Strange Hole In The Garden

Tilly2 | 20:32 Thu 12th Mar 2015 | Home & Garden

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What creature would dig a round 2 inch hole in the flower border of my garden. Its round and goes down about 3 inches and then veers off to the side.

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RATTER15

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Yes rats are more likely to come out at night, the dogs and children are not a problem, they just need to make sure that the poisons are placed underground or in a place inaccessible to the dog and children, due to a taste deterrent in the poison (Bitrex) a child would spit it out very promptly, the same is true for most dogs but not always, either way they need to be...

11:00 Fri 13th Mar 2015

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Tilly2

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Oh, yeah! Coop! Daft, I am. Thanks, jno.

I have just been out and measured the diameter of the hole. It is just under an inch and a half.

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Tilly2

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Thank you, Chip. I'll have a look for those later. x

Tilly2

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Thank you, Ratter.

Chipchopper

I think it may also be possible that the tree holes may have been enlarged by a woodpecker, while extracting grubs from the holes.

Retrochic

ratter wrote: " Retro, please don't go down the road of rats the size of cats, they don't exist in the UK, it just peoples vivid imaginations, and yes I seen all the photo shopped pictures as well."

How condescending can you get? I did not say 'rats as big as cats' I said a rat as big as a 4 month old kitten. Rats do not bother me so the description was not born from Hysteria but what I saw. I've lived in the country most of my life and know what size rats can get to without having to look on the internet,thanks all the same ;-)