AIBU to never use my toilet again? *light hearted*

[Bleepinghell11]

I was happily watching TV when I heard an odd sound in my bathroom. Partner went to investigate, thinking maybe I had left a tap slightly on. He walks in and there was a RAT in my toilet!

I then had to fish it out as he was too scared. I was very cool, calm and collected and went about collecting the rat. I now realise that I just fished a dirty maybe pooey germ and possibly diseased infested rat out of my loo.

Would it be AIBU to bleach the whole house and have a bath with disinfectant in?! Or do I just get the toilet filled in and block off that part of the house?

Arghhh this is my irrational fear now it's not so irrational. Panic!

It is mine too now maxy! After a quick google the Daily fail has quite a few "articles" on people getting bitten on the bum, thankfully I went to the loo about half an hour before the rat incident... that thought is quite unsettling.

Alive?!

I'd have flushed it out of panic I think

Very much alive and trying to climb out allegretto!

sweet my partner flushed the loo but the rat just looked at him in the eye and did a stealthy doggy paddle

Id be instructing estate agents by now.

Urggh this is one of my biggest fears, not good at all. You're very brave to have fished it out

Brilliant!
I am very impressed at your bravado.

HOW exactly did you get it out?? Blow by blow account please.

what did you do with the rat?

What did you do with it once it was out?!?!

Gave me the shudders!

DrSpin I'm sure if we act fast we would get it on the market by the weekend. What if another visiter popped up on a viewing though?

I have heard this story on mumsnet before - not that I mean you are repeating it but that someone else had the same experience and I've been scared of it ever since. Argh I shall have to hang on all night now!

Did you just reach in and pull it out with your bare hands?
I'd have flushed the bugger right back to where he came from!

How did you remove him? Did you scoop him up with your bare hand? Or did you use a towel? And where is he now?

So many ratty questions 🐀

You sound like a good person to have around in a crisis!

😱😱😱

What floor is the toilet on?

Nightmare!

I emptied a plastic box usually used for cleaning products, I then put on an apron (now sounds silly :s) a pair of rubber gloves, then a pair of gardening gloves and then another rubber glove over the top. just went in full steam, grabbed the rat and plopped it into the plastic box!

I am a big wuss and didn't want to kill the rat :( where we live backs on to a field with a sort of wooded area between the garden and field so I just opened the box and let it scamper out into the trees. I have no idea what the correct protocol is for rat dispatching I hope I didn't do the wrong thing!

my partner flushed the loo but the rat just looked at him in the eye and did a stealthy doggy paddle

The rat was thinking 'I haven't made it this far pal for my plans to be scuppered by a scaredy cat with a flusher'

Something is obviously wrong with me, because my first thought was 'oh, the poor rat, I hope it's ok'
I have thing for rodents though.

This was my nightmare as a child, I used to sit down, quickly stand up before sitting down or sometimes hover above the seat and pee, incase of snakes/rats/aliens suddenly wanting to bite my bum and now your telling me this could actually happen . goes back to hover peeing

Good lord OP, that was pretty brave of you. And frankly heroic, returning it to the outdoors and all. I actually think I'd cry with fear if confronted by a rat in my loo.

Christ on a bike. That is all I can manage to say.

I think I might have ratty dreams, what if it comes back because it had such a good time during round one?!

I am a big animal lover too helix, but also not a big fan of cute things that may have been swimming next to my neighbours poo..

How can a rat get into your toilet?

Bleepingcat was utterly useless too, he was busy sleeping and was not disturbed by me
crashing around. USELESS.