Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1463737)

I am the poster who has been skeptical of rats. Today we saw one coming out of the foundation planting near Laurel Manor Rec Center. Granted, this is the second rat I have seen in almost ten years here, but it was a ratty looking creature, be it palm rat or whatever. It was at nine in the morning and it scooted from one area of ground cover to the other.

I do not like rats, snakes or alligators. NOPE.

Originally Posted by photo1902 (Post 1463744)

Skeptical? They are located all over The Villages.

Originally Posted by vintageogauge (Post 1461957)

Deans Services does rodent control and they are quick to respond. We use them for everything however we have not had rodents to date. If it is a squirrel, you should see it around your house from time to time during the daylight hours as they go back in at dusk. Rats, I don't know about except they do need a food source, I have heard there are a lot of

Bug and Rodent service. Well, I can tell you something interesting. We have a very nice senior lady next door, and her downspouts were dumping water at her foundation and I was concerned for the possibility of settling at that point in her foundation. So, I picked up an extension and a runoff plate to direct the water to the street. I did this voluntarily just to be a good neighbor. She is out of state a lot for long periods. Well, along comes DEANs Tech. And when he sprays, he steps on and breaks the downspout extensions. So I bought another and now he has broken it too, again. I have called his firm, the office 5, yes five times, about this and it still continues, the office said the supervisor will be out to see me, twice. He has not shown. There is more to this, it is so sloppy of them. So, enough said, if you are going to call Deans, well, I sure would not pay them to do anything.
bbbbbb :sad:

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1464014)

For the first two years we owned our TV house, I made sure the existing queen palms were well-tended.

Those queen palms grew fast and their lowest fronds turned yellow, no matter how much fertilizer I schlepped around for them. I had to hire people to climb up and trim. THEN those fronds got way too close to our roof.

(Notice all those past tense verbs I have been using.)

I evicted those queen palms, and while I was surprised at how much shade those tall trees had provided, I have no regrets. Although I never saw a palm rat, that does not mean they did not see me. (shudder)

And, as much as I like seeing birds, I will never have a bird feeder and I am glad my neighbors don't have bird feeders either.

Originally Posted by Brugi (Post 1461884)

I think we may have a problem with either rats or Squirrels in the walls of my home.
Hubby has been hearing scratching but at night time only. He has been up in the attic, can't see or find any signs other than the scratching noises.
I'm deaf, can't hear anything.
He has inspected the outside of the house for possible entry into the attic .
Does anyone know who we could call to have the home inspected for verification of these unwanted guests ?
Thanx for your help.

Originally Posted by Brugi (Post 1461884)

I think we may have a problem with either rats or Squirrels in the walls of my home.
Hubby has been hearing scratching but at night time only. He has been up in the attic, can't see or find any signs other than the scratching noises.
I'm deaf, can't hear anything.
He has inspected the outside of the house for possible entry into the attic .
Does anyone know who we could call to have the home inspected for verification of these unwanted guests ?
Thanx for your help.

Originally Posted by swooner (Post 1464679)

Originally Posted by Brugi (Post 1461884)

I think we may have a problem with either rats or Squirrels in the walls of my home.
Hubby has been hearing scratching but at night time only. He has been up in the attic, can't see or find any signs other than the scratching noises.
I'm deaf, can't hear anything.
He has inspected the outside of the house for possible entry into the attic .

Well, our nice neighbor lady showed me where she found rats. In some plants in the front planter. Yep, the small plants that look like very coarse grass. So, I put paint thinner on the plants for her and also on one we have, they will not bed down in a plant saturated with paint thinner, for sure. We are going to dig out those plants. Actually, they are almost totally dead from the rats eating the tender new shoots. So the thinner will hasten this process until we dig them out. Would you believe the rats chased her small, very small dog??
Luckily, her small dog moves like Lightning. :wave: