woke up to the shout of the wife this morning

"the washing machine is filling its self up but its not switched on and theres a puddle on the floor"

When i got there I pulled the washer out and found the supply pipe to be freshly chewed through. no sign of anything else, but inspecting right along under the run of adjacent cupboard I noticed a grey electrical cable chewed, with blue and brown and a bit of copper showing. Bit of a chewed wine bottle cork or two.

Been out and bought a couple of mice trap, but hoping i dont need to get something bigger

Looking around the area, any pipe that goes through the wall are all cemented in, there is no gaps in the walls outside at all, but there is a gap in the wall were the cavity would be, this would be approximately were the washers hose would have been also been

Well we have the pest control people coming tomorrow, a sparkys been today and I have a 4 yr old daughter who walked to school telling everyone we have rats

Might shove a rag down the hole tonight and see if it gets chewed, and cement in the hole tomorrow after the pest people have been, just hope they haven't got up in to the loft extra  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Some bait and poison near the hole tonight might not be a bad idea, obviously making sure your child can't get anywhere near.

My girlfriends parents once had mice in the loft, I was trying to sleep when I could here them clattering about, then heard one get trapped. That was my night over as it obviously got it's tail so as it ran around, most likely in considerable pain, the trap was banging about behind it!  Mine: 2012 Golf GTI Edition 35
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winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

a mouse trap with choc spread and another with peanut butter,

what odds do we get on the peanut butter one?

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Got a couple of traps with nutella on, and going to jam a cloth down the hole, if it gets chewed I know it's mice if it gets eaten the it's a rat, if it disappears I have a major issue

Then see why happens tomorrow when the pest control man comes Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Luckily I haven't had any problems with rat/mice.......yet. The only time I have to deal with them is when my cat brings the odd alive one into the house. One mouse managed to hide itself behind the kitchen unit! I managed to trap it a few days later and I released it back into my garden. At least the mouse I had didn't cause too much damage, it just chewed through some of the skirting board. My washing machine and plastic pipes/cables were spared!

Sorry to hear about the damage.

Chris

Have to put traps in the loft every year as soon as it gets cold, god knows how they get in. They travel up and down between the walls as well. The snap of the trap and subsequent few seconds of bumping around wakes me up but I go back to sleep happy.  
Hung like Einstein, smart as a horse.

Well, I've hoovered all the area below the cupboards, stuffed a rag in the hole, placed two mouse traps, so now I wait Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

If all else fails 32g of Eley 6.5 will do the trick

Thought about speeding up the purchase of the air rifle and doing some stalking, but decided the gas pipes there might get in the way  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

The vision of you rolling across the kitchen floor with an air rifle blasting rats, Bruce Willis style

Well I do have his good looks  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

What, the rodents you mean  Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.