I've been depending on my small army of cats to keep the rats/mice out of the house ( except of course when they catch a mouse and bring it inside still alive!). But I've lost 3 of my five cats in the last two years and now, even my youngest is getting older and not as spry as she used to be, so this may become more of a problem. I take the cute little mice in stride but the rats do freak me out.
My wife wouldn't definately have a different view! It took me ages to convince her feeding the birds wouldn't attract rats.......... I had best not show her this one! Great shot BTW even if it is a Rat :)