Talking Point Is On A Rat Hunt And We Need Your Help!

Singapore is facing a growing rat problem. The National Environment Agency (NEA) said it detected more than 5,000 burrows in 2023 - an increase of 1,000 from the previous year - and there could be many more undetected.
Steven Chia and the #TalkingPoint team are mapping out rat activity across Singapore and your sightings will help us track where rodent populations are in real-time, pinpoint some of the hotspots, and what’s being done about these pests. Check out the rat map here: cna.asia/ratmap
Share your sightings with us via email at [e-mail], WhatsApp at 9124 3305, or DM @cnainsider on Instagram.
00:00 Intro + Singapore’s rat problem
00:35 How to help us build a rat map
01:17 Estate with the most reported rat sightings (so far)
01:48 How residents keep rats out of homes
02:16 Steven finds a dead rat
02:41 Steven spots a shy rat
03:37 Steven digs around in rat burrows
#TalkingPointCNA #PestControl #RatSightings #RatInfestation #Singapore #Rats
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[@CNAInsider]

Check out latest updates of rat sightings so far - are there any in your hood? cna.asia/ratmap Tap the dots for details!

[@apschweiz]

Simply love steven chia, not only is he professional, he is funny n entertaining at the same time

[@andytoh-toh6488]

I enjoy watching steven and diana ser cna series.

[@bobafett5757]

@@andytoh-toh6488 Also enjoy Munah and Aaron and of course Steven and Diana are the ultimate best cos they are so dedicated when hosting

[@dylanho8608]

Dad jokes max

[@appleish5043]

Me, too! I love him, that’s why I’m watching this even though I’m not Singaporean lol! Help me! I have problem 😅🤣🤣🤣 or your program is just too good 🤣

[@appleish5043]

@@bobafett5757 are you dumb? We can love a celebrity without having delusional ideas of being married to them? Wth is wrong with you? Just like I can love a Singaporean documentary-ish show without being a Singaporean because it’s just that good 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@XianLongLee]

Singapore has a rat problem in our Parliament too. These rats purported to wear white, but they're not clean.

[@mrpolarbearrrrr]

Rich rats living in rented GCBs

[@chanh9220]

Blue too.

[@TemplarLove]

2:22 HAHAHA the meme!

[@muhammadzhafranbahaman6401]

😂

[@TemplarLove]

@@muhammadzhafranbahaman6401brudder ehhhhh

[@yapisaiah5307]

toa payoh legit have a lot of rats. i go on nightly run i can see 3 or 4 running across the footpath to hide in the bushes. last time got one bus stop the entire underground was filled with rats, didnt even know how the bus stop was standing lol

[@TPY3456]

50 toa payoh......big ones caught coming out from drains in carpark! 😮

[@m0nz13]

The rats are MASSIVE as big as my forearm (not even including the tail) Toa Payoh deffo has a rat problem and my house pipes burst because of these idiots nibbling on them 😭😭😭

[@user-xc4nc5gv3f]

they can leap very far too? i always see mega sized rats jumping around the bushes at blk 73 lor 4 kopitiam (the one that’s 24h). it’s crazy 😢

[@marcusong9321]

Used to stay TPY. Love the place but not the rats. There was once i went open letterbox and walk towards the lift lobby....1 adult rat literally dashed across from the top my feet....

[@jnjxn]

Blk 263 Toa Payoh has many huge rats the size of a cat and they run really fast too. In the evening you can see rat gatherings occurring lol please do something about the rat situation in Toa Payoh 😭

[@huilin7566]

Velvet Underground 😂😂 Love that!

[@bobafett5757]

Its Rat Velvet Underground

[@psych0analyst]

I don't even live in Singapore and I love watching him.

[@lzh3362]

2:26 got 1 rat running behind you!

[@JohnDoe-fp6wd]

Nah thats a leaf

[@krollpeter]

leaf

[@SuccessforLifester]

Yes they are everywhere. It seems to coincide with making our environment greener as it creates places for them to live in. Once I even saw an uncle feeding a rat nest at midnight and I reported the matter to NEA but I don't think I receive any reply

[@muhammadridzwan5909]

the rats are getting bigger!sometimes can mistake them as cats...😂

[@bobafett5757]

*Cant wait for the full episode to be Rat-lease and it will look Ratiliciously informative and yup thats a Rat-Velvet Underground partying in there*

[@alsonyap]

Steven never disappoints!

[@bobafett5757]

*Serangoon area has lots of rats especially at night cos many times I have seen it and its a huge rats looks very scary to me*

[@jessicaregina1956]

The question is what are you doing here

[@bobafett5757]

@@jessicaregina1956 Please stop Ratotoulite over here 🤣

[@jessicaregina1956]

The question is what are you doing here

[@theskys13]

Every single time I'm in Serangoon Central, especially at night, there are always huge rats scurrying around.

[@bobafett5757]

@@jessicaregina1956 What about YouCrane ?

[@rhettgugu3479]

In Serangoon ave 4 there are rats at night, you can hear them squeaking but I don’t hear them anymore.

[@BookwormBelle]

Honestly, last year I saw many rats at my school. This year, I’m on the secondary floor so I don’t really see them anymore but when I walk around the first floor, sometimes I can see some and they are really fast

[@chinhuatseah9375]

Serangoon north area had sighted of rats at night. Coming out of the drain and went near the rubbish dump. MacPherson area as well. Had rats running at night near the park connector and around the estates.

[@bobafett5757]

The rats around Serangoon really huge and fat

[@teohyc]

There is also crow infestation too

[@magenta_brown5327]

There’s a rat hole at the grass patch near the trash compactor of my HDB in woodlands that’s been reappearing for the past 4 years. The cleaners cover it with soil, paper and even concrete but the rats still manage to chew through 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@krollpeter]

The reason is not hotter weather. Rats don't care if it's 28 C or 34 C. They live underground, and mostly come out in the evenings. Singapore is not anymore as squeaky clean as it once was, and some people seem to have a lack of understanding of this being a problem.

[@tzanckmen459]

Bedok Central has lots of rats.

[@tonyyap733]

Along Jurong East Central, near to future Toh Guan MRT. The landscape area under the MRT viaduct is the base camp of rats!

[@Gerrynade]

Under mrt tracks don't have? When I used to spend weekends there, a common sight was the food and beer cans left by foreign workers nights out. All these "left over" food are feeding the rats and birds. Jurong / Boon Lay birds are fatter than those you can see in town area lol

[@krollpeter]

@@Gerrynade This, and the disposal areas of food venues.

[@arikevin]

Underneath the broadwalk along the Boon Tiong Road (beside block 9 Tiong Bahru) is rats haven. Contacted NEA, they took action but still a lot!! The broadwalk is pretty but a nightmare for residents living in the walk up SIT flats.

[@V.II.]

oh yeah!! basically a quest to map and catch all pikachus!

[@TheFrancistan84]

Come Boon Lay. They r all over the market areas . Especially near the rubbish chute area.

[@ivanlimzg]

Jalan Bukit Merah 132 row of shophouses, the drains have rats

[@dolan-duk]

Serangoon Garden at the back alley behind Sushi Tei and the surrounding areas. Reported to NEA for years but the rats always come back after awhile.

[@orlieoctoso7478]

i remember your topic about birds as a pests in hawkers and u called it rats with wings

[@ErosCoachingCom]

From my dad: I have given them the info. Caught in total more than 80 rats lately around the vicinity of BLK 14A, 8B and 15. Toa Payoh Lorong 7

[@jessiejames7492]

In spite of all this rat problem the authorities are cutting down on cleaners. Every weekend cleaners will take the day off. One day a week. Then residents have to clean their own surroundings. ! How many will willingly put in their sweat and do a good job?

[@jindycindytan5152]

Hoy Fatt rd Blk 50 I’ve seen few tine big fat rats running away/around. But meanwhile,Is there any way I can do to trap/catch/destroy it 1st?

[@chanh9220]

Try Gaint mago store at Tampines. Just saw it last week.

[@user-pd7jt4ho2c]

I have seen some shrews at the lawn next to Tpy Blk 2. Don't mistake them for rats!

[@walniw]

My daughter’s house at Blk 53 Jalan Mamor. Rats came in and nibble holes in her rice container. Their trap caught 2 rats. Their neighbour’s blind also got bitten.

[@user-uc5um3io2j]

Singapore needs street cats.

[@TheAcizgirl]

When ..zouk had velvet underground….😂😂😂😂 he is so funny

[@miklee4834]

It's also about birds and cockroaches around hawker centres.

[@marcusong9321]

Question is what is the town council under the GRC going to do about it?

[@jessiejames7492]

Nothing by the looks of it. Look at spore. Trash everywhere. People are do brazen littering. Nothings been done!

[@shadowhawk]

omg. i saw one today but I dont have a video for it.. it happened so quickly.

[@fc787761]

I just completed my feedback to HDB to replace the drainhole cover in the block next door coz the hole has been there for weeks. This problem is due to complacency.

[@deschan2246]

They hv released Pythons to tackle Rats problem, thats y u see Pythons more frequently

[@amberwong8944]

I've seen rats during the river safari boat ride too. I wonder how they can deal with it since its erm a zoo.

[@kashacademy1]

I was anticipating him interviewing the NEA officer to see what is their take on the issue as well as their strategy for resolving the issue.

[@Youtubes_Officials]

Very likely the response was; not the fault of the rat or the agency. Must be something else that is very difficult to explain like the weather etc. So there is nothing they can do.

[@mrjo575]

Still monitoring the situation

[@Youtubes_Officials]

100 years later. "still monitoring". Is there an award for the "least efficient agency" or a "not my problem agency" award?

[@geigertec5921]

I once saw a big rat go number 2 on the sidewalk, then was also a pee dripping behind as it ran away too, yuck!

[@TPY3456]

Any solution?

[@dizzyrizzyy]

a gen z edited this video and i'm here for it

[@gohshuifa]

Pigeons problem in TPY too, on that same Muslim food stall in this video.

[@Rob-lq2ny]

RatBUSTER for hire!

[@kiatsan5781]

Why worry about losing your job. There's always delivery, security and PHV jobs.

[@BillyKueekSG]

Any plan on the crows? They’re are already standing on my kitchen’s window

[@Idkwhoisthisplz]

Dempsey Hill many rats in the old buildings, singapore Zoo staff area

[@bah904]

in Singapore u can see rats every where because we are a rat-race society.

[@user-qd8qr6qo3y]

There are quite a few rats in my condo

[@drc5068]

Is it Splinter (from Ninja Turtles) looking for his mates? What episode of TMNT is this?

[@windydragon6522]

I had warned that when you start charging for plastic bags, not many would bother to bag their refuse anymore. We had come a long way in getting people to bag their refuse back then. Too bad some unthinking policymakers got fooled by St Greta.

[@Gerrynade]

It's not about plastic bags. They are smart enough to bite through plastic bags, and potentially even tougher packaging materials

[@toffeequeen]

😂The rat problem came way before the plastic bag charges. I still rmb Low Thia Kiang even talking abt the “rat hill” in his rally speech, which is defn years before😂

[@windydragon6522]

@@Gerrynade Refuse left open is worse lah. The bags serve to contain a bit.

[@pettypoh]

I didn't get the joke of velvet underground 😂

[@breakingrhythm]

JALAN BESAR NEAR THE NTUC. i can even hear it when i am gg to sleep

[@mornstar5514]

every wet market 200% sure have rats. u dont need a map for that

[@appleish5043]

This is why Singapore is so clean! Because every where, there are rat problems, but most places would rather hide and pretend it’s not a problem/existed. Whereas Singaporeans are like bring it on!

[@Youtubes_Officials]

"Are there people dealing with the rats?" Reported to NEA once when I spotted a rat infestation they told me it was caused by someone or something else and they will do something about it. But guess what, do you think they are actually dealing with?

[@thebestbees]

They won’t do anything till it goes on mothership

[@Youtubes_Officials]

Maybe when someone kicks the bucket due to this issue, then someone responsible will get up to stretch their legs or start some workout to lose some weight?

[@rajendran8202]

Ya I tell you man nowadays all the government agencies are just too lazy.. they don't take any proactive action until some residents complain.. then they investigate.. useless really

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

Velvet Underground… 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@amandant]

Rat can climb tree, water pipes too. I from jateng

[@ruiqi9290]

telok blangah crescent near the lickers shop. They have very huge and fat ones. One of the dirtiest place ever

[@sadako2009]

I think i saw New york has some very serious rodent issues too. Even on their subs :)

[@CheecheeKeong-gr8no]

Lisan al ghaib 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@Tammissa]

Most big cities have rat problems, New York has a HUGE rat problem.

[@krollpeter]

New York is said to have more rats than people. But they have done something, it's not anymore as bad as it once was. Also, since most western countries use underground drainages, the problem is not as present.

[@Tammissa]

@@krollpeter good point.

[@edgregory1]

My hometown in Ohio I never once saw a rat.

[@smwnl9072]

Cat feeding and pigeon feeding

[@user-bo7oh9xg3d]

Singaporean are so friendly

[@htahtoo8851]

Rodent fertility control is an effective long-term solution.

[@livelaughlove2221]

Rats running around 63A Lengkok Bahru😩

[@tanchye1720]

1. Made it an offence to feed stray cat at night. 2. When cats are well fed, they don’t catch the rats. 3. Rats will eat the left and flourished what the many aunties fed to the cat. 4. Walk around my blocks at Bukit Purmei at 10pm till 4am and that’s when the rats will come out to party. (Hokkien call it ‘boh ceng hu’). The rats come out roam as they like! 5. The cats are sleeping. 6. The Residents’ Committees seems to be sleeping too.

[@muhammadzhafranbahaman6401]

Cats don’t hunt rats to eat. They hunt them for “sporting”. And cats do help to deter rats and reduce rats population.

[@heyyee3003]

1. Cats hunt rats for sport, not for food. If the cats are hungry, how would they have the strength of hunt rats? 2. The Aunties feed at night so they do not trigger obnoxious and ignorant Karens who think they have the right to stop others from feeding just because they do not agree with it. Have seen many cat aunties being bullied by such Karens (including males).

[@ainzooalgown7589]

ive seen cats lose to the rats since the rats gang up on the cat and since the rat is also kinda huge like 60% the size of the cat. they come out usually 11pm onwards to feed on the cat food people leave for the cats.

[@muhammadzhafranbahaman6401]

@@ainzooalgown7589we need bigger cats 😂

[@thundermistbane4327]

I think Geylang got maximum rodent problem in Singapore

[@DerekLefebvre]

hey Steve, btw I think Canada was voted one of the worst places in the world for rats, maybe you should come here to make a show :)

[@azleeabdullah7972]

This is when outsourcing by gov and these companies cut cost by employing less cleaners. SG clean my ass!

[@Gidiotic]

I think the show can be called Rat Radar 😎😎😎

[@kelvin.008]

Clarke quay 😊

[@TommyJohanLy]

Labrador park , the walkway next to the sea. Lots of rats there at night. Go check em out.🤣

[@Ramy-ql3tr]

Perhaps the new PM can come up with a plan.

[@janetay8798]

on Tuesday I saw one blatantly walking in front of me near Beauty World ewwwww

[@Skyx123]

KATONGG n TAMPINES n STADIUM 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@bobafett5757]

Bedok and Serangoon

[@Momo-qo7is]

I cannot watch this episode while having breakfast 😅

[@MrHighwaysg]

We had too many hawkers center, food courts, coffee shops, restaurants, food kiosks etc……

[@chrishenniker5944]

Is this an augury of something to come?

[@Andy-eb1hq]

Changi biz district park

[@limfh704]

www.youtube.com/@TwinHomeExperts, they are the urban rodent catching specialists

[@Chu-vg2yu]

A lot of pests and problems

[@HKspurs10]

My cat is an expert rat hunter

[@justjan1]

I went on holiday in December.. Jalan Besar towards Syed Alwi Road had so many 😭

[@BOPBOY60]

“ Friends, Rodents, countrymen, lend me your ears “

[@Chris-rs4so]

Government not doing anything?

[@Qrinity]

Tampines have a lot of rats. Even at tampines hub

[@conscious12337]

Geylang has a lot of rats

[@shaduck06]

San Francisco is disgusting

[@anasqai]

I think of making rat traps then someone self-collect them instead? Thinking of Easy way of earning, Mr Lau can I do like this easy passive/side just make and placement. If rental for weeks and days etc. the thing of "if respond in a bad way" using recording-device, to hear back while they maybe shut their ears? But actions of situation to believe smthg then it happen to cause pause or some kind of "believed/profiled body language of their wish"?

[@htahtoo8851]

Rats are intelligent animals. Man won't be able to eradicate them.

[@Godai_Chen]

Dirty Rats at night and dirty Pigeons at day, but seem no actions from gov yet

[@jarrodyuki7081]

salisbury steak and msehd ptoaotoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2. sushi tea 3 chips and guacamole!!!!!!!!

[@paulpoon7253]

Too Hot and Easy Foods‼

[@fedodedo]

increase the cat population

[@triciak1851]

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