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Old 06-28-2021, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Becca9800 View Post
I do apologize for commenting bc I can't help you with the screening repair issue however, I'm kinda horrified by the issue.

I can live w the fact that palm rats are in TV but is palm rats chewing through screens a thing in TV too? Hard to imagine they'd just chew through screening wo reason. Tell me there was something they wanted that was stored on your lanai! And are they "your neighbor's rats" bc you don't have palm trees and the neighbor does? I stupidly lured rats into my yard by feeding the birds. Only took those vermin a couple weeks to find the feeders behind a concrete wall. I removed those feeders immediately. Couple days later I saw THE biggest black snake slither through my yard. Holy cow! Rats and snakes. IN my yard! I gather the snake was there bc the rats were there (dinner) but I'm just not accustomed to rats and snakes in my yard. Kinda horrified, won't lie.
The rats are from my neighbors yard. I don’t have palms in my yard for that very reason. I don’t have a clue what they were looking for on my lanai except for an occasional gecko. I have no other food for them.