rats

I have rats in my house! I had to move my house pigeons outside since the aviary is rat proof. Ugh how can I deal with this? I saw one tonight and it was the size of my hand!! I want to bring my house pigeons back inside. Do rats really eat pigeons? What is the smallest space a rat can squeeze...

To give a bit of background, I live on the third floor of an apartment. All rooms have netted windows, the balconies are also netted, so pigeons have no way out. I keep the pigeons in one of the balconies, all 4 of them. Sometimes they come in and walk inside the house too. I was under the...

Will rats kill pigeons and eat them.

so i have two indoor pet pigeons and my boyfriend adopted a pet rat,is it safe to have them in the same area or should i keep them in separate rooms at all times?.the rat is healthy and has been tested for disease by a vet.do you guys think this is safe? or no?

Hi does anyone know if rats will kill pigeons? This is the first time I have had a problem with rats. I have several holes chewed into the shed and can't catch any any suggestions. thanks

So irrelevant of the pigeon loft there are roof rats around my property but since I have a pigeon loft they go in there, now I know their droppings cause paratyphoid in the loft, now I am about to seal off every nook and crany with 1/4 hardware cloth, that will stop the rats from coming inside...

Well our pigeon population has really taken a beating. Our pigeon loft was raided by a raccoon recently. It killed 4 or 5 babies and 6 or 7 adults. It left one baby alive which I am now caring for, but the rest of the pigeons were too scared to go in so 3 or more got picked off by a hawk. (We...

I've read in the past of this happening to other people and I think "OMG, I would be devistated" and I feel so bad when I hear it happening. Well it happened and I'm devistated. I just came in from my loft, buttoning it up even tighter (which I thought it was). I went out this morning before...