The Seattle area has apparently been getting hit with some heavy rain and it was bad enough that the folks at the Seattle & King Public Health had to release some steps on how to deal with toilet rats.
It seems that with enough flooding, rats can get washed into sewer systems and from there, they wind up in unsuspecting people's commodes.
Imagine popping the lid open with the funny papers under your arm and seeing two beady eyes and a pair of buck teeth staring back at you.
At least if you were having trouble getting things moving, problem solved.
This is what the public health folks say you should do…
It seems that with enough flooding, rats can get washed into sewer systems and from there, they wind up in unsuspecting people's commodes.
Imagine popping the lid open with the funny papers under your arm and seeing two beady eyes and a pair of buck teeth staring back at you.
At least if you were having trouble getting things moving, problem solved.
This is what the public health folks say you should do…
- Stay calm: Yeah, fat chance.
- Close the lid and flush: I'd argue that this should be step one, but they didn't ask me.
- Get a bottle of dish soap:
- The soap makes the rat slide down the plumbing: Ohhhhhh….
- If the rat doesn't flush, call pest control and set a trap: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Imagine an unflushable rat in your toilet. Nightmare fuel.
My wife makes me kill any bugs we find in the house. Rats in the Toilet?.... She'd make me sell the house!