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Original poster

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

111 replies

Bleepinghell11 · 22/06/2017 19:19

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?

OP posts:
EezerGoode · 22/06/2017 20:15

My mum found a crab in her loo,after it bit her on the bum..it was an outside loo in the 1950s

OohMavis · 22/06/2017 20:16

Poor rat, must have been terrified Sad

notangelinajolie · 22/06/2017 20:17

Oh nooooo I can never unread this. Why did I open this thread I knew it was something bad. I need wine.

friedegs · 22/06/2017 20:18

Bloody hell. My very worst nightmare, going off to put bleach down my loos.

Whatthefucknameisntalreadytake · 22/06/2017 20:20

Was it a ground floor toilet op?

Original poster
Bleepinghell11 · 22/06/2017 20:22

Fallenmadonna a whole bird? That is so bizarre and must of given you a horrible fright!

Zebraowl nooooooo is it really illegal? Am I now a rat vigilante?

Bleepingrat was quite subdued when I ruined his fun I think, no struggling at all and just looked abit dejected in its temporary plastic rat prison. He was probably hungry, I always get hungry after going swimming..

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Original poster
Bleepinghell11 · 22/06/2017 20:22

Yes ground floor loo and concrete floors, sorry for missing questions!!

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uglyswan · 22/06/2017 20:30

Leave the lid of the toilet closed when not in use. If you leave it open, the rats swim towards the light (someone told me that once, can't remember if they were a terribly reliable source, but seems plausible enough).

2017SoFarSoGood · 22/06/2017 20:32

Well thanks for sharing this Bleeping (I'm prefacing that with a very bad swear word in truth)

Now I have to figure out how to never ever ever sit on a loo again. Or go to a bathroom that has a loo. Or visit whichever country you are in (or perhaps continent, must consider ramifications of that decision).

SHIT. No - can't do that ever again. DRAT. Nope, that word is now struck off. I have to say it. FUCK. I am completely rodent-phobic.

Just no.

TheFallenMadonna · 22/06/2017 20:33

Yep. No idea how it got face down in my loo I don't know. Ugh.

ALoveWorthKeeping · 22/06/2017 20:33

I had a rat in my old house, took me weeks to get rid of it so well done OP.
I eventually cornered it in the conservatory where I freaked out and stood on a chair - the ratty bastard jumped on the chair and over my shoulder.
I ROARED at it!!! I apparently do not have a sweet little girly scream!

TheFallenMadonna · 22/06/2017 20:34

The relived trauma is making me lose the ability to form a sentence...

PetalMettle · 22/06/2017 20:34

That's vile. I always thought it was an irrational fear. Will be leaving loo lid down.

thecapitalsunited · 22/06/2017 20:34

Yup Bleeping, you've broken the law Grin You can't release a rat into the wild. Once you've caught it you have to kill it which also stops it coming back.

Maudlinmaud · 22/06/2017 20:34

I've been and closed all the toilet seats. No bloody way am I taking the chance.

tessieandoz · 22/06/2017 20:38
Star Shock Wine
Toddlerteaplease · 22/06/2017 20:40

I'd have burned the house down!

WhatALoadOfOldBollocks · 22/06/2017 20:40

Something is obviously wrong with me, because my first thought was 'oh, the poor rat, I hope it's ok' Grin
I have thing for rodents though.
Me too. I was so glad when OP said she rescued it and released it outside. Well done OP Smile

Poor rat, must have been terrified
I know, poor little thing Sad

deadringer · 22/06/2017 20:48

Oh god I hate rats! There honestly isn't much that fazes me but no way could i handle a live rat. My mother killed one with a hammer once when she discovered it in her hot press, but she is made of sterner stuff than me. Well done op.

Noregretsatall · 22/06/2017 20:57

Dear God, I so so wish I hadn't opened this thread...

lidoshuffle · 22/06/2017 20:58

My tiny little cat brought in a live one (at least I hope she brought it in Shock). I shut myself in another room and listened to the battle outside. I don't know what I'd have done if the rat had killed the cat, but luckily the diddy cat dispatched it. I then had to dispose of it, yeuk.

GCHQMonitoring · 22/06/2017 20:59

Well done for keeping your cool and getting rid of it.

A rat in the loo has slways been an irrational fear of mine after having watched a documentary on rats, in the early 90's, where it showed them climbing up internal pipes to about the 4th floor in flats and coming out the loo. We lived in a 3rd floor flat at the time. I still make sure i put the loo seat down after using the loo and check before sitting

abbey44 · 22/06/2017 21:00

Get the estate agents in, get it on the market as soon as you can and superglue all the loo lids down. Move into a hotel.

Or......get a pest control man in.

That's what we did when that happened here - although the first option was my immediate thought at the time. Still get the collywobbles when I remember The Rat Incident. And so does my (then teenage) son who jumped on the bed and yelled louder than I did, a fact he denies vigorously now Grin

LoveMySituation · 22/06/2017 21:10

I found a spider in the loo yesterday. That was bad enough, but great work opFlowers

ZebraOwl · 22/06/2017 21:19

Section 14 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981) prohibits the release of assorted non-native beasties, including the black rat (rattus rattus, so good they named it twice...), grey squirrels & the "fat"/edible dormouse, which either way round is getting off badly there. (Poor wee dormice with massive complexes about their size/weight, going on mad crash diets & comparing themselves unfavourably to the sleek glamorous fieldmice...). So yes. You've accidentally turned into some kind of Scarlet Pimpernel of the rodent world Bleeping Hmm

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