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graciegirl 09-25-2015 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Love2Swim (Post 1118799)
We recently had problems with them on our lanai. We have no food source out there or anything that you would think rats would be attracted to. The side panel on our hot tub was off and they actually went in the hot tub and bored holes through the insulation and probably established a nest in there. We managed to get them out of the hot tub by trapping, but they are still chewing holes through the screens on the lanai and getting in the lanai. We found out our next-door neighbor has also had an issue with rats chewing the holes in their screens onto their lanai and they just have a hot tub on their lanai, again, no food source. And the neighbors on the other side of us have heard noises overhead in their attic which they are wondering are rats. They spoke to the Massey people who said there is a large infestation in one of the villages near Sumter Landing so these are not isolated cases. We live in a tropical environment and rats are certainly present. The reason people don't see them during the day is because they tend to be nocturnal.




Hmmmft.

Jima64 09-25-2015 11:01 AM
Rats and trash.
 
Any business that puts food out in the dumpster is feeding rats. It falls on the ground when emptied and if not covered they can climb in. They go where the food and protection from the cold is.

gap2415 09-26-2015 11:42 AM
With professional thieves working the area, keeping the rats out takes on a whole new meaning. Has anyone installed good outdoor cameras that they recommend?

Love2Swim 09-26-2015 02:16 PM
I googled rats in The Villages, and found an old thread from 2012 where people on TOTV were discussing the rat population here, so apparently it's nothing new.

graciegirl 09-26-2015 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Love2Swim (Post 1119942)
I googled rats in The Villages, and found an old thread from 2012 where people on TOTV were discussing the rat population here, so apparently it's nothing new.


Here is one of my all time favorite rat threads.

Boomer does give us..."Never smile at a crocodile" and another poem... and that was entertaining. I am predictably defending the developers and there is back and forth and back and forth and back and forth between two posters ...on and on an on...apparently the moddies were on vacation. There are folks who post who still post under different names.


No wonder people are sick of me. Nothing changes around here.


https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...ht=rats+center

CatskillBill 09-26-2015 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by HimandMe (Post 1118489)
Rats are everywhere not just here but we have disturbed the environment than has been a haven for creatures until we got here and began building.
You make me feel so guilty for disrupting the environment here, that I think I will dismantle my home and let it go back to nature. Maybe I'll go live in a tent in the Ocala Forest. On second thought, that wouldn't work either. I might disturb some other creature. Humans are the root of all evil in the world.

pbkmaine 09-27-2015 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by gap2415 (Post 1119354)
Our cats patrol in opposite directions passing in the middle, pity the poor little lizard that might choose our lanai to enter.

+1. My husband and I have had to form our own Lizard Rescue Society to pick up the lizards they catch and put them outside. They were great at catching the field mice that occasionally found their way into our prior homes, so I assume they would really enjoy a rat.

gap2415 09-27-2015 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by pbkmaine (Post 1120172)
+1. My husband and I have had to form our own Lizard Rescue Society to pick up the lizards they catch and put them outside. They were great at catching the field mice that occasionally found their way into our prior homes, so I assume they would really enjoy a rat.
Yes, but my overfed two do not kill anything but render them unconscious after playing catch and release. They are so proud of what they catch showing it off as if to say they could help fill the food supply if really necessary. We trap what they catch in a upside down jar, slide a paper or cardboard under it and flip over....then carry it back outside sometimes to a field for release. Now a rat, I think I would put a pail over and a rock on top and wait for someone big and strong to come get him.

gap2415 09-27-2015 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by CatskillBill (Post 1120140)
You make me feel so guilty for disrupting the environment here, that I think I will dismantle my home and let it go back to nature. Maybe I'll go live in a tent in the Ocala Forest. On second thought, that wouldn't work either. I might disturb some other creature. Humans are the root of all evil in the world.
Ha,ha....that's not my response but especially as I get older the awareness that we live in a shared world looms brighter and more often. The nature preserve is quite an addition to The Villages.

FosterMomma 09-28-2015 07:29 AM
I'm willing to share the earth with rats and critters as long as they take the outside and I can have the inside. :(

graciegirl 09-28-2015 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by MiaW1948 (Post 1120768)
I'm willing to share the earth with rats and critters as long as they take the outside and I can have the inside. :(


I like the way that sounds. I bet we will see it on a plaque soon at Bealls.

OhSunny1 09-28-2015 09:19 AM
Rats
 
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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1117991)
Please help me. Why is this nice cat's picture posted? I can't read the stuff on the picture.

As far as I have ever heard here in The Villages there are no rats trying to get into our homes. There are palm rats who hang around palm trees. But not the rattus rattus variety like in horror films.

I love cats by the way. Love, love, them.
Yes, there are rats in The Villages!!
A few years back I had a bird feeder in front of a kitchen window --and I began to hear "chewing" noises under my house. On inspection --I found I had rats --they had dug a hole against the house under the feeder--needless to say --it was me or them ---I had D-Con put under the house --got rid of the feeder---no more rats for years now.

graciegirl 09-28-2015 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by OhSunny1 (Post 1120862)
Yes, there are rats in The Villages!!
A few years back I had a bird feeder in front of a kitchen window --and I began to hear "chewing" noises under my house. On inspection --I found I had rats --they had dug a hole against the house under the feeder--needless to say --it was me or them ---I had D-Con put under the house --got rid of the feeder---no more rats for years now.


One of the first things we heard, words of advice from veteran Florida dwellers is not to feed the wildlife. Some say that the beautiful big birds will peck holes in your screen if they get used to you feeding them and stop.


Feeding birds brings a lot of critters and their food chain friends, none of which I like to hang out with; snakes, rodents, opossum, coyotes. etc. etc.

Fallchicks2 09-28-2015 11:52 AM
Graciegirl, if you click on the picture of the cat, it comes in clearer and you will be able to read it.

JohnRR 09-28-2015 01:22 PM
Go on line. Look up how to get rid of rats? Google it.


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