Here's everything to know about roof rats, ... Remove rings from injured fingers or toes to prevent complications from swelling. “Rat incisors are long, curved and sharp," Gouge said.

Roof rats nest in the skirts of old palm fronds, in piles of debris and in hollow trees. • Thin out bushes so you can see daylight through them. Roof rats like to nest in oleanders in the summer.

One evening after everyone had gone to bed and our home was quiet, we detected scratching coming from the ceiling. A visit to the attic the following morning revealed long, cylindrical pellets on ...

The Rat Zapper 2000, a device that kills rats with an electric current, can also exterminate rats in homes, Paceley said. “When roof rats first popped up [in Arcadia], this product was not even in the ...

He says the rats will seek warmth in the attic and walls of your home. “The roof rat lives in trees, lives in vines, they’ll live in vines,” he said. “They love to go in voids of that nature.

Now, I assume this had to be a roof rat because the porch was built as an extension with a corrugated tin roof extending under the house roof. I am too old now and cannot get on top of my roof ...