Why, you.... DIRTY RAT!

[Spear-Chucker]

I'll set the scene; Sunday afternoon, 'Chucker minor and Mrs C return safe and well from cub camp, your truly has had two rounds of golf on the weekend, the suns out and God's in his heaven. All is well.

Realising there's a couple of 36 holers coming up I decide to retrieve my trolley bag from the loft and move in for the summer. Double bagged bin liners still intact and looks as good as new. The move goes well even finding a few quid in change and soon I'm whistling along with the birds like Ms M. Poppins. Putting finishing touches to the ensemble, a nice new biro, and the birdsong is shattered with a Dantesque gutteral howl. A gnawed hole the size of my fist where the pen holder used to be. My lovely bag now looks like those buildings from Godzilla where's he's munched his way through.

Seems a four legged uninvited guest over Christmas ignored all the other garbage in the loft (not to mention the bin bags - obviously some kind of special op's rodent) to eat half my tee pocket and pen holder. My PEN HOLDER for heavens sake - is nothing sacred?

Thankfully the aforementioned hairy git is now an ex-rat and when I find the carcass (shed smells iffy) I'm going to mount his pointy little head on a pencil in the garden as warning to others. I realise there's a lot of suffering in the world but, this? I'll struggle to come back from this the same chap.

Rant over. Out.

 

[Alex1975]

Nicely written... Gutted for you... Pic please!

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Nicely written... Gutted for you... Pic please!

I'll try to steel myself to get a pic tonight - Still in a darkened room with Mrs C waving a towel over me

 

[bladeplayer]

Will it run as long as Rat In My Kitchen thread i wonder ? that was class



You do have my sympathies tho mate , had a rat in my attic shortly after house was built the infringement getting word of a pest done loadsa damage including chawing through a pipe for the heating , when his exit got blocked .. felt like throwing a party when i eventually caught the blighter

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Will it run as long as Rat In My Kitchen thread i wonder ? that was class



You do have my sympathies tho mate , had a rat in my attic shortly after house was built the infringement getting word of a pest done loadsa damage including chawing through a pipe for the heating , when his exit got blocked .. felt like throwing a party when i eventually caught the blighter

Wow, ate through a pipe?? Poxy things...

Found the hole where he got in the house, plastic vent now plugged with an old Top Flite until I can get a metal grill to cover it. Mind you, nothing harder than a Top Flite so might leave it a bit..

 

[JohnnyDee]

Good story and I feel your pain. However science has proven that a Pinnacle Red is the hardest substance known to man. Anything that tries to gnaw through one of them will have a job and a half.

 

[bladeplayer]

Wow, ate through a pipe?? Poxy things...

Found the hole where he got in the house, plastic vent now plugged with an old Top Flite until I can get a metal grill to cover it. Mind you, nothing harder than a Top Flite so might leave it a bit..

Yep he was getting in & out where the pipes & wires for the electricity meter were coming up through the wall ,

there was a smallish hole so firstly i filled it with ordinary plastering sand , sure enough the next morning the sand was pushed out of the hole as he was exiting (or so i thought)
Put a piece of board in front of it , went and mixed up cement and filled the hole properly ,

put the board up against it to hold in place , with a cement block keeping the board in place until it hardened

2days later i took away the board , hole in the fresh cement , hole in the board , couldn't get thru the block , reality check , id blocked the blighter in ..
Caught it in a trap after a few days , was delighted ,

A While later the water pressure kept dropping in the heating system , after searching we found a pipe gnawed and hole was getting bigger n bigger til system was emptying as fast as it was filling

Now i just shoot all the ones i see ,


DISCLAIMER .. not a good idea to shoot anything INSIDE the house

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Yep he was getting in & out where the pipes & wires for the electricity meter were coming up through the wall ,

there was a smallish hole so firstly i filled it with ordinary plastering sand , sure enough the next morning the sand was pushed out of the hole as he was exiting (or so i thought)
Put a piece of board in front of it , went and mixed up cement and filled the hole properly ,

put the board up against it to hold in place , with a cement block keeping the board in place until it hardened

2days later i took away the board , hole in the fresh cement , hole in the board , couldn't get thru the block , reality check , id blocked the blighter in ..
Caught it in a trap after a few days , was delighted ,

A While later the water pressure kept dropping in the heating system , after searching we found a pipe gnawed and hole was getting bigger n bigger til system was emptying as fast as it was filling

Now i just shoot all the ones i see ,


DISCLAIMER .. not a good idea to shoot anything INSIDE the house

Good grief, that's one persistent creature. Point taken about shooting in the house and I'll also be looking for the rare Pinnacle Red as recommended by JohnnyDee

Reckon any pipe manufacturers on the forum would do well to licence the material...

 

[North Mimms]

I made the mistake of leaving golf shoes in garage over the winter, which is also where a large bag of peanuts for bird feeder was also stored.

Come the spring I find that the laces have been chewed off and finely shredded to make a nice comfy bed inside one shoe with lots of the papery skins from the peanuts inside it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Some hilarious tales. Touch wood I've been pest free

 

[Oddsocks]

We have a vole issue thanks to the house backing in to woodlands, just as I get the dam lawn looking half straight the brighter digs 50 holes all about the size of a coffee mug all over the garden

Ps to he original post made me chuckle in the 7am out of Clapham junction

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Sympathies to OddSocks, that would have me pulling what's left of my hair out...

I've calmed down a little and hope to be back at work soon. HR have been very understanding

Here's the damage inflicted by GodzillaRat:

 

[Alex1975]

Sympathies to OddSocks, that would have me pulling what's left of my hair out...

I've calmed down a little and hope to be back at work soon. HR have been very understanding

Here's the damage inflicted by GodzillaRat:

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Oh thats rough. You going to stick with it or get a new one?

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Don't want to get rid of it as it was a 40th present from the wonderful Mrs C and is actually a really nice bag. Not the poshest brand but sits on the trolley perfectly and gets all my stuff in just great..

Realistically will have to patch it with either, err, a patch I guess, or some kind of tape. If i'm left to my devices I'll employ Gorilla tape or some such monstrosity but Mrs C is trying to find an iron-on patch of some kind (I should listen if I've any sense) and do something a bit better. Any good suggestions welcome