Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:35
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Is this common???? eek
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:34
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Ack. I'm never ever going to use any toilet ever again. Bring on the Depends.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:33
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
How do they not drown if they come up through the plumbing??
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:33
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:This makes me want to cry.
Me as well. This is the stuff of my nightmares.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:32
Subject: Re:Rat in toilet!!
Yup, happened to us once on capitol hill in a basement apartment. Not sure if it came up or down.
We also had a chipmunk in a toilet once, but I am pretty sure that one fell in and drowned.
We also had a chipmunk in a toilet once, but I am pretty sure that one fell in and drowned.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:31
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Closing the lid won't help. They're strong enough to push it open.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:29
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:Basement toilet? This happened to us once years ago and has never happened again, but it was absolutely horrifying. My sympathies. No, we didn't call anyone because I don't think there's anything that can be done. Certainly we always make sure that our basement toilet seat is down so that nothing (shudder) can escape into the house.
Correcting my post above: I meant the toilet lid.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:28
Subject: Re:Rat in toilet!!
OMG i didn't know its was common, hope they don't carry Ebola
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:27
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
If you have public sewer rats can and do come up the pipes.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:26
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:OMG. At least you looked before sitting down.
+1
I have heard if you do not use that toilet so much, it can happen. Horrifying!
Does it help to leave the lid down? Can't it escape anyway? A lid isn't that heavy, is it?
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:25
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
This makes me want to cry.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:25
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
OMG. At least you looked before sitting down.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:24
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Was the lid down or up?
I'm wondering if he came from somewhere outside the toilet and went to the toilet to drink.
Still horrifying, but less horrifying to me than the idea that he came up through the pipes.
I'm wondering if he came from somewhere outside the toilet and went to the toilet to drink.
Still horrifying, but less horrifying to me than the idea that he came up through the pipes.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:20
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Basement toilet? This happened to us once years ago and has never happened again, but it was absolutely horrifying. My sympathies. No, we didn't call anyone because I don't think there's anything that can be done. Certainly we always make sure that our basement toilet seat is down so that nothing (shudder) can escape into the house.
Anonymous
10/06/2014 09:17
Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Help I found a rat in our NEW bathroom toilet this morning! I am freaking out! It was alive and I shut the door and screamed and it disappeared. Never had this happen before! Does anyone know if rats can climb up the pipes? Have a plumber coming later. What can he do if anything?