new pitched and flat roof.....rat invasion

[marian m]

i had a new roof installed 6 months ago. i have 2 areas where rats have gained access.
the roofer said the roof is good quality and insists it was installed properly.

i just didn’t t expect a new roof would be so easily chewed through so the rats can access .
i have bait stations along the perimeter of the yard.....really upset as i though a new expensive roof would keep rodents out for a least a few years

 

[Makie]

The problem is if they want to find a way in they will unfortunately.

I had squirrels coming in through my chimney, I then blocked that up and they clawed through the lead at the side of a dormer....

Speak to a local pest control expert and see if there is some kind of coating or noise device that would keep them away from the area.

 

[foxhole]

Looks like they chewed their way out not in?

 

[Mw Roofline]

Rats don’t normally moult like that. Those could be next doors woman’s pubes that have been caught up in the wind and landed on your roof. Is she a big lady, quite dark?

 

[pilsbury]

My one piece of advice is don’t bait...... use traps. I had a rat under the floor in my old house. My mate, who is coincidently a pest controller gave me some free bait. The rat ate it and then died under my floor. The stench was incredible. We even questioned whether we could stay in the house. I had to lift floorboards and get into the 18” crawl space like a pot holer and search for the bastard. Hideous claustrophobic job. Eventually found it. Really pleased I asked for my expert mate’s advice

 

[tony1851]

My one piece of advice is don’t bait...... use traps. I had a rat under the floor in my old house. My mate, who is coincidently a pest controller gave me some free bait. The rat ate it and then died under my floor. The stench was incredible. We even questioned whether we could stay in the house. I had to lift floorboards and get into the 18” crawl space like a pot holer and search for the bastard. Hideous claustrophobic job. Eventually found it. Really pleased I asked for my expert mate’s advice

The smell does actually go after a week or so; you also have to watch out for flies in the meantime

 

[pilsbury]

The smell does actually go after a week or so; you also have to watch out for flies in the meantime

After the death under my floor I researched this.... kind of got the impression a mouse dries out fairly quickly but a rat the size of a cat can smell for ages. We put up with the stench getting worse for a week before I decided to go underground. We couldn’t hold out any longer- as I said, close to moving out.

 

[^woody^]

Uk rats prefer the ground floor fortunately. A rat hole on the roof is just bizarre.