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Originally Posted by morgan lane
What about the palm rats? I just discovered that rats climb the palm trees to eat the fruit/seeds. Then they make a hole in your roof and breed. If the tree is too close to your home - trouble. Anyone else have this problem? Oh, The Villages!!
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There are rodents all over the Villages. Rats and mice utilize various food sources. Unless you blacktop all the lawn areas and use plastic trees and shrubs you will probably have rats around. You do want to keep shrubs and trees away from your house so rats, squirrels, and mice will not have quick access to your roof. Don’t worry too much it isn’t that much of a problem.
I remember when I was in college out for an evening with friends drinking down in an old Irish bar down in Greenwich Village. (New York City) We were walking back uptown in the wee hours of the morning and we saw so many huge rats scurrying around that we were careful where we stepped! There were no palm trees around! Roof rats live in trees, attics, and wherever they can. There are snakes, rats, squirrels, mice, bats, opossums, raccoons, spiders, coyotes, alligators, etc., in the Villages. Most of the time they aren’t a problem.