Yes, I have been horrified by the amount of rats. Seen them by the pigs, the hens, even in our blooming garden., But the cats have been catching them, and I think ....well hope, they have got all if not most of them. There again, they only need to miss two, and off we go again. Think the mild winter we had meant more survived and bred. Its a phobia of mine, one think that freaks me out is rats.