We're also receiving reports of rat infestations. City officials tell us that rats love to live in old piles of wood, junk piles, under wood decks, and overgrown areas where they can sleep all day. The entire neighborhood needs to address this problem in order to keep it under control. Put iron cloth or close-woven metal grid around the bottom of your wood deck, burying it a foot or so in the ground and tacking it securely at the top. Put out only what can be consumed in a day or less.
Traps are an excellent way to control rat populations and the city can also recommend bait types.
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