Rat in the friggin toilet?!!

ZEROPILOT · Feb 23, 2019

I have to get up early in the morning.
So of course I just brushed my teeth and took a leak and flushed the toilet....And heard a splash as a rather large rat came flying up, over and out of the toilet!
I was able to get the door closed and capture him under the bathroom garbage can after a rather heroic battle. Then got him in a bag and walked him down to the end if the street and let him go. All of this near midnight. And in my boxer shorts.
I've never had this happen before. I've never even known anyone that has ever had this happen to them.... I've seen rats outside on occasion. They eat mangos from my neighbors trees.
But rats in my sewer pipes?
My wife is hysterical. So is my dog.
I'm going to go out on my patio and set up 4 traps to make them feel "better". But I just don't know what else I CAN do.
Have any of you ever had this happen?
I'm guessing (hoping) that it's rare.....
This has been an awful day as far as pest go. Because earlier this evening, a cockroach walked into the kitchen from the garage.
The horror!
Thanks

ascott · Feb 23, 2019

ZEROPILOT said:
I have to get up early in the morning.
So of course I just brushed my teeth and took a leak and flushed the toilet....And heard a splash as a rather large rat came flying up, over and out of the toilet!
I was able to get the door closed and capture him under the bathroom garbage can after a rather heroic battle. Then got him in a bag and walked him down to the end if the street and let him go. All of this near midnight. And in my boxer shorts.
I've never had this happen before. I've never even known anyone that has ever had this happen to them.... I've seen rats outside on occasion. They eat mangos from my neighbors trees.
But rats in my sewer pipes?
My wife is hysterical. So is my dog.
I'm going to go out on my patio and set up 4 traps to make them feel "better". But I just don't know what else I CAN do.
Have any of you ever had this happen?
I'm guessing (hoping) that it's rare.....
This has been an awful day as far as pest go. Because earlier this evening, a cockroach walked into the kitchen from the garage.
The horror!
Thanks

O M G!!!!!!!!! LITTLE bastard. if I were the female in the house I would give huge praise to the "man" in the house in his boxers at midnight rescuing me from the evil nasty rat....carry on my mighty man.....

jaizei · Feb 23, 2019

Locking toilet lid

Never had it happen but I heard of it before.

ascott · Feb 23, 2019

jaizei said:
Locking toilet lid

Never had it happen but I heard of it before.

A brick or a big fatty person sitting there all night

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KarenSoCal · Feb 24, 2019

Why do these things just keep happening to you?

Why are these critters so attracted to you?

ZEROPILOT · Feb 24, 2019

I didn't check the traps out back before I left this morning.
But I'm sure i caught one or more and I'll be buying more traps today.

ZEROPILOT · Feb 24, 2019

ascott said:
A brick or a big fatty person sitting there all night -

I have both, actually. If needed.

TortoiseRacket · Feb 24, 2019

ZEROPILOT said:
I have to get up early in the morning.
So of course I just brushed my teeth and took a leak and flushed the toilet....And heard a splash as a rather large rat came flying up, over and out of the toilet!
I was able to get the door closed and capture him under the bathroom garbage can after a rather heroic battle. Then got him in a bag and walked him down to the end if the street and let him go. All of this near midnight. And in my boxer shorts.
I've never had this happen before. I've never even known anyone that has ever had this happen to them.... I've seen rats outside on occasion. They eat mangos from my neighbors trees.
But rats in my sewer pipes?
My wife is hysterical. So is my dog.
I'm going to go out on my patio and set up 4 traps to make them feel "better". But I just don't know what else I CAN do.
Have any of you ever had this happen?
I'm guessing (hoping) that it's rare.....
This has been an awful day as far as pest go. Because earlier this evening, a cockroach walked into the kitchen from the garage.
The horror!
Thanks

Ive never had anything like that but I do have a funny rodent story...

It was just a normal day in elementary school when suddenly on the loud speaker someone said “this is a lockdown...”. So we did the whole drill and it turned out it wasn’t a drill, a squirrel got into the school and was going basserk. I don’t know why we had to lock the door, because last time I checked squirrels can’t open doors...

Yvonne G · Feb 24, 2019

I've never understood how rats can get into pipes then up into a toilet filled with water. Yipes!

Maro2Bear · Feb 24, 2019

Yvonne G said:
I've never understood how rats can get into pipes then up into a toilet filled with water. Yipes!

Well.... rats are pretty good swimmers, and sewer lines are full of all kinds of “morsels” and the pipes themselves are not 100% full (ever), so there are all kinds of crawl spaces, hiding spaces and scampering room. Probably all kinds of creepy crawly things in the hidden underground, from unwanted/discarded pet snakes, alligstors and crocs, to who knows what else.

ZEROPILOT · Feb 24, 2019

I just spoke to my neighbor to the west
She had a rat jump out on her via the toilet last month but was embarrassed to mention it.
So, I need to get ahold of the city....

Tom · Feb 24, 2019

HA!!! Florida... All the best stories come out of Florida. I would totally fit in there!

Get the Victor snap traps. Stronger springs and very effective. The Tomcat brand is weak and the rats will take your bait and laugh at you. Keep your dog away from the Victor traps...

Maro2Bear · Feb 24, 2019

Here’s some good to know info, or scary to know.

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/06/bizarre-sewer-dwelling-beasts-of-the-world/

ZEROPILOT · Feb 24, 2019

Tom said:
HA!!! Florida... All the best stories come out of Florida. I would totally fit in there!

Get the Victor snap traps. Stronger springs and very effective. The Tomcat brand is weak and the rats will take your bait and laugh at you. Keep your dog away from the Victor traps...

Yep
Its WAR time

KarenSoCal · Feb 24, 2019

ZEROPILOT said:
Yep
Its WAR time

Were these really rats, or mice? (Please say mice...if a rat jumped out at me I wouldn't live to tell the story!)

Momof4 · Feb 24, 2019

I would have died!!

Bee62 · Feb 24, 2019

You need more cats against the rats ....

Sorry Ed, I know you don`t like cats, but a big tomcat can get rats and kill them....

Just think it over...

ZEROPILOT · Feb 24, 2019

KarenSoCal said:
Were these really rats, or mice? (Please say mice...if a rat jumped out at me I wouldn't live to tell the story!)

A rat.
A rather large rat.
About 1/4 the size of my dog

ZEROPILOT · Feb 24, 2019

Bee62 said:
You need more cats against the rats ....
Sorry Ed, I know you don`t like cats, but a big tomcat can get rats and kill them.... Just think it over...

I'd really rather have rats then cats.
So far the neighborhood cats have been a larger pain in my rear.

Bee62 · Feb 24, 2019

ZEROPILOT said:
I'd really rather have rats then cats.
So far the neighborhood cats have been a larger pain in my rear.

I don`t understand you my friend.

A cat would never sit in your toilet and maybe bite you in the .....
A cat would kill that nasty rat.

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