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[mantahatch]

Out the back of where I work is few trees and allotments. There is also one apple tree, which if I go round during the day you can often see up to 4 rats running all over the branches. I assume they are after the apples.

Brave little beggars in broad daylight.

[Tony H]

Where did the poison come from? I'd suggest a trip to a local Farm/Equestrian Store and have a chat... See if you can get something a bit stronger and non-commercial as they may take that

Or, and probably cheaper than the builder, just get a pest control expert in

Answer to first highlight....Someone i spoke to about the problem.....had a similar problem and was buying rat poison that farmers use,,,,ie blocks of poison bought from Countrywide.....it turned out his rat was just moving the blocks of poison and not eating them.....his rat got killed when it chewed thro a live mains cable!

2nd highlight......they will possibly want to fumigate.....and i would need to move out while they did this.....this happened with a house across the road from me.....council will send out 'rat catchers' at £50 a pop, but they only put down poison.....possibly stronger than i have.....but no good if the rat wont eat it......

Makes sense to me.....builder blocking all the holes......eventually either the rat/s carnt get in/out....end of problem...hopefully 

If you take into consideration the fact that a rat can squeeze through a hole smaller than the diameter of a penny due to its flexible skeleton your builder will have to be very thorough. I also second Ritches post recarding crushed glass mixed in with the cement I have heard of that being used at several sites

[Webby the Bear]

When I had a problem where a rat, a few years a go, had got into my utility room. I moved the freezer so it was in the open and my Yorkshire terrier did the rest, with the rat dispatched in seconds. 

same thing aint they???