allan i worked with a guy from the gallowgate years ago he told me alarge rat was coming into his house through a hole in the wall it would not eat anything with poinson on it or go near a trap he said be happy if he could just stop it getting in the house i told him to brake a bottle and shove broken glas up its hole naw a couldnt do that he said who wid hold its legs open and thats no a joke lol