Groove/pit made in door sill by rat - how to fill?

[Rollerball]

A door sill in an old outbuilding/shed has been seriously scrabbled at by a rat leaving an approx 1 inch deep groove (tapering off to about half an inch over a length of about 12 inches, about 4 inches wide). It also made a nice hole in the bottom of the door which I've now patched up, however I'm not sure what to use as a filler for the groove in the sill.

It doesn't need to look pretty as it's only a grotty outbuilding. The wood is ever so slightly rotten in places too but fairly firm on the whole.

Was tempted to just trowel in some concrete and smooth it out but it there a better option will will work on damp, soft wood?

My aim is just to discourage the rat from trying again.

I'm not much of a woodworker so I don't want to try and replace all or part of the sill, most of which is intact.

 

[foxhole]

Scrape out loose wood then use wood filler or cheaper car filler to make good.You won’t discourage a rat.Kill it.

 

[JohnD]

You can buy stainless steel or brass kickplates and sill covers quite cheaply. I got some on ebay and the supplier cut them to my measurements and drilled the screwholes.

Rats will gnaw through anything else, except concrete.

 

[Rollerball]

Scrape out loose wood then use wood filler or cheaper car filler to make good.You won’t discourage a rat.Kill it.

Thanks.

Electronic rat trap has already been set.

 

[Rollerball]

You can buy stainless steel or brass kickplates and sill covers quite cheaply. I got some on ebay and the supplier cut them to my measurements and drilled the screwholes.

Rats will gnaw through anything else, except concrete.

Nice idea, thanks. Who was the Ebay seller, or was this some time ago?

 

[JohnD]

There is never "a" rat.


Don't recall the supplier. Look for one who cuts to order.

 

[Rollerball]

There is never "a" rat.


Don't recall the supplier. Look for one who cuts to order.

Thanks.

There are fields near me, I suspect that there are hundreds of rats (been like this for many years but they rarely cause me a problem).