Rats are likely in walls, an attic but I'm not familiar with them living underground either. Our neighbors had some that were going unchecked until they sold the house. Our dog caught one or two and we started seeing them at our fence. We put out Rat Zappers -- a battery operated zapper and placed them so they would be least likely to get other critters. I think we got 7-8 rats. One morning I opened the door and smelled skunk. The zapper had been flung a number of feet and was upside down and facing the opposite direction. I actually laughed out loud but felt sorry for the poor fella. It wasn't enough to do more than make him angry -- no skunks were anywhere to be found. (for anyone feeling even sorrier for the skunk -- they get even. they sprayed our dogs four time in the summer after the rats left). Because of the dogs as well as neighbor dogs and cats, the squirrels and such, we didn't want to do poison or traps. The zapper worked for us. I'm not sure what the exterminator used next door. The zappers are available on Amazon. Good luck. Call a pro if you need one.

we have a squirrel in our wall we live in austin texas and two nights ago we herd a scratching in our closet we went to go check it out and there was a small hole in the wall. today we heard it again so we went back to where we covered it up with duck tape and a big piece of metal and there was a big hole and we could only see two squirrels. we live in texas so we like to hunt we shot the squirrels with a bb gun and it turns out there are four. so we shot again and again and we killed the mother and one baby so the father and other baby are some where else in the wall so now we dont know what to do. should we fumigate them or wait till they come back and then shoot them

Insurance--if you would have contacted them as soon as the water problem/slide would have happened they would have helped--would have had you move the mh or move it and fix the problems--retaining wall/french drain/drywell.maybe pour a concrete pad under mh--then move it back--but now--if you call your insurance agent--they will cancel the policy--is this a lost cause?? well no but will cost to fix so do you have the money to fix or cheaper to move---where to start--rats you are infested get professional help,they can be in the roof/walls/floors/duct work fix the moisture problem,dig out slide,retaining walls,a lg french drain all around the mh,put a vapor barrier then tackle on room at a time--remove the floor/ wall covering, clean out rats/bad insulation,remove mold the seal up the bottom of mh and the underpinning and replace the insulation/plywood/drywall--find out what is feeding the rats--outside dogs,their food will draw in rats and other critters--this job is a lot of work but very DIY and cost hard to say--we are doing a total gut of a mh and the drywall is running @ $ 6 sheet,plywood 10-12.insulation @9 bundle,add paint and trim--a 12 x 12 room avg 200 more or less depending on how many windows--a great time to replace windows with real house windows vs mh--look for deals window manufactures in our area have windows for 70 each for all sizes--it is easy to put other size windows in a mh --we just did it here is our current project,photos are out of order we could not replace the mh with a newer model due to zoning laws,if we removed them we could not replace here is the album http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=739392009803%3A541222773&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail--Share--Photos-_-Sharee Good Luck

Yep, had a rat in my Acura. Unbelievable. I hear it happens a lot - We've since eliminated the rat infestation issue we didn't know we had - $3000 later we have a brand new crawl space (how sexy - I almost demanded we have a party down there for all the money we spent on the gutting and recovering) - I tell you what's fun though. Having a Rat Exterminator truck parked outside your home for a day. The neighbors who never spoke before suddenly want to know "how we're doing" - I just tell them that the exterminator is scaring off all the rats, so they better watch out for rats at their house in the next few days (not true, but fun to see the reaction, heh heh)