you should probably get your house fixed, if you dont own, and you rent call the landlord or move.
a cat doesnt solve these issues, you need to fix your property so it doesnt get infested which it already by the sounds of it is.
Yeah I was thinking it seemed like a silly idea, but that has never stopped me before.
I've been doing quite a bit of research, and it seems the only way to get rid of pack rats is to destroy all of the nests, and try to make it very unpleasant for them so they won't want to move back in. Poison could do more harm than good, seems that pack rats have an impeccable immune system especially towards a variety of rodent poisons on the market.
I would love to call the land Lord and just let them deal with it, but am too paranoid with my grow and all, even though I have my ppl, I never actually asked permission from the landlord. So I'd like to try to handle it myself.
It's definitely gotten out of control. I plan on spending this next week trying to do whatever I can. I'll need to thoroughly clean out the sheds, and somehow drill some metal plates over the holes that there getting in and out from. It'll be tricky cause there's a pipe coming in where they have made their holes, so I'll just have to figure it out I guess.... Getting a feral cat just sounds so much easier lol...
In my experience the easier way is usually a waste of time. But then again, I usually have to learn things the hard way /facepalm