[Summit] Rats in the neighborhood

[Martha Fraenkel]

Given that we know that rats have set up housekeeping here,  ie there is 
a resident colony that proves hard to eliminate,  i would take very 
seriously the advice of the exterminators we are now paying:   don't set 
out birdseed or petfood at least for now.


On 6/8/2021 7:46 PM, John Bazik wrote:
> Hi Mike.  Not to minimize the problem, but I'd say it's more 
> occasional than new.  Sometimes construction or renovation pushes them 
> out into the open.  I've seen them before 2020...
>
> John
>
> On 6/8/21 5:45 PM, Michael McGlynn wrote:
>> This morning there was a dead rat in the street on Top close to Chace 
>> Avenue. There has been an increase of rat activity in the 
>> neighborhood. I never saw a rat in 10 years living in this 
>> neighborhood until 2020. Last year and this, I've seen more rats that 
>> I'd care to.
>>
>> Rats go where there is food. Most people's trash is binned but there 
>> are still food sources. PLEASE don't feed the birds until we can get 
>> this problem under control.
>>
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/nzoxwpozaTuA4F1C9 
>> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/nzoxwpozaTuA4F1C9>
>>
>> -- 
>> Thank You,
>> Michael McGlynn
>>
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