There's a rat in me garden...

Ours just get double bagged and put in the grey bin. Cats got three of the ****ers last week. They got extra treats for that.

Pop it in the bin, also means if it was poisoned nothing else eats it and gets poisoned.

Double bag it and bin it. 

Thanks, that was my thought.

Also makes me think our befriending of next door neighbour's cat was a waste of time.

How did it die? If poisoned you may need to find out waht/ where it ate.

whats the point of bagging it before putting inthe bin? our cat is a good hunter inculding the ocasional rat, everything just gets chucked straight in the grey bin.

Depends how soon the collection is. Next day I'd probably just chuck it, but with 2 weekly collections for general waste, which is fairly common,  you've got a serious stink, maggots and bin juice risk.

How did it die? If poisoned you may need to find out waht/ where it ate.

autopsy on a rat ?

regardless of how it died the correct answer is disposal of the rat.

My attitude on rats changed when they ate through an aluminium hidden gutter and got into our roof space. - and at the same time dug out a mortar joint -dug into and created at void under our back door step and from there and got into our sub floor where it its bridging over a sewer - which let them into an interior wall.....

From then on it was pet safe snap traps on their known paths.

Rats are destructive.

trail-rat "Rats are destructive"

Username and words together make me uncomfortable....

"whats the point of bagging it before putting inthe bin? our cat is a good hunter inculding the ocasional rat, everything just gets chucked straight in the grey bin."

Maggots.

Even a dead mouse or bird lobbed can mean maggots (and lots of flies normally).

i put a dead fox in our wheelie bin.  Wish I had double bagged it - it was pretty rich by bin day (2 week collection).

trail-rat “Rats are destructive”

Username and words together make me uncomfortable….

Insider knowledge.

Why not just bury it?

Depends on who's paying. Catering for funerals can get spendy.

Why not just bury it?

Because that's more effort than just putting it in a couple of bags and whanging it in the bin? Especially if you bury it deep enough to not get dug up by other animals. 

I just put dead animals in our green bin along with garden and food waste. I figure it's no different to the remains of a Sunday roast....

Now there's a use for a couple of party helium balloons if ever i saw one.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Taxidermy quadcopter, you know you want to.

How did it die? If poisoned you may need to find out waht/ where it ate.

Suggests that Ambrose might have once spotted a rat nibbling at his tikka kebab, and then found a dead rat the next day....

Are you spying on me or what? 🥙 🐀

Did my good deed for the verminrodent world today and saved one from being dismembered by Cat B. Took it down the canal and dropped it off there rather than risk it coming into the house. It is alive, honest! Just stunned.

befriending of next door neighbour’s cat was a waste of time.

Why?

We had rats in the garden a couple years back. I'm all for wildlife but they were a royal PITA. A cat - or better, dog that took interest - would have been the best solution. Paid for someone to come a lay traps and a dying poisoned rat is not is a pleasant sight or sound.

a dying poisoned rat is not is a pleasant sight or sound.

Neither is a snap trapped rat in your attic at 3am.

The foxes eat ours

Think a rat ate my endura jacket. I'd left a chewy bar in the pocket and it was folded in the bike shed. I've seen a rat there before. 

Ate through the back of the coat and the pocket. Tsssk. 

Was it an sis go bar. If so are you ecks neighbour ?

#autopsycomplete

It is alive, honest! Just stunned.

Pining for the fjords?

befriending of next door neighbour’s cat was a waste of time.

Why?

Because it didn't stop the rat getting in!

I'm wondering if it came up through an old drain actually. It used to be stuffed with plastic to stop anything coming up but some helpful relative has removed it.

I've shoved a plastic bag in there temporarily to stop any more of its friends coming up.

Are there any recommended more permanent solutions for blocking it up? It used to have the kitchen sink draining into it until we re-did the kitchen.

I'll try to get a photo and measurements.

Are there any recommended more permanent solutions for blocking it up? It used to have the kitchen sink draining into it until we re-did the kitchen.

Concrete. It won't stop them if they want in though.

Concrete?

Or perhaps there's a large dead rat lying around you could use.

Or perhaps there’s a large dead rat lying around you could use.

Now, where did I put it?

I was thinking of some sort of rubber/plastic bung to sit in the top of the pipe, which appears to be about 130mm across.

Ah you need a huge plug.

Are there any recommended more permanent solutions for blocking it up?

Short/medium-term: wire wool. Long term: concrete, with wire wool set into it.

I’m wondering if it came up through an old drain actually

Just twigged, this is outside right? It'll have just come in the garden. They're not put off by fences or the like and blocking a drain outside is only really going to achieve poor drainage.

Yes it's outside.

So maybe some wire wool shoved down there will deter rats but won't prevent drainage.

maybe some wire wool shoved down there will deter rats

What's bringing them into the garden? Get rid of that first.
Deterring rats from your garden by blocking holes? This is the definition of sisyphean.

What’s bringing them into the garden?

Yeah I did ask him but he wasn't forthcoming. Even when I brought out the thumbscrews and the pointy cushion.

We didn't have them when the old drain was blocked up, but since the old drain was unblocked one appeared so I think I'll start there

Dead things turn up now and again in our garden. We back onto a park.

Double bagging? Regular bin? Rats, squirrels, foxes, … these things are all biodegradable so I just put them in the green compost bin along with garden and food waste. Sure, a nearly 2-week dead fox has a special aroma but the bin returned to normal after it was emptied.

Block the drain with a ball of bent up chicken wire.