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Old 01-05-2018, 02:27 PM
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Don't put your grill on your lanai. It has grease on it and will attract palm rats. Don't plant palm trees as they provide fruit and a nesting area for palm rats. Don't plant citrus trees, palm rats love citrus.. Native Floridians told me that. Don't feed birds, they have plenty from the green areas all around us. Don't put pet food on your lanai.

If your neighbors do these things, there will be more palm rats in the area than you might think. And unless they stop, your trapping them is .....well..........like pouring sand down a rathole. Futile.
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