Just opened a drawer and found a dead rat

[Princecharlesfirstwife]

OMFG.
I have a photo but will save you the horror. I sent it to DH instead who has the good fortune to be away this weekend.

I found a 'something' nest in a drawer once. It had the leftover party napkins in (so hadn't been opened for months) and they were all shredded and rolled into a ball. I carefully prodded it, felt light, tore it open - empty.

Cleared out all the drawers in that dresser and didn't find anyone. Searched the room, no more signs of rodent. Figured the cat had caught it.

Moved house some time later, was sorting through a box of nonsense and found chewed fairy lights. Was pulling then out and shouting to DP about 'oh, that bloody mouse must have got in here too!' When said mouse launched itself out of the box into my lap, we'd only bloody moved hhim to the new house! I'm not sure which of us was more surprised!

viques DP had a lodger when we first got together, he only used the toaster, and the rest of the time ate pot noodle type things. He put all sorts of shit in that toaster.

I was cleaning it one day and realised it was teeming with live maggots. Utter boak. So I chucked it in the bin (lodger was out) and the next morning when we got up we found he'd gone looking for it, found it in the tied off binbag outside somehow and dug it out and used it.

Fucking grim.

@Princecharlesfirstwife you might want to take the first pic down as you’ve captured ratty with a family photo! I don’t think the photo subject would be pleased to have his picture shared with a dead rat 😂

I found this in the bottom of a vase at the back of a low shelf in my pantry. I guess it fell in and could not get out. No idea why it didn’t smell, must have been there for months and months. The tiny bones in the tail are amazing.

I have a friend whose DD has a pet snake. Said snake lives under the floor- rural area- and feeds on mice and anything else that ventures into the house. I’ll ask my friend to lend you the shake OP, just tell me where to send it.

When I was a student nurse on placement in a&e maintenance came out to fix the toaster as it didn't work well and pulled out a very very dead mouse. everyone had used the toaster every day for the previous month

When renting I once found a rat in a food drawer in the kitchen.

Literally left the house, went to a hotel and never went back. Turns out neighbour used to put food out for the 'cute little ratty visitors'. Some people are just mental.

@GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut

I found a 'something' nest in a drawer once. It had the leftover party napkins in (so hadn't been opened for months) and they were all shredded and rolled into a ball. I carefully prodded it, felt light, tore it open - empty.

Cleared out all the drawers in that dresser and didn't find anyone. Searched the room, no more signs of rodent. Figured the cat had caught it.

Moved house some time later, was sorting through a box of nonsense and found chewed fairy lights. Was pulling then out and shouting to DP about 'oh, that bloody mouse must have got in here too!' When said mouse launched itself out of the box into my lap, we'd only bloody moved hhim to the new house! I'm not sure which of us was more surprised!

viques DP had a lodger when we first got together, he only used the toaster, and the rest of the time ate pot noodle type things. He put all sorts of shit in that toaster.

I was cleaning it one day and realised it was teeming with live maggots. Utter boak. So I chucked it in the bin (lodger was out) and the next morning when we got up we found he'd gone looking for it, found it in the tied off binbag outside somehow and dug it out and used it.

Fucking grim.

OMG, you do realise you have ruined my mouse in toaster story for all time!!! I can never tell it again without in all honestly saying “ of course, a little dead mouse isn’t the worst thing you can find in a toaster” .

( I do feel your pain though, in my bed sit days I left a bit of raw chicken in the cooker one Friday evening , cooker switched off and I didn’t have a fridge. Had a “busy” weekend and didn’t get back until the Sunday. Didn’t think about the chicken until Monday evening. It was heaving.)

Thanks for all the rat stories.
Have just spoken to a local pest controller chap who said from the sounds of it, it was a dumb rat teenager who’d been chucked out of his nest by his alpha dad and because he was stupid took a wander into our house and found his way into the drawers. Also reckons it’d likely already eaten some slow release bait before it came in otherwise it would have gnawed it’s way out of the drawers before it reached deaths door. Honestly, he was a mine of info. Gave me a load of things to look out for (none of which I’ve seen but if I do he’ll come round and bait for us). Here’s hoping there are no more rat tales (tails) to be told (or seen).

@Princecharlesfirstwife

Thanks for all the rat stories. Have just spoken to a local pest controller chap who said from the sounds of it, it was a dumb rat teenager who’d been chucked out of his nest by his alpha dad and because he was stupid took a wander into our house and found his way into the drawers. Also reckons it’d likely already eaten some slow release bait before it came in otherwise it would have gnawed it’s way out of the drawers before it reached deaths door. Honestly, he was a mine of info. Gave me a load of things to look out for (none of which I’ve seen but if I do he’ll come round and bait for us). Here’s hoping there are no more rat tales (tails) to be told (or seen).

This version makes me more sad :(

@CarTastic

I think the little bit of romance left in my marriage died the day my husband witnessed me take out a blue food impaired rat with the poker.

What did it die of?

Are we having a post mortem ?

It's so healthy and plump

@LaurieFairyCake

What did it die of?

Are we having a post mortem ?

Think it had been poisoned. I once found one staggering around in my garden which had been poisoned, horrible way to go. My neighbour ended its misery quickly.

@userxx me too. Echoes of various snippets of cruelty in it (somehow reminds me of one or 2 of the other less happy topic areas on this forum).

I've got gerbils - mostly living a life of riley, and they've made me soft.