Zombie's Journey into 2017: One day at a time

[IamtheZombie]

Previous thread is HERE

Happy New Year Phalanx and, indeed, all of Mumsnet!!

We've had the wedding. We've had Christmas. Or, as I refer to it: THE MOST AMAZING CHRISTMAS EVER.

Now it's onward one day at a time.

There will be planning of the wake so it's going to be THE MOST AMAZING PARTY THREAD EVER.

If you've not joined us yet, please do so now.

Ooh just seen a post from Zing to say my wool is coming !! I'm excited.

Sorry to hear about the pain but so happy re cleaner.

Hugs for HRF.

Oh holy fuck.

FidGirl & FidBoy2 report we have a rat in the house FidGirl's room is now on the ground floor (my room & living room on the 1st) & there's a corridor with a bathroom, the utility room & boiler room. It's open to the garage at the end. Think that's the access point. But apparently it's got the run of the place.

We've had field mice before. Last poor sod died in that bathroom. And what with the deer & the fecking wild boar in the garden we're quite a draw for local wildlife

FidGirl's friend has pet rats & she loves them, but she was freaked out.

I can deal with children, look after 100 of them at work but am admittedly a bit squeamish about going downstairs. "Oi Rat, go away" ?

Horrible! We had rats in the house where we lived before. Old house with floorboards and a gap below them on the ground floor. They were getting in through the house next door (semi-detached). We were checked and our house had no access points but next door had several. Whatever was done to kill them failed because until next door sealed up the broken brickwork etc (which they didn't) the blighters would just keep getting in.

I opened the understairs cupboard one day to get the vacuum cleaner out and there was a rat staring back at me. I don't think I've ever been so freaked out in my life. There was a lot of screaming and swearing (from me, not the rat although he may have had a bit of a scare).

You're not helping

I have 75 loads of washing to do. Wish I could levitate.

I know just how you feel. It's horrible knowing that they're there.
Seriously, keep an eye on things. We had electrical cables chewed through by them. Nightmare.

We have a horrible suspicion we have one . DS reported seeing a mouse in our dining room and just closed the door on it. Subsequently we could hear it scratching at the door, which makes me think it's bigger than a mouse because IME mice can get through pretty tiny cracks. So we have a jolly Saturday task trying to get rid of it.

I'm petrified of ending up with a rat or a mouse. I live near a wood!

whispers

We're near woods now but in a new build so pretty well sealed up. We were in a town centre before and there'd be houses, which had been untouched by owners or even empty for years, being renovated and that unsettled the rats living in them so they'd scuttled away to find a new home.

Any access to a cat Fid? We've had 2 of the buggers caught in the past couple of weeks by our supreme huntress. She stakes them out for days until they make a wrong move. Not so keen when she proudly parades them for you to admire.

You lot are absolutely no bloody use. No cat handy. Loads of feral buggers next door but they're equally useless evidently.

Work on Monday so must do washing. Hand wash in bathroom basin really not an alternative. Did think of it for a mo.

Will fetch washing and golf club & be brave (ish) If not back in a few hours Knotty&Pistey have my address.

A stool Fid - stand on a stool clutching your skirts

Z has my address too. She can kill with a glance. Let her rest, but, you know, rouse her if necessary.

fid and how are they meant to get to forrin to rescue you before you faint and the rats claim your home as their own?

Oh didn't think of stool. Stool in one hand, golf club in the other, washing basket under the chin?

I think I'll pay my children to do the washing.

Superpowers Royal superpowers

just imagining zombie in a Cape.

I think CapeZombie™ could dominate the world

Meanwhile I am still wibbling on the sofa. I don't think rats can open doors or climb stairs (horror) but am sitting cross-legged here and not planning on moving.

You really need a cat. Then you can yell "thoooommmmaaaaasss" as you stand on the stool.

Put on gloves, hat,boots to protect you. Sort washing into piles and run to machine, throw washing in and run back!! 😜

Get one of those suits that astronauts wear, then you will be completely covered and safe 😀

morning!
we seem to be full of wildlife on here :)
I do the RSPB birdwatch every year.
rat Fiderer ? - love the suggestions upthread , you need to stomp very loudly and sing going down the stairs, and frighten the devils , ( On a serious note - does FidLass keep food or scraps in her bedroom? because that is probably why they are in the house, searching for food . Though getting a teenager to keep a clean room was like shouting at the wind in my house )

HRF
Book another avid RSPB birdwatcher here.
Fid play UB40 'Rat in my kitchen' loudly? whilst shouting Thooomaaaaassss and waving golf club and clutching skirts
Can you post a video of it?

Why I am so weedy? Loads of people were freaked out by the wild boar, they are aggressive. And outside my door. But I was "Bloody hell" and ignored them.

I felt sorry for the poor wee field mice. But there's a large black rat downstairs and I'm petrified

Teenagers - hell yes. Shall inform FG & hope it makes her clear up more often.

Still on sofa.