Went into the kitchen late one night not long ago and heard a "thump", then saw it... a Rat... under the wall stove, that suddenly darted toward me, heading for it's "out" (in-between two appliances). While I would love to say I handled it with machoness, when it ran toward me, yes, I think I made a girl noise.
Put a trap down, caught him. Ohhhhh, but put the trap down again, caught ANOTHER one, and then, a third. Holy shit. There was a large hole under the dishwasher they were coming into the house from, with the crawl space underneath. It has now been completely fixed (with some poison tossed under the house which yes, I know, isn't the best solution - it's all I could afford).
Found out there were "Roof Rats" that the expert I talked to from the Yellow Pages said A LOT of people will have "visit" their homes, and that 90% of people never even know they're coming in - so at least it made me feel better knowing these are a lot more common than most realize, and that you're not filthy if you have them.
Apparently, Roof Rats are the "better" of the Rats (yeah, right), and they tend to not use the bathroom where you live, avoid you at all costs, and avoid getting on counters. They apparently just like to come up into your house, make a quick run for it, try to find things to steal for nests (they like Bounce dryer sheets, FYI), and then they go back into their holes. Still, No... no more here for now at least. Plugged holes and poison hopefully dealt with it. We'll see.
Ugh Ugh Ugh
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