Yes

Poison is a terrible idea and may kill other animals.

Our large male Maine Coon has caught many mice and rats in our CYV outside area. (Actually I think the rats are Voles.) If he refuses to come in when called I know he is stalking something. The Egyptians worshipped cats because they caught rats that tried to eat the grain people used for food. Cats will hunt even if they aren’t hungry.

As long as you don’t have pets, rat poison like D-Con, but if you have pets, I would call professionals. I used Drakes to get rid of moles…..they’re still working on getting rid of them. I have 2 little dogs so I was concerned about what they use

Cats - meow.

Rats
 

If you have palm trees or your neighbors have them, you have rats. You can have Deans put traps near your palm trees.

Rats
 

I think so too. Kinda hard to confuse a rat with a vole. Also don’t voles just have a sort little tail.

if you have Rat;s , then there is a food supply going on that is attracting them. Only through your trash out early morning on trash day not overnight, bird feeders will attract them. My thought, would not the Villages handle this problem. Ask your neighbors if they have this problem too, or is it just you. Then find the source of food. Pls do not put poison out other animals get into it and die... pls don't

There is a little yellow pill for that:a040:

My snakes eat the rats.
 

The “rats” are really mice from what I have seen. The snakes snack on them so it’s a win win at our place.

Yep!
 

Just like some humans. ☺️

Keep fruit trees off your property, and make sure any trees don't reach your roof. Rats will live in your attic easily. They splat through any crack about the size of a dime.
My dog had a friendship with stray rats. He would walk up to a few rats and they would sniff - Rat on its hind legs. Freaked the hell out of me.

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good hefty doses of peppermint oil, regularly sprayed, will deter any type of critter-they hate it. you will have to reapply after rain, & get the good kind, the REALLY strong undiluted formula. good luck!

Rat Problem
 

Go to the website domyown.com, buy Protecta rat bait stations, fill them with Fastrac All-Weather Blox, and you will safely kill all nearby rats. I have had TEN of these all around my pool cage for about 12 years and am very pleased with the results. I check/refill them every 3 months and each time there is far less evidence of any rat activity, so I assume I am killing many rats and have seen NO evidence of rats around my house for years. Not very costly, easy to check/refill, and clearly effective.