Rat in the friggin toilet?!!

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Oh man I have a rather scary yet funny vision of what would or could happen had you been sitting down on the toilet or sat there longer, yikes lol.
Sure hope you don't get any more and it is a freak thing.
 

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Oh man I have a rather scary yet funny vision of what would or could happen had you been sitting down on the toilet or sat there longer, yikes lol.
Sure hope you don't get any more and it is a freak thing.
Me too!
I'll never be able to use the toilet the same ever again.
 

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Once I saw my Great Dane super excited about something. Tail wagging and bowing and jumping up occasionally. Very excited big puppy.
“Did you find a friend buddy? What did you find? Is something under the house?”

Came back outside to see a dead rat under the carport. Had a dinner party arriving soon. Called my husband frantically to tell him to hurry so he could get rid of it.
 

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Me too!
I'll never be able to use the toilet the same ever again.
In Germany you can get a thing like a flap for the drain pipe. Let things go out ( of the toilet ) but don`t let things ( like rats ) go in the drain pipe. Maybe you can get something like this flap for your drain pipe so that you can use your toilet without fear....:)
 

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In Germany you can get a thing like a flap for the drain pipe. Let things go out ( of the toilet ) but don`t let things ( like rats ) go in the drain pipe. Maybe you can get something like this flap for your drain pipe so that you can use your toilet without fear....:)
That modification would take some excavation work.
Hopefully this issue will pass.
I bought this house in 2004 and this is my first.
 

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Oh goodness! I'm just seeing this thread now. What a frightenening experience and now the killing sounds traumatic. So sorry.

In college I briefly lived in a house with rats. Once I woke up with one sitting on my chest sniffing my nose and then a week later I woke up to one under my blankets brushing up against my leg. I set a trap and got him but it sprayed blood everywhere. It looked like a murder happened in my bedroom. I moved out quickly after that. The killing was worst part.
 

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I killed 2 more rats in traps last night out of 7 traps I set.
They were the only traps set off, but neither rat was killed cleanly.
Both had suffered and 1 was still not dead.
This is not so easy.
More expensive but not as gruesome is the electrifying traps. You dont have to look at the dead rat either.
I cant do the traps that wont kill them instantly. Had too many snap traps just hurt them and then my heart breaks for them.
 

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The inspection camera showed the cast iron pipes to be in pretty good shape.
No rats or insects or holes from the house drains to the street.
So no active rodent situation.
Just a new issue.
A broken clean out pipe.
 

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I called Roto Rooter and Art plumbing.
Both gave free estimates.
Both want about 3 grand to replace a whole section of pipe.
Neither want to repair it.
This is just an inspection pipe, mind you.
 

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I dug it out and replaced the junction with a PVC "T". And a new 2" inspection pipe.
Now I'm going to encapsulate it and strengthen it with rocks and 2 bags of cement.
It should be plenty strong and very permanent.
It cost about $100.
However, the cause of the sewer rats has still not been determined.
But it looks like it might have been a freak occurrence.
 
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