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Originally posted by targa911S
he most likely did not live alone. Reset the trap and warm up that bucket of water.
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You got that right!
It's April, probably a new batch of Rat-ettes nearby.
Lying in bed at night, I would hear them in my attic. I investigated and found that they entered from under the house and came in through a tiny hole in the water heater room...rat turds atop water heater, etc. I was making my plan of attack for a few days and in the mean time I would hear them run up the water heater and across a heating duct, etc. Gave me the creeps. I closed off all entries and put out commercial-grade bait.
A few weeks later, I was sitting on my deck one morning, looked up and saw a hole in my shake roof - big enough for a large cat. WTF? I did a temp fix with a sheet of plywood as I planned another strategy.
Just about then, a sweet old lady down the street was having a tear-off done on her shake roof. I needed a new roof as well...strolled down to visit her and get info on the roofing company. I went around the back and saw 3 (three) large holes in her roof - identical to mine. She said that she woke up one night because a rat ran across her while in bed. FM!
Within a week, I had my owner/builder city permit, material purchased, and hired a tear-off crew.
I hate rats!!!