Things that go bump in the night!!!

[*charmalea*]

pest control is best , we had pigeons and the pest man fed them pelltes that made them high and fly away and eventaully die somehwere else , pmsl my cat ate some and was off her face for about a day . the pest man will know whats the best way to get rid of them , as they are a pest and qld is better off with out rats , i know its hard to "need" to kill /get rid of them but unless they are a domestic pet then the bad points about wild ferral rats out weight the good .

give some ppl a call and ask how they get rid of rats and pick the one thats not so harsh , most chemicals they use these days are family friendly too

[beckoes]

updated question.....
OK....i saw them last night,went down when they were banging around and there one was...but im pretty sure its not a rat. For a start it was light grey. It had a long thinish pink tail and its face wasnt long and pointy like a rat, more squashed. and its ears were bigger and a little more stuck out. Still quite big, about small rat sized, Is it just that im used to seeing fancy rats in the pet shop or is it a different animal?? Do you think i could trap them and then have the 'dealt with' if they were rats or relocated if they were something else, somthing native.

[~mamaspice~]

Hmm, they could be a little native marsupial. Maybe ring a native animal sanctuary or parks and wildlife and run it by them and see what they say.

[Tinks]

sounds like they are possums to me.

I think you can get possum traps from the local council so you can relocate them.

[beckoes]

well, that what I thought at first, we have ringtails in the tree in our garden but they we too small i think...unless you get mini possums??