We had a dead rat trapped under out conservatory. Awful mistake to lay poison. I had to cut a hole and get it out. One of the worst days of my life!Looks like it was tampered with by naughty hungry rodents.
In all seriousness, get it under control and block up every hole you can find with mortar, chicken wire and wire wool. Make it really hard for them to get in the house.
If it is rats then I’d also get a CCTV gutter survey to check for breaks, some of these to put in your drain manholes https://www.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine...VyrTtCh1F6Az9EAQYAiABEgKxTvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds and also ring the water people to get them to bait the main sewers.
We had them earlier this year and they are clever buggers and ignored the peanut butter traps https://www.screwfix.com/p/pest-stop-easy-setting-metal-mousetraps-4-pack/43599 in favour of bait and then decided to die and rot inside a wall cavity. Bedroom stunk of egg for weeks while it dried out and then we had bluebells for another 3 weeks or so.
Very fortunately they are not in the house. We have had them down the bottom of the garden for a while and according to the experts deprivation of habitat and removing any food source is as effective as trapping, poisoning, or shooting.Looks like it was tampered with by naughty hungry rodents.
In all seriousness, get it under control and block up every hole you can find with mortar, chicken wire and wire wool. Make it really hard for them to get in the house.
If it is rats then I’d also get a CCTV gutter survey to check for breaks, some of these to put in your drain manholes https://www.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine...VyrTtCh1F6Az9EAQYAiABEgKxTvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds and also ring the water people to get them to bait the main sewers.
We had them earlier this year and they are clever buggers and ignored the peanut butter traps https://www.screwfix.com/p/pest-stop-easy-setting-metal-mousetraps-4-pack/43599 in favour of bait and then decided to die and rot inside a wall cavity. Bedroom stunk of egg for weeks while it dried out and then we had bluebells for another 3 weeks or so.
That's no surprise. Terriers were originally hunting dogs that were bred to go underground and kill rabbits, foxes and even badgers. They've got a nasty bite.