Dropped $200 on a fancy composter and now I'm fighting rats

I bought one of those tumbling composters from Home Depot back in April because I was tired of turning my pile by hand. Three months later the rats chewed through the plastic bottom and turned my compost into a rodent hotel. Has anyone actually had luck keeping these things pest proof without building a concrete pad underneath?

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james_martin9328d ago

Yeah I had the same problem with mine! I ended up lining the bottom with hardware cloth and putting it on a little gravel pad - that stopped the rats cold. The hardware cloth was like $15 at the hardware store and took maybe 20 minutes to cut and staple in place.

the_mia28d ago

Ha! It's funny how the cheap fixes end up being the best ones. Hardware cloth is basically the duct tape of the pest control world. I swear half the stuff in my garage is held together with it. It's like $15 and half an hour of work stops a problem that could cost you hundreds later. Almost everything worth doing is just that simple when you get down to it.