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Can an Insinkerator attract rats?

  • 08-07-2008 4:15pm
    #1
    Neverends
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    Getting different opinions on the possibility that having an Insinkerator (ie disposing food into sink and it gets churned up and released into the sewers) may attract rats up to your house - like it leaves a trail of yummies for them to follow. Does anyone know anything about this?


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  • #2
    cL0h
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    Neverends wrote: »
    Getting different opinions on the possibility that having an Insinkerator (ie disposing food into sink and it gets churned up and released into the sewers) may attract rats up to your house - like it leaves a trail of yummies for them to follow. Does anyone know anything about this?

    All I know is that cooked food in a compost heap attracts rats.


  • #3
    ART6
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    Neverends wrote: »
    Getting different opinions on the possibility that having an Insinkerator (ie disposing food into sink and it gets churned up and released into the sewers) may attract rats up to your house - like it leaves a trail of yummies for them to follow. Does anyone know anything about this?

    Most unlikely I'd think since the wastes would be well flushed away. In any case, you probably flush away food wastes to some extent when washing up for example. If there was a problem like that with Insinkerators, surely by now it would be common knowledge and the things wouldn't be on sale any more:confused:


  • #4
    Cmar-Ireland
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    I would have thought that a insinkerator would be much more hygenic that disposing of food waster in a compost heap or waste bin?
    The food/waste is well ground up and washed away leaving the bins cleaner and less smelly.


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