Well I did once come across something in the forrest that looked like a thick green sauce in a small dish on the top of a 1ft. stake, that would be about head height for an adult fox I suppose. I asked what if our dogs ate it and I was told no harm would come to them, I didn't totally believe that so we keept away from that part of the forrest.

The official government statistics show only 3 people have had rabies in Czechland since 1950 but you need to keep in mind that for most of that time it was a communist controlled government and they put out numbers that just made the government look good, probably numbers much bigger

STV claim those traps are OK for rats as well. Need to mount them on a thick piece of wood so they can't run off

Having a look round for something safe to walk on in the kitchen, what do you think of this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/White-Wood...GOc1CkGVcJPjiA

looks nice TW, but it is quite thin, under 3mm thick but if your floor is solid...not boarded out you should be o.k. I have the black laminate effect vinyl in the bathroom and it is a b*tch to keep clean, i mop it and i end up with white marks in the grooves...it is very safe though....what i do is ask for a sample before i buy and put it by the kitchen cabinets/bath etc to see exactly what it is going to look like.

Oh thanks for that Griff, what depth should I be looking for then. The floor is a composite floor, then on top there are the old vinyl tiles from years ago, got to give them their due though, you can't slip on them!!!

the thickest i could find when i was buying was 4.5mm, our kitchen floor is hardboard and we laid the flooring over that it it is o.k, you can't see joints etc of the boards.....we have just a couple of months ago reordered for the bathroom as my mum was quite impressed with the flooring

I like that June.
Harvey if we can find where they enter we can block it off like we have done elsewhere in the house once they realise there is no easy entry they b****r off.

All the ones I am seeing are 2.5 or 2.8, non thicker than that, where did yours come from Griff

Found some 4.5 mm but seeing all dark colours at the moment, but found this one which is 4mm
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEGA-4mm-T...3D111626184916

these are 4.5mm thick
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_fr...vinyl&_sacat=0
you might not find anything you like but i reckon you might be o.k with thinner if the vinyl tiles are securely fixed down. My stuff came from here and this is what we got
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PREMIUM-QU...item8bb4d9fdc9
and it looks like this when down