Pesky rats

[rodders]

Normally we have a few mice every now and then in the loft, but now a rat!

I have found the whole under the decking he is using.

What's odd, is why is there a gap, it should be brick down onto the footing.

Checked the house drawings and I cannot see any reason there is a hole.

But I don't want to just pour or squirt anything down there before I find out why.

Do you recon they just somehow forgot a brick, or meant to fill it in and forgot? It's about 200 to 300mm underground.

 

[Musty Pie]

Rats can and will get in most places.

The can climb REALLY well, and will stay anywhere where there is a food/water source.

Id look to avoid poisons, you dont want it crawling somewhere you cant get to, to die, and then subsequently rot. Perhaps also look to get a pest guy in for suggestions on "proofing"

 

[rodders]

Proofing will be filling this whole, I'm just trying to understand why it's there before I do something I can't remove easily, without taking all the decking up.

I can put mesh down, but they could burrow under that, so hole filling is the best solution