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...and i freak out at the thought of my little baby mice that occasionally come out and get caught in the gluetraps...!!! thank God this does not happen at night while Im sleeping!!!
If you have rats in your apartment trust me you'll know it! *LOL*
Moi? I'd be out of there in a NYC second but sadly others have no choice. You'd be surprised at how many New Yorkers pay rent to live in rat trap buildings (literally). They dread the arrival of dusk through dawn just as those mythical villagers/town residents that have vampire problems. *LOL*
Well.. Truth is, I have had an encounter with one rat in a previous apartment I used to live in when I was a bit younger. Was the size of my hand but the poor thing walked into my meticulous (yeah right) trap and passed away.. I'm fine dealing with rats to a certain degree but I'm wondering what type of rats we're talking about.. The article mentioned "subway" so I immediately thought about the mutants.
If that's the case.. Take me with you on a ride in that NY second
Any time you move into a new apartment, #1 RULE before you ever bring a single item in is to caulk every baseboard & door trim and seal every pipe that comes into the unit. This is to prevent infestations of roaches & mice and if there's any rat sized hole they will be obvious. Once you have your furniture everywhere it's much harder to do
Rats can chew through anything. The source of the infestation is from the abandoned subway station which is below the building. There is little the tenants can do about it other than to pressure their negligent owner to gut the entire premises. Maybe sue Wavecrest Management if nothing is being done about it. Caulk and rat poison will do little to sway the rats. Rats are a big problem in the city and it seems like there is very little being about it.
False - they can't chew through metal, hardwood, or cement/concrete. And you'd have to find a pretty damned determined rat to chew through a flat piece of drywall
False - they can't chew through metal, hardwood, or cement/concrete. And you'd have to find a pretty damned determined rat to chew through a flat piece of drywall
Rats are one set of determined ** as Samuel Jackson would say! *LOL*
If they *know* there is food on the other side of something they will try and try again to gain access. Remember they need not make a huge hole, one about the size of quarter will do. All that is needed is a gap large enough to get their heads through, a rat will then pull the rest of it's body along. As they go back and forth further "improvements" will be made to enlarge the hole for future use.
Old school building supers would mix crushed glass with steel wool, concrete, plaster or whatever else they were trying to plug up rat holes. This was an attempt to cause enough suffering that the thing will either die or give up and move on.
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