Treacle Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I think I may have rats tunneling in to the run of my ! I remove all food and water at night so am not sure what they are after or how to stop them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammiboo Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 are the holes quite big? they may be after any food that has dropped onto the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 The tunnels are about 3 inchesin diameter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Why not place paving slabs under the Eglu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaKiw1 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 We found similar a couple of years ago and it was rats. We also found same tunnels going up into the nearby compost bin.We got some heavy gauge wire mest shheting and made a square of about 1.5 m and put that under the Eglu so it stuck out around the outside and into about half a metre of their run. We pegged it firmly to the ground. That seemed to stop them tunnelling under the Eglu and up into the run but didn't stop the girls digging around in their run. We obviously also got some safe rat traps and put them down. We then started bringing in their food every night which we stupidly hadn't before. Touch wood no more problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 We found similar a couple of years ago and it was rats. We also found same tunnels going up into the nearby compost bin.We got some heavy gauge wire mest shheting and made a square of about 1.5 m and put that under the Eglu so it stuck out around the outside and into about half a metre of their run. We pegged it firmly to the ground. I have a similar set up on two Eglus I also have mesh fully under some of my runs to keep vermin out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
