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

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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?

You can get a contraption fixed to your plumbing which is a sort of one-way valve, which allows things to flow in one direction only. It doesn't cost much - about £150 or so. We had to get one fitted (but not because of rats) and it was quite easy.

You think that's bad? My NDN took it upon herself to tell me that the man who lived in our house before we bought it, who died, was found on the toilet

We have two loos, I constantly speculate which one it is.

If you are on the main sewage system rats can come up the toilet. If you are rustic and have a septic tank they can't (as far as I know!) Well done OP on being very brave and kind.

n0ne - that's not uncommon, actually, something to do with the vagus nerve and heart stoppage, apparently. Elvis Presley, sadly, was a prime example. One of the previous occupants of my house was too. Given what often happens at the point of death, the loo is probably the best place for it to happen, quite honestly, even if it isn't very dignified.

One of my all time worst fears and now terrified to use the loo which is pretty inconvenient as I suffering with a prolonged bout of squits

On tenterhooks in case something breaks the surface of the water and I couldn't make it to the upstairs loo!

No way am I rescuing the fucker if it encroaches into my waters. Might start taking DP's air pistol with me when I feel the urge...

User147... and others, I am not sure rats understand the concept of 'can't' as they are very intelligent.
Also, putting the loo seat down may not be heavy enough to keep it in there, although a video of it scrabbling about may be entertaining!

God, n0ne, would you not have replaced the toilet(s)? How can you sit there, knowing it was someone's final resting place?

My mother killed one with a hammer once

My mother killed one with a hammer once

I've just tipped two bottles of thick bleach down my loo and slammed the lid down.

Just off to get a brick from the back garden, to use as extra security in keeping that fucking lid shut. It will have to be a quirky bathroom feature now.

I simply cannnot have this happen to me.

Allabit, it will have to be a brick in a nice bit of floral material, perhaps fashioned into something peculiar like a cat shape?
Thick bleach is not nice.

I have enjoyed reading all the responses, I had a good snort/nose laugh! Apart from n0ne- that's awful :0

I can confirm that there have been no rat sightings today, I did have a dream about cats but not rats, close but no cigar. However every time I have been to the loo I have hopped on and off sharpish!

I keep having the urge to tell people IRL, sidle up to them and whisper "guess what I found in my toilet?" I am going to put it down to the traumatic experience and hope I'm not losing the plot!

OP, I've been meaning to ask: how big was Bleepingrat? Roughly?

Pearl- it wasn't very big at all!! About the size of my hand including the tail so the body was palm sized. I would say I have average hands if a little chubs..

There is no need to overreact, if it was a big spider then you'd be within your rights to burn the house to the ground but you should be ok with some bleach

I wish I hadn't read that tbh, I'm starting to need to go to the toilet lol!! I'll never look at it in the same way again, especially when my 2 DDs need to go.

We have 4 cats here so the only rodents we normally see here are dead ones that they bring into the house (and birds).

Your story brought back memories for me, op, of my times in West Africa years ago. On one occasion a massive rat ran out from under my bed during the night, still gives me the shudders years later!!

I once weed on a toad. I was heavily pregnant so couldn't see the toilet particularly well anyway. That was traumatic.

Now I know this could happen in the future with a rat or a bird, I don't know what to think. I'm going to do my business in Tupperware and empty it into the toilet after. No one is safe.

Oh dear God OP I am traumatised just thinking about it!! How did you do that?!?! You're like a super hero!!!
At first I liked the idea about keeping the lid down so and went and put all the lids down. Now I'm terrified that when I lift them up a massive rat is going to jump at me sensing freedom!! 🤣
This is the most disturbing thread I've ever read except for "the beaker" one (shudders)

get a plumber in to fit or repair an intercepter from the main drain

At least it wasn't a snake

This happened to a friend of mine earlier this year.

Apparently pipes have some kind of valve on them to stop something as big as a rat coming up the pipes (otherwise we'd have rats in our toilets all the time!! ) , But the valves can erode/come loose and allow rats access to swim up the pipes.

You definitely need to contact someone for advice - pest control/plumber. My friend had to move in with her parents for nearly a week while they did work and hunted out any rats from the house (they also ate through the pipe in the bathroom to come in)

He was probably hungry, I always get hungry after going swimming..

Me too OP.

My friend had this happen, between her landlord and her council extra traps were put in the pipes to stop them getting in to the actual loo. I can't remember which did it though.

the rats swim towards the light . Oh my days swan I am crying with laughter!

My old cat jumped in through the bathroom window with a huge rat in her mouth . I had to get my next door neighbour to help me catch it. She also dropped a dead bird down in the toilet. I didn't realise until I stood up to flush after having a wee. I'm not usually squeamish but this really threw me - I was a hysterical, weeping mess .