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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
You dirty Rat
Have you ever seen anything like this before, a rat on a bird feeder at Woodlesford Pellon today.
We had a tubular mesh peanut feeder, 7ft up, attached to the house wall and one morning a rat was feeding off it. (I didnt get a photo though)! Mice One! John
Yes, one was in the feeder like that in the middle of the day over at Denby Dale. The lady asked my advice how to stop it. She had multiple feeders hanging in low shrubs, a wildly unkempt garden, lots of bad old food around, and she was surprised the rats were coming!
Apparently it is the most common reason that people stop feeding birds in the garden. I don't think the rats restrict themselves to old food, they will happily take fresh!!
Copies are available at £6.00 each from the GO local store at Woodlesford, Pellon price . Hopefully they will also be available at the Fox and Goose Hebden Bridge ,
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We had a tubular mesh peanut feeder, 7ft up, attached to the house wall and one morning a rat was feeding off it.
(I didnt get a photo though)!
Mice One!
John
Yes, one was in the feeder like that in the middle of the day over at Denby Dale. The lady asked my advice how to stop it. She had multiple feeders hanging in low shrubs, a wildly unkempt garden, lots of bad old food around, and she was surprised the rats were coming!
Apparently it is the most common reason that people stop feeding birds in the garden. I don't think the rats restrict themselves to old food, they will happily take fresh!!
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