Hi,
Yesterday my SO reported scratching sounds coming from the base of the (plastic) soil stack on a drain spur that services our kitchen. A rat or rats I assume. I'm kind of puzzled because we've never heard this in all the years we have lived here. There's certainly no way a rat could gain entry to the drain system on our land, but of course I have no way of knowing how well sealed the system is upstream or downstream of my home. There are certainly lots of rats in our area...and lots of houses.
Anyhow I want to eliminate the animal(s) because I am sure the find kitchen waste very nutritious
My strategy will be to set a conventional sprung mechanical rat trap screwed to a board straddling the gulley in the nearest manhole to the "problem".
Has anybody else had similar issues? Were they easily dealt with? What's the bast bait? (I propose a lump of beef dripping that's been in the fridge since Christmas).
D