Pest Control

Rats are a general problem in Glasgow and are seen from time to time on Kelvinside Allotments.  They can spread serious diseases which can be transmitted to people, particularly if people come in contact with water or plants that a rat has urinated on.  Rats like to eat strawberries for example and rats urinate everywhere.    The council will supply bait boxes containing rat poison.  However at the 2019 AGM it was clear that some KAA members feel these boxes  pose a risk, particularly to children and other animals.  The committee will notify the council if a member wants a bait box, but it is preferable to keep rats away from the allotments so that the need for poisoning can be kept to a minimum. Click here for a document with ideas for discouraging rats from staying on the plot.