A wire mesh skirt around the shed preferably under the wood and over it and into the ground will deter their biting ways.
@KinkyMira I donāt think the festivities help. Itās a lot of extra pressure that people think weāre crazy for if we plan for it months in advance! 
@JGood I have wire mesh and I have been covering their old, steel wool-filled hole with it. The trouble is the shed is in the top right corner (no thanks to my neighbour!) of the garden and somewhat predictably the little devils have been chewing their way in along the back wall, where I canāt get in to reinforce it.
A possible solution if it becomes to much of an irritation.
Ask upstairs neighbour to do this with you and hubby:-
On a long board wrap the wire around it and secure it.
Leave a skirt that just drapes on the ground.
If there are two enclosed side do this for both and join with a large L bracket. As you said itās in the corner.
Apple weather proof adhesive to the back of the boards and where possible secure with screws.
If itās the enclosed L shape lift the corner over the shed and use a string to keep the mesh up and out the way.
If that doesnāt work may I suggest a shed on stilts.
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Couple of rat traps from screwfix / toolstation, melted chocolate and works a treat, just keep emptying the trap
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They seem to be highly intelligent rats
Hmm thatās quite an innovative solution. Iām just trying to think, I canāt honestly remember what clearance is like at the back of the shed (Iāve put a tall garden storage unit next to it since) but the storage unit could be moved out and there may be enough clearance to get around the back, jus not the right side (hedges). It might be something that gets done in the new year now but I shall have to rally the troops and see what we can sort out. Thanks for the idea.
You donāt joke! 
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Thanks for the idea. I got a couple of bait boxes and some rodenticide bait from Amazon, itās bird seed that theyāve been going after (since binned, replaced in tins and moved) so I thought grain is grain, right? Wrong! Iāve been meaning to get some chocolate spread (to mix with the bait) and bleach (for the cleanup effort). Thatās next on my to-do list, right now Iām finishing up a post that should have gone up when I was dealing with the aftermath of Storm Darragh!
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Thatās part of work outside of here 
Also good for other situations too 
I highly recommend borrowing a pair of terriers for an hour - way more effective than traps and poison! 
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Itās an effective solution, just didnāt think it was a viable solution here.
Youāre probably right, it wasnāt an overly serious solution and not one to be used if poison has already been tried, obviouslyā¦ but the farm terriers are still, by far, the best pest control on the farm where I work.
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Just did a photo shoot for the Christmas Photo thread . I rushed to much and stockings not even or lace not rolled correctly . Also neither bra or panties not lined up where they need to be . Since wife has zero interest in assisting , I wish I could find a helper . Preferably a female with an interest in sex , like ladies that are here . Maybe I will try again tomorrow .
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I remember a choir leader I once sang with taking the piss out of me for planning Christmas to the nth degree. You can imagine my reaction when I found out that for that Christmas, he forgot to go and pick up his turkey
For everyone, today was better. Still not as good as I hoped, but it was ok. Iām a bit relieved.
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@JGood I had to roll my eyes at that! 
Iāve got one, heās more interested in tennis balls. My last one would have stopped at nothing if he smelled a rat, literally
@KinkyMira Iām so glad to hear it. Iāvs spent a few hours scrubbing down the shed with āthe boysā (hubby and upstairs neighbour). Damage fortunately isnāt as bad as we feared, most of our Christmas stuff and some travel bags condemned but not much besides. Carrying on tomorrow, neighbour told me to let him know when I plan to go out there as heās letting me borrow his industrial vacuum. I guess itās a date
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I hope things are ok @KinkyMira Hugs all around from the community. Try to take time to relax if you can and remember forum members are always here.
Cheers @steve19, it was just disappointing really.
I we talking about your contract work? If so it is their loss I my eyes. You always seem to contribute so much to your work and I am sure put 110% into anything that you do. @KinkyMira
Itās been a fun 24 hours here: a week ago my poly ex told me he loved me more than he thought he did and wanted to work through our problems, which took me by surprise, and that was the last I heard of him. I messaged him a few days later (14th) just to say I hope heās well, but that if I didnāt hear from him within a week then I would be moving on with my life. I went to check on him on Facebook last night, again, just because I still care and still hadnāt heard from him, only to discover that heād blocked me. He posted on Facebook (hubby sent me a screenshot) that he was ādetoxifyingā - so basically, Iām ātoxicā to him because I have boundaries around my time, something he knows is valuable to me (I lost my Dad at 60, I know time is precious).
Honestly, Iām laughing in disbelief, but heās played himself: we know exactly the kind of people who donāt like boundaries, donāt we folks? 
I emailed him (just) to thank him for blocking me instead of commuciating with me (this guyās a BDSM mentor mind you, someone I held in reverent regard until now) and told him never to contact me again, and that I will treat it as harassment if he does. He even tried to cheat on me once but expected me to forgive him on the grounds that the other girl never showed up (I did take pity on him, because Iām nice like that). He chases girls and now expects me to chase him if I want him, despite saying a week ago that heād considered chasing me down to talk things though. Long story short, he thought he could play me at my own game; he thought that Iād treat him different to how I treat any player. Nah, a player is a player, I was just letting him know that Iāve since seen him for what he really is and the door is now firmly locked and armed
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Glad youāve got a chapter of your young life concluded, and with hubby beside you as your rock and shelter able to move on the way you want to together.
On another note I will need your input soon on a Christmas gift for Mr & Mrs Buzz 
Iāve been doing me best to keep to the rules.
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Youāre absolutely right, itās just a shock because one minute he was our friend/partner/co-Dom and then that. It just makes me wonder what I did to deserve such disrespect but itās definitely changed the way that I see him.
For Mr & Mrs Buzz? Do you still here from them? I havenāt seen or heard them around in a while.
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