Hi neighbors. In the last 3 days the rat problem around our house has gone from a mild annoyance to a WTF status. We have some rat tunnels from the alley into our yard this season, and tried baiting them, etc, with little success. However, they were being used as a pass through-we had no problems in the house or garage. Then starting Sunday, we have been seeing rats-in our yard and our neighbors yard. We saw at least SIX yesterday. That is more rats than we have seen anywhere in the neighborhood over the past year-WTF? Did something happen this weekend? Is there a rat block party we were unaware of? Needless to say, we put in calls to the city's rat abatement and the alderman's office. Now we are looking for recommendations for an exterminator to help us block the fence area so they cannot tunnel under. That won't remove them from the neighborhood-which is still our goal-but at least stop them from using our yard as a freeway. Any suggestions on exterminators? Or any other rat abatement methods? Anyone else notice a sudden influx?