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Before we had the house restucco’d we (or at least I) knew we had rodents in the attic. We weren’t sure what kind but by the sounds I suspected racoons or possums.

Just after the exterior work was completed, I spotted rats in the garage so I knew there was more than one. We put rats traps in several places and it only took a few hours before we caught 5 rats. That’s right. FIVE! They were all rather small tho so we figured it was a litter and the mama was still around somewhere. A few days later we caught the big mama. BUT! Not long after that I saw another smaller rat running outside along the side of the house. I wasn’t sure it could get back inside since all the holes had been sealed… or so I thought.

I had been hearing more of the same fighting in our attic a few weeks after that and knew there had to be more rats. Maybe the baby that got away grew up, took on a Mr. Rat and had more babies. Another two rat traps were still out there but they hadn’t caught anything in months. One of them disappeared and finally we noticed a horrible smell and found the last trap had caught another huge adult. BUT! that didn’t stop the noise in the attic at night.

I found out just tonight that “disappearing” trap had actually caught an eight rat and was thrown out. I didn’t know that. So. that makes it 8 rats we’ve caught thus far. I have seen at least one rat out there. I saw it again today scampering up the shelves and disappearing into a hole to the attic.

We bought 4 more traps last weekend and I layed them out but after 4 or 5 days we’ve caught nothing. We can still hear them crystal clear over our heads from our living room - even with the TV on!

I think it’s time we call an exterminator.