I always turn the light on when I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night because of this fear. My parents had their sewer lines flushed in their neighborhood once and had a rat come up. Ewwwww.
Post by VeryViolet on Sept 17, 2015 18:39:06 GMT -5
I read this while walking out of work and spent the majority of the ride home thinking about what the fuck I would do if this happened to me. I seriously think I might call 911 in my terror. Like rationally I know that it is not a 911 emergency but if I saw a mother fucking sewer rat in my toilet rational thinking would not be able to happen.
Is there no way to guarantee that it will not crawl back?
I don't feel that I got a full explanation of the circumstances.
When it happened at my H's apt, the super said that some flap that's supposed to open and then close off after every flush wasn't closing off, allowing the rat to swim in (shudder). A new flap was installed and no more Ben in the Bog.
Is there no way to guarantee that it will not crawl back?
I don't feel that I got a full explanation of the circumstances.
When it happened at my H's apt, the super said that some flap that's supposed to open and then close off after every flush wasn't closing off, allowing the rat to swim in (shudder). A new flap was installed and no more Ben in the Bog.
Post by thatgirl2478 on Sept 17, 2015 19:19:24 GMT -5
OMG and I thought that my finding a spider in the layers of toilet paper AFTER I wiped was bad! (before anyone assumes I mess around with dirty tp, when I stood up I looked back for whatever reason and saw the dark many legged shadow between two layers of tp).
When it happened at my H's apt, the super said that some flap that's supposed to open and then close off after every flush wasn't closing off, allowing the rat to swim in (shudder). A new flap was installed and no more Ben in the Bog.
See?
This is what I want to hear.
THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY SHOULD WANT TO HEAR.
LOL.
Yeah, I don't know about this. I guess I didn't realize it was a thing that could be prevented, but I only found out yesterday that it was a thing that could happen. I don't even know if they threw the rat outside or if they killed it. I guess if it happens again I'll complain more till they fix it. And I need to tell the rest of my neighbors in the house so they know to watch their butts.
Also, you're not blocked miso. I just didn't understand your question.
OMG. My sympathies. This happened to me too. We also keep the lids down because of our cats. I lifted the lid to sit down and saw it out of the corner of my eye. A huge rat. I slammed the lid down and ran around the apartment screaming. My husband used a tennis racquet to keep the rat in the bowl and a butcher knife to drown it. ::shudders::
OMG. My sympathies. This happened to me too. We also keep the lids down because of our cats. I lifted the lid to sit down and saw it out of the corner of my eye. A huge rat. I slammed the lid down and ran around the apartment screaming. My husband used a tennis racquet to keep the rat in the bowl and a butcher knife to drown it. ::shudders::
I am late to this but my sister had the same thing happen when she went to use the bathroom at our house growing up. My dad, the ever practical, flushed it back down the toilet. (we had a septic tank). I don't think my mother knew about it to the day she died. (she would have set all things on fire).
I am not really scared of rodents and would actually prefer a rat in my toilet to a giant spider or centipede on my TP but I have to admit I find it troubling that several others have chimed in that this has happened to them as well.