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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_j4xc330 wrote

One thing to think about is that chicken feed/coops brings the rats/mice which some neighborhoods in the city have an abundance of.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j4xqb6z wrote

At this point, is there anyone who doesn’t have rats? I’m not saying they’re taking over the city but I walked by four of them singing a doo-wop song over a flaming trash can last week

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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_j4xr6ee wrote

I mean, the west end has RATS. Like, funneling through your garden at noon and avoiding them on your bike level rats. I have not seen this level of rodent ambivalence to this degree in every neighborhood (but it exists in some and North Providence loves to discuss its rat problem).

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Good-Expression-4433 t1_j4y36cg wrote

When I lived over on Smith Hill last year-first half of this year, it was just rodents galore. Rats everywhere then what felt like roaming hordes of squirrels destroying everything.

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Far-Soup5169 t1_j5kwiee wrote

I lived next door to an “illegal” chicken coop.

They were lazy as hell, and would just dump gallon buckets of feed once per week. Ended up with massive rat infestation.

Every car at my place, ended up with damage from rats chewing wires. I had to scrub away the charred carcass of a few that got into my matters wires.

Enforcement wouldn’t do a single thing, in the two years I was there.

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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_j5vz7qk wrote

Horrifying. Also disease vectors so cleanup is always a hassle.

May I ask what neighborhood this was in? Oof.

Hope you're in a better spot these days.

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