You don't have to use rat poison yourself, if someone Else uses a poison, they will leave the property and go elsewhere. We for some reason are having huge field mice and rat issues this year in north woodland hills.
It started when they dug up the ditch by the northpark/woodland hills Walgreens, our home is right by that green belt. We have fought this issue for months but new ones just appear, I have sat out on my top deck looking down at night watching them just walk across the street.
We refuse to use poison and just set traps up everywhere because I'm aware if I poison them they can die in the walls or get caught by a cat or another dog elsewhere causing death.
We had a rat terrier foster we suspect got one and died because of it but don't know for sure. Also people can fertilize their yard and a good rain storm can wash over into your yard from someone else's. This spring there was a thread on it about so many of us having sick dogs and that's when I lost the rat terrier....
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