![]() ![]() I have left the inside part as plain earth, which is what they had to start with - I've never bothered with extra bedding in there, except some straw sometimes, as the roof is mainly covered in corrugated sheeting so it stays nice and dusty and dry, and the droppings seem to disappear into the ground without picking or cleaning out. ![]() ![]() Tunnels are still there but like you, we have slabs round the edges, tunnels are too small for a fox to get through and also too long (the main one I think comes from the other side of the shed) The rats stayed around for a while and then a massive one ate all the poison in the box, and died next to it, which seems to have put all the others off! I haven't seen one in ages now. A mouse can fit through a space of only inch Obviously traditional chicken wire will not keep a rodent out of the hen house. This protects the other animals you dont want in the trap and the rat goes in and gets killed. Take a cardboard box or wooden box if outside an place over the trap with a small opening cut in it like a miniture dog house door. I put poison down in a box, and also in the other end of the tunnel iyswim - so nowhere near the chickies, in case they ate some by mistake. Place rat traps outside the run with peanut butter on them for bait. So if you see one rat, you need to get rid of it before you are dealing with the 5-12 babies that will reach their reproductive maturity at 4 or 5 weeks. We had this exact problem a year or so ago. It only takes 21 days for them to produce a litter, and females will continue to produce another litter, up to 6 litters a year, as long as they have a cozy home and readily available food. ![]()
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