PREPARE TO REPEL INVADERS

摘要

When it comes to being an opportunist there are few animals to equal the rat While the onset of autumn always draws rat populations onto farm steadings, the increased use of maize and whole-crop forages is acting like a magnet to rats by providing a huge source of easily accessed food and ample shelter during the winter months. Rat-proofing the clamps and stores used for these forages is almost impossible, making it easy for a thriving rat population to quickly establish itself in a honeycomb of tunnels deep within the heap. But rats need water and it's usually their search for moisture that sends them out of the forage leaving the first telltale signs that they've moved in.