The other day my mother found a rat (deceased) in the drawer underneath her oven. It had probably been cooked to death..(bleurgh). They have had rats living under their floorboards for ages, at least a year, but haven't done anything about it, they don't seem overly bothered. They have laid poison down in various places under the floorboards, but obviously the buggers are still around. This is the first one that's been actually seen though, to my knowledge (though I'm not too sure about that either).
Now my problem is this. I have 2 small children, aged 2 and 4, and don't particuarly want them to be staying in this house until the rats are definitely gone. I don't think it's very hygienic, pleasant, and to make things worse, I have a bit of a rat phobia. Really, really hate them. Mum knows this, but makes light of it - she does however say that some time in the new year she'll get it sorted.
Am I being unreasonable to not go and stay with her (we normally go for a weekend some time after Christmas as we don't spend it with them, they're a couple of hours away)..until the little buggers are out of the picture? I vaguely suggested this to my mother who seemed offended, and I now really can't figure out whether I'm overreacting, or not. My DH hates rats more than I do and is very anti the idea of us going to stay too -
What do you think? I need some MN perspective!
Thanks in advance....