I have goosebumps just by reading the title and looking at the photo. I had one on the balcony like 15 years ago, that left on its own, but also had ants in the kitchen cabinet on the 4th floor. I don't envy you honestly. It's a very shitty situation and nerve wracking as well.
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Well, this one was easy to handle, actually. I have five cats, so the rat was permanently under siege. He lived in the narrow space, almost like a pet in a cage. The rat ate only what I gave him in the kitchen sink cabinet. He never visited any other place in the house becouse the risk of being caught by a cat was too high, so there was no damage at all. At the end, it was caught by a cat one day.
The only annoyance was to clean that space behinde the kitchen elements often, like one would clean a hamster cage.
It was an interesting experience that left something to post about. I'm not repulsed by rats, spiders, snakes, or centipedes. I can let that stuff crawl on my hands any day, so having a rat wasn't stressful for me. I don't need another one, though.
Reading your reply made me remember we had a rat in the office once, years ago and that smell is impregnated in my brain now. We needed to bring in the dog, that caught it in the end, but it was a nightmare.
I'm happy you didn't have to go through the nightmare we had to go through, till the dog was able to catch it 😀
Oh, yes ... the smell is maybe the hardest part. 😀 Dog probably had plenty of fun hunting the rat. I envy dogs' enthusiasm and hapiness when they are trying to catch something.
You should have seen it, he acted like his life was depending on it :) He was unstoppable. I've never seen any dog so aggressively go after another creature :)
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