Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 22:54     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Oh my God, yuck! Sorry, OP!

I posted a few months ago about a big cockroach biting my finger in my bed at 1 am but I think this is worse. Argh. Get that vent screen!
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 22:47     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:OP, there is no amount of freaking out about this that I would consider excessive.

I would tell you to burn the house down and salt the earth, but you just renovated.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 22:18     Subject: Re:Rat in toilet!!
How regularly do you think you have to flush a toilet to avoid this stuff?
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 22:01     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Our neighbors just found a large coiled snake in their finished basement.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 21:56     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We had this happen to us in a basement toilet in Arlington. Rodent Control suggested flushing the toilet regularly (although you said it was used often). The also had the sewer and water folks put baits in the sewers.


Did it happen once or often?


Two rats that we saw. And the tenant before us said she had rats too that came in via the toilet.


Holy crap. OP, spend the $4,000. Or move. I'm dead serious. Do you really want to be worrying about this happening over and over again?
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 21:55     Subject: Re:Rat in toilet!!
where in arlington?
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 21:42     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We had this happen to us in a basement toilet in Arlington. Rodent Control suggested flushing the toilet regularly (although you said it was used often). The also had the sewer and water folks put baits in the sewers.


Did it happen once or often?


Two rats that we saw. And the tenant before us said she had rats too that came in via the toilet.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 21:41     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op again. I was told to pour a ton of bleach down the toilet and the only thing to do is install a device which costs $4000 into the pipe. Hoping this was a one time incident! This was on the first floor but now I read stories about rats being on the second floor baths too! I will never go to the bathroom in peace again!


I wonder if using those bleach pucks in your tank would help at all to keep them out.


I wondered the same thing if they are the bleach ones?
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 21:40     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:We had this happen to us in a basement toilet in Arlington. Rodent Control suggested flushing the toilet regularly (although you said it was used often). The also had the sewer and water folks put baits in the sewers.


Did it happen once or often?
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 21:31     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
We had this happen to us in a basement toilet in Arlington. Rodent Control suggested flushing the toilet regularly (although you said it was used often). The also had the sewer and water folks put baits in the sewers.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 21:25     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Thank God it was not an Anaconda!
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 21:24     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:Op again. I was told to pour a ton of bleach down the toilet and the only thing to do is install a device which costs $4000 into the pipe. Hoping this was a one time incident! This was on the first floor but now I read stories about rats being on the second floor baths too! I will never go to the bathroom in peace again!


I wonder if using those bleach pucks in your tank would help at all to keep them out.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 21:20     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op again. I was told to pour a ton of bleach down the toilet and the only thing to do is install a device which costs $4000 into the pipe. \


That would be 4K well spent in my opinion.


We aren't wealthy at all but I have to admit that I'd very seriously consider this.


Same here. I'd put it on a CC if I had to.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 20:56     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:This happened to a friend of mine. The rat actually tried to climb up his butthole. Horrible experience. Good luck OP, please protect your butthole.


LOL.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2014 20:50     Subject: Rat in toilet!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op again. I was told to pour a ton of bleach down the toilet and the only thing to do is install a device which costs $4000 into the pipe. \


That would be 4K well spent in my opinion.


We aren't wealthy at all but I have to admit that I'd very seriously consider this.