By the time you see a mouse, rat, or squirrel, rodents have already been living in your house for a while. Here are the clues ...

In the Long Island rattery, which is a room in her parents’ house ... from eating poisoned rats. The rats are considered vermin; the raptors are welcomed as heartening signs of nature returning ...

Assuming her young son had left the water running, she rounded the corner to find the first sign that our building ... In her toilet bowl, she’d discovered a rat — a big one.

Diane Moss said: “I love peppermint oil for this. Rats hate the stuff. It worked in my garden and house.” James Reid commented: “They don’t like peppermint. Use it on cotton balls around ...