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Even Pest Controllers can get an unwanted influx of nasty visitors. We have a pair of feisty hens in or garden which give a steady supply of fresh eggs but the price to pay for having fresh eggs is having to deal with a steady supply of fresh rats.
Our garden has a wall at the bottom which backs on to open farmland, the rats are active along this wall all year round, always on the lookout to exploit a food source, whether its food from a bird table, anything edible put into a compost bin, uneaten poultry food or simply waste that people throw over garden walls.
To combat this I have Fenn traps almost permanently sited against the wall and usually take 20+ foraging rats a year. This morning I took this fine specimen from a Mark 4 Fenn trap sited under a roofing slate. Any that are taken care of now will obviously be prevented from breeding and establishing colonies later in the year.
