Yesterday morning whilst sitting in conservatory watching birds happily feeding in our garden, DH spotted something scurrying behind planters on our patio.
On the third occasion I also saw it, but my eyesight is not very good & couldn't see what it was.
DH thought a mouse,
he said it was more rounded than long (in the body)
but as I was able to see it from about 12ft away I am worried that it could have been a rat.
We have provided a good food buffet source due to feeding birds which are exceedingly messy with their food of peanuts, different seeds and meal worms (we have also provided meal worms for our over wintering hedgehog)
We have 2 elderly cats but they are not hunters even the birds ignore them.
However having cats means that no other cats visit our garden
So it is a safe haven for the critters.
Advice please.
I don't want to harm a mouse but what if it is a rat ?
It was on the patio very close the back door.
It has probably got young
And most importantly we have toddlers that play in our garden
Poison down is a big No No
All I can think of is we will have to put traps down.
If it is mouse it is probably a field mouse as we have fields nearby
Mysterious hole - help please!
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