Westminster Pest Control News:
Trouble for Westminster rats by paulg on 09/05/2012 |
Could the number of rats in Westminster start to fall because of the drought? With the apparent lack of rain over the last eighteen months bringing in hosepipe bans for many counties across the country, this could have an effect on the rat population in cities like Westminster. Like all mammals, rats need water to survive. With hardly any rainfall filling up the reservoirs and the ground continuing to further dry up, there is less water for everyone including rats. That is until the last six weeks or so! But will this really affect the rats, probably not. The amount of rainfall we have unfortunately has no impact on the rat population. Rats are versatile mammals that will find water and food in any which way they can. Whether it is from reservoirs, rivers, streams or the sewers, or even the good old burst water pipes there is water for rats everywhere. No. Rats will survive a drought despite what you might read in papers or hear on the news. Still the only way to keep their numbers down and get rid of problem pests like the rat is good old human detection and eradication. Even this, though, will only help to keep numbers down. Rats have been around for thousands of years and will always be around until the end of the earth. No matter how clean we try to keep things, there is always food for them. Putting our rubbish out early for the bin men, because they collect in the ridiculously early hours of the morning, is just supplying food for them to scavenge through. Although rats are primarily a night time pest, food waste that is put out by restaurants during the day is also a source of survival. This and all the council cutbacks caused by the recession, meaning fewer rubbish collections and fewer street cleaners in many towns and cities means thee is always a way for the rats to feed and drink and survive. |