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Old 01-31-2014, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by travelguy View Post
have been living here since dec '08 and have never seen a rat or anything of the sort. we have no squirrels in our neighborhood, negligible populations of rabbits, and if there are field mice i sure have not seen them or any evidence of them. from what i remember about rats, they are dependent on human garbage, and if there is no source of food refuse and the sort then you will not have them. that is why they congregate near restaurants and other sources of food.
You're thinking about the wrong kind of rats. These are citrus rats, and they nest in palm trees.
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