RonM
Some years ago rats began showing up in our neighborhood. I’ve forgotten the department we called, something about rat control. Their first question was what had changed in the neighborhood that would attract them (food). After some investigation one of our neighbors had moved her dog food from her kitchen to the back porch. A few weeks later the rats began showing up. Removed the dog food and the rats soon dissapeared.
Warfin — rat poison! I’ve used it too and it works almost too well. Not in West Seattle, I was renting a room temporarily in the summer. I soon discovered that at night, rats were passing through on a regular route. I tried traps and caught a few, but with no effect on their traffic. I next tried Warfin. They ate every speck I put out for 2 or 3 days…then dissapeared. I felt proud of myself for a little while until the odor began! We found some dead rats under a lumber pile, but the odor persisted. We had a flash flood on the street from a summer thunderstorm and discovered that the drains weren’t working. They were plugged with dead rats! I think I’d try to live with them in harmony before trying that again! Though the poison did work at the time and we were rid of them for the rest of the summer.