http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2013/01/18/how-to-deal-with-a-rat-invading-your-bird-seed/ Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:22:17 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2013/01/18/how-to-deal-with-a-rat-invading-your-bird-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-13077 texdr Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:33:07 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/?p=9389#comment-13077 I may have to go the metal trashcan route as well. I wish I could catch this sucker, but apparently I’m not even close

]]> http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2013/01/18/how-to-deal-with-a-rat-invading-your-bird-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-13076 Valerie Evanson Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:06:12 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/?p=9389#comment-13076 We have squirrels that chew threw heavy plastic to get to the bird seed. I keep our seed in the basement, which is a rat and squirrel free zone. Sometimes we get mice, but we have 3 cats to take care of that (and a few hidden glue traps). Perhaps a stone crock with a lid would work. My parents have some antique ones that are huge (maybe 25 gal or so), but the lids I think are wooden. My parents used them for making sauerkraut. Some crocks come with stone lids. I’ve seen 2 gal glass jars that have glass lids too. I think my parents use a small metal trash can for their bird seed.

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