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I am curious to know about people's experience with rats and cat flaps. My parents told me to they saw a rat climbing our neighbors house. Later, we all saw a rat eating food my dad left out (peanuts and an ear of dried corn, I think) for squirrels. My Dad got rid of all the squirrel food in an effort to encourage the rat to go away.
I locked the cat flap in our garage and kept the cats inside, because I do not want the cats coming into contact with the rat and/or the rat finding the cat food in our garage. It would be a real mess as we have no rat poison or traps (probably not easy to get under the current circumstances, and would worry my parents who are afraid to go to stores right now). Also, I would be super worried about diseases rats can carry. As I mentioned in my previous post, I had contemplated bringing the cats inside as a precaution due to the current pandemic.
My questions for those who have experience with rats - Do I need to be worried about a rat going through our cat flap (or through an open door, since my Dad likes to leave the side door open during the day, so Trixie, our older cat, can get out) despite our garage smelling of cat? I'm hoping the cat smell would be enough to scare the rat off, but I'm not sure that's realistic. And how long should I give the rat to move on before letting the cats in our back yard again.
I locked the cat flap in our garage and kept the cats inside, because I do not want the cats coming into contact with the rat and/or the rat finding the cat food in our garage. It would be a real mess as we have no rat poison or traps (probably not easy to get under the current circumstances, and would worry my parents who are afraid to go to stores right now). Also, I would be super worried about diseases rats can carry. As I mentioned in my previous post, I had contemplated bringing the cats inside as a precaution due to the current pandemic.
My questions for those who have experience with rats - Do I need to be worried about a rat going through our cat flap (or through an open door, since my Dad likes to leave the side door open during the day, so Trixie, our older cat, can get out) despite our garage smelling of cat? I'm hoping the cat smell would be enough to scare the rat off, but I'm not sure that's realistic. And how long should I give the rat to move on before letting the cats in our back yard again.