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

You should see them in stoke huge gangs with handbags

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?

You are rarely 2 foot away from a rat. They are being seen more because they aren't feeding from resturants etc

other than household pets or foxes, they have few predators & breed like feck, i'm not surprised tbh."

There’s your answer....the fox must be feeding well on them, hence my not seeing any.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I saw a rat today, big bugger too"

I say rat, it turned out it was a squirrel, but I thought it was a rat, so we went to investigate and on a closer inspection it was a squirrel. I’ve got loads of fascinating Anecdotes like that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No rats here just bigger critters that messes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You should see them in stoke huge gangs with handbags "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No rats here just bigger critters that messes."

You mean like bears??

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"You should see them in stoke huge gangs with handbags

And earrings x

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

I fell on one once squashed it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fisher cat this morningin the yard freaky seeing that at 7 am.

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

Capybara in the kitchen then I will worry......

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"I don’t think I’ve seen a rat in years. I did see a fox sniffing about in my garden a couple of days ago, before it gently trotted off.

I kept as still as a statue when I noticed it. Why do we always get a itch whenever we’re trying to stay still??

Last year when I was out on a walk I saw a fox run across the road into a field. The strange thing was a couple of seconds later a hedgehog ran across after it

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"Capybara in the kitchen then I will worry......

There's a capybara in your kitchen, what you gonna do?

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I blame the scientists...

They would rather put a man on the moon than wild out these evil buggers..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sometimes it’s just 5 mice in a duffle coat

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

You don’t like nature much do you Tom?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I blame the scientists...

They would rather put a man on the moon than wild out these evil buggers.."

Priorities ET, priorities. There are no rats on the moon. Perhaps it was the only place they could conduct experiments in a rat free environment.

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"I don’t think I’ve seen a rat in years. I did see a fox sniffing about in my garden a couple of days ago, before it gently trotted off.

I kept as still as a statue when I noticed it. Why do we always get a itch whenever we’re trying to stay still??

Last year when I was out on a walk I saw a fox run across the road into a field. The strange thing was a couple of seconds later a hedgehog ran across after it

have you not seen the vid of the terapine chasing off 2 lions? it ain't about size, its attitude.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"You don’t like nature much do you Tom? "

Tom likes butterflies and daisies but not the monstrous beasts who try to bite, poison or devour us

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"You don’t like nature much do you Tom? "

There were no rats on lots of deserted islands until the wooden ships of our navy docked at them.. now these days are everywhere

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's all over the news. I don't make this stuff up "

House!

(Forum Bingo)

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Got loads of rats round here

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By *9alMan
over a year ago

Bridgend

I do pest control as part of my job, there are a lot of rats about this spring probably due to the mild winter.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You wanna have a laugh you should put my partner in the same room as a rat

He has a real phobia about them! Big alpha male, trained killer and apex predator.....that’s scared of a rodent

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

It's all over the news. I don't make this stuff up

House!

(Forum Bingo)"

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Apparently working from home and empty office blocks in the cities now house rats...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Exterminate them all , business will be picking up for this trade

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sometimes it’s 7 mice and a gerbil in a trench coat with bowler hat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Exploding rats?!?! Is this season 3 of Stranger Things?

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By *ultry SuccubusTV/TS
over a year ago

London&Dublin

Cobras, pythons, owls and eagles are let free to combat rat infestations in estates here OP.

Scary

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By *hocCock1Man
over a year ago

Southampton

Yep loads in Parliament

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Apparently scientists are checking sewers and rats for covid...

They may be carriers...

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Sometimes it’s 7 mice and a gerbil in a trench coat with bowler hat "

Tip on comedy . If nobody laughed the first time then ...

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Often see a ratty in the garden trying to get the bird food ! Hopefully I see it b 4 one of my dogs a spaniel sees it! As he will kill it! X

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

"Shoot them!! They are disgusting disease carrying vermin , "

Like humans then?

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

"I normally see a small mischief of rats when crossing the bridge over the river nearby at night.

They normally scuttle away as they see me approaching, but syndromes just sit and watch.

They don't bother me though, I've got two pet rats. Lovely, intelligent and really clean little things. Taught one of them to play fetch with me recently

I wouldn't go near a wild rat though, same as I wouldn't go near a stray cat or dog."

I used to have one called philip! He was adorable! And so clever! X

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"You wanna have a laugh you should put my partner in the same room as a rat

He has a real phobia about them! Big alpha male, trained killer and apex predator.....that’s scared of a rodent

I know how feels

I had a mice problem and wanted to move.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"You wanna have a laugh you should put my partner in the same room as a rat

He has a real phobia about them! Big alpha male, trained killer and apex predator.....that’s scared of a rodent

I know how feels

I had a mice problem and wanted to move."

A mice problem.. ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well I saw one run from a bin a few days ago it was hugeee

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

Mars bar and Robert Dyas rat traps, don't always kill the big ones, be prepared for them rattling around with a trap on their head, and they are hard to kill. It's not pleasant but sometimes necessary

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?"

I sighted a rats head flying past me shortly after a small exploding "Ka Boom" sound

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

We see rats all the time where we live.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

How big are these buggers..

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"Don't see many rats round here. I think the foxes eat them. "
Rats are a massive part of the food chain they have plenty of predators in the right habitat but not so in others.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers..

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

"In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers.. "

Animals don’t have the capacity to be evil Tom. That is a uniquely human trait

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Live rural.

Did you know fact..

Sprinkle powdered mash around..

They eat it.. But can't fart so explode..

Oh and wire wool.. Can't digest it (I should have put it on ex's butties... Lol)

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By *revaunanceCouple
over a year ago

Exeter

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?"

So what you mean is the rat population is growing because humans can't be bothered to clean up after themselves? Who'd have guessed?

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Apparently the rat population is exploding due to a lack of litter bins and not being emptied so when rubbish is left at the side of bins it's a rat feedfest...

Any sightings ?

So what you mean is the rat population is growing because humans can't be bothered to clean up after themselves? Who'd have guessed?"

Let's wipe these evil buggers out once and for ever

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mice have clogs on in my attic.

Love living rural

So far..

Voles, mice, rats, wood burring wasps,flying cockroaches, weasels, wild rabbits, a pole cat, frog and a fox. Seen in my garden in last 5 yrs

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers..

Animals don’t have the capacity to be evil Tom. That is a uniquely human trait "

Tell that to all of the chickens in a henhouse murdered by a fox

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

"In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers..

Animals don’t have the capacity to be evil Tom. That is a uniquely human trait

Tell that to all of the chickens in a henhouse murdered by a fox"

I can’t talk to chickens Tom, least of all dead ones. A fox kills all the chickens because that’s instinct; not part of its plan to take over the world....

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers..

Animals don’t have the capacity to be evil Tom. That is a uniquely human trait

Tell that to all of the chickens in a henhouse murdered by a fox

I can’t talk to chickens Tom, least of all dead ones. A fox kills all the chickens because that’s instinct; not part of its plan to take over the world...."

Foxes are evil buggers..

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

"In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers..

Animals don’t have the capacity to be evil Tom. That is a uniquely human trait

Tell that to all of the chickens in a henhouse murdered by a fox

I can’t talk to chickens Tom, least of all dead ones. A fox kills all the chickens because that’s instinct; not part of its plan to take over the world....

Foxes are evil buggers.."

No Tom. It’s the people that want to genocide whole species because they are scared of them that are the evil buggers

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers..

Animals don’t have the capacity to be evil Tom. That is a uniquely human trait

Tell that to all of the chickens in a henhouse murdered by a fox

I can’t talk to chickens Tom, least of all dead ones. A fox kills all the chickens because that’s instinct; not part of its plan to take over the world....

Foxes are evil buggers..

No Tom. It’s the people that want to genocide whole species because they are scared of them that are the evil buggers "

Wipe the buggers out I say.. they carry disease ...

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

"In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers..

Animals don’t have the capacity to be evil Tom. That is a uniquely human trait

Tell that to all of the chickens in a henhouse murdered by a fox

I can’t talk to chickens Tom, least of all dead ones. A fox kills all the chickens because that’s instinct; not part of its plan to take over the world....

Foxes are evil buggers..

No Tom. It’s the people that want to genocide whole species because they are scared of them that are the evil buggers

Wipe the buggers out I say.. they carry disease ..."

And humans don’t Tom? And please don’t say all diseases start with animals, because that would be far too Daily Mail for this time of night....

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

If I was the Home Secretary I would put a price on the head of every rat and encourage the unemployed to be ratcatchers..

They would enter every sewer for every dozen they kill and skin then they would be rewarded

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers..

Animals don’t have the capacity to be evil Tom. That is a uniquely human trait

Tell that to all of the chickens in a henhouse murdered by a fox

I can’t talk to chickens Tom, least of all dead ones. A fox kills all the chickens because that’s instinct; not part of its plan to take over the world....

Foxes are evil buggers..

No Tom. It’s the people that want to genocide whole species because they are scared of them that are the evil buggers

Wipe the buggers out I say.. they carry disease ...

And humans don’t Tom? And please don’t say all diseases start with animals, because that would be far too Daily Mail for this time of night...."

An interesting fact is that a human bite can be more dangerous than that of an animal, as our mouths contain more dangerous bacteria than most animal's.

As such, a bite from a human is much more likely to get infected with something nasty.

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

"In the wrong habitat they are evil buggers..

Animals don’t have the capacity to be evil Tom. That is a uniquely human trait

Tell that to all of the chickens in a henhouse murdered by a fox

I can’t talk to chickens Tom, least of all dead ones. A fox kills all the chickens because that’s instinct; not part of its plan to take over the world....

Foxes are evil buggers..

No Tom. It’s the people that want to genocide whole species because they are scared of them that are the evil buggers

Wipe the buggers out I say.. they carry disease ..."

We humans carry far more disease than animals! And are destroying this world! Not the animals! Animals on the whole are nicer than us humans to! In fact we are the vermin on this planet! X

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

We are the vermin ?

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

"We are the vermin ?"

Yes we are! X

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

Not enough sightings as yet in thread replies to suggest that the belief that one is 'never more than 6ft from a rat' is a total L.O.B.

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over a year ago

ashford

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

"Not enough sightings as yet in thread replies to suggest that the belief that one is 'never more than 6ft from a rat' is a total L.O.B.

It's true! I saw a pretty one near my bird feeder yesterday! X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not enough sightings as yet in thread replies to suggest that the belief that one is 'never more than 6ft from a rat' is a total L.O.B.

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lol just to cover themselves the people who say this will also say, the rats are timid and only usually come out at night, the rest of the time they are hiding from you !!

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By *ingle ex cuckMan
over a year ago

chester

I no one guy that shot one in a hotel

Vermin Faulty

I don’t think The hotel inspector was too pleased

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Who knows the full reach of these buggers but it should be open season.. hunt the rats ..

Save lives

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