Anyone awake, I'm terrified

[Notsure2020]

I have a small back hall. I heard a noise when I was watching TV and thought it was someone at the back door, as I went into the back hall I heard a strange rustling noise them something furry jumped at my leg. Well I screamed the place down and ran out shutting the door behind me. It must be a rat or a squirrel as I had the back door opened for a while earlier. I've never seen any rats here but plenty of squirrels. Can anyone talk me through how to get it out, I'm alone in the house and scared to open the door again

[Branleuse]

Its probably a cat if it jumped at your leg. Something domesticated

[Lovemusic33]

A rat would not jump up your leg, a cat would, possibly a squirrel would but rats are usually pretty shy. What ever it is it’s likely to be far more scared of you than you are it (though you do sound quite scared 🤣). Sorry I’m laughing a little but I don’t find any creature ‘scary’. Put some food out and trap it.

[Bentoforthehorde]

A squirrel shimmied up my leg as if it were a tree once in a park 🤔 so wild squirrels could jump at your leg. I hope you get some sleep OP

[ClaireP20]

Well done OP for opening the door!!! As I tell my kids (when they put a spider outside the front door) 'you've saved a life, now you get one year added to yours!'

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[rattlemehearties]

Don't you have lights in the room?

[TatianaBis]

A friend of mine lived in a basement flat when she was in her early 20s.

She was once sitting on the loo and felt something nudge her bum, she thought she was imagining it but turned to look anyway, to discover a rat sitting in the loo bowl.

She screamed like she was being murdered and called Rentokill. They reckoned it had got up round the U-bend.

[TatianaBis]

(They’d seen if before. Sewer rats they are).

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[oakleaffy]

@Notsure2020
I had a rat who came in in the heatwave, {I posted about him/her}
I'm afraid I found cherry stones cached under the sofa and he had eaten the wheat out of a wheat doorstop.

I bought rat poison poison from ebay, and left it where he had cached the cherry pits.

The bait was eaten, and I did leave the door open for him to get out.

He didn't die in the house.

BUT I also examined the outside of the house, and found a vent hole that I'd covered years ago with mesh that was bent back slightly...So I re-secured that.

I too was scared by the noise! Rats are noisy.
Also very clever...You have to place the bait where they feel secure and keep it away from any other animals/children {follow instructions on packet}.

[Sonofapizzaman]

@TatianaBis sitting on the loo as I read that

[GameSetMatch]

Honestly it won’t be a rat, if you had rats you would know about it. Raisin sized poo, food stuff disappearing and scratchy scurrying sounds.

[GameSetMatch]

On a separate note that hole you have fill it with wire the kind Brillo pads are made from (sorry can’t remember the name of it) mice and rats hate it because it sticks between their teeth and hurts. They won’t bite through it..... wire wool that’s it!

[MillyA]

Oh gosh how unnerving, if it's any consolation I would positively shit myself too OP.

I hope you can get it out whatever it is!

[Whydidimarryhim]

Yes - the situation would have cleared by constipation!!!
Good luck op

[Whydidimarryhim]

Yes I too have heard of rats coming up the u bend in the toilet. That’s why we are meant to put the lid down. 😀

[ralphi]

as Gamesetmatch said, best fill the hole with wire wool. Copper wool is best against rats, don't know about squirrels.

[mumwon]

re rates in loo
that's why I leave toilet gel or bleach in the loo overnight or if we go away
theory is they smell or feel the nasty stuff & don't go that way (don't disillusion me please!)
a friends friend who lived on newish estate came home from stay heard noise coming from loo in bathroom - this big brave man wacked his hockey stick on the loo to kill rat & broke the toilet!
No gender/sex comment about common sense -- much!
It could easily be a cat op -they are curious & likely to jump rather than scurry alone floor or up wall

[user1471565182]

Somebody in sheffield had a friggin snake come out their toilet when they lifted the lid. Escaped pet.

[user1471565182]

I was going to say it could have been a fox. It wont be a rat I reckon, they're far more sneaky than that, although you can hear them.

[user1471565182]

With photo

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-41122975

[AdoraBell]

😳 sewer rats peeping out of the loo?

I’ll never use a toilet again.

Well done OP , as pp said get the hole covered.

[Notsure2020]

Oh christ now I'm scared to go to the toilet

So my dad came up, we took that back hall apart, couldn't find anything. One of the packages was slightly damaged. We boarded up the hole in the wall for now. Everything feels so much better in daylight! I can still feel it's minging wee paw on my ankle tho 🙈

[ItsNotNormalLove]

Jesus Christ why did I have to be on the toilet while I read the last few posts!!!!!!