Poor little guy!!!
We have an area off the kitchen that has high cement walls and is completely closed in and tiled. Last time I spoke about it was with regards to the cockroaches that came out of the sewage drain in there and were trying to get out of there and into the house to survive the toxic fumes from the exterminator.
This morning I go down to the kitchen for breakfast with Declan and Juliette informs me that there is a rat stuck in the aforementioned space. Poor thing probably was walking along the top of the wall and fell. Probably as a result of a cat trying to catch him.
Now I say little but if anyone remembers our cat Mala well this rat was the same size as her, so a big rat but small cat sized. Poor thing was trying to climb back up the wall or go down the sewage drain which of course in both cases was impossible. I called Ross at work to tell him about it and asked if he could send someone to get the rat and put it back outside without harming it. His answer was "yeah I saw it this morning" and "just get it into a box and put it outside". Um no, I don't pick up random rats. I told him he should probably find out if there was someone in the city who could trap it and free it because I was not going to be doing it myself.
In the meantime Juliette had Declan up to a window watching the poor thing who by now was exhausted.
As Ross looked into it I went to see our guard and asked him if he was ok with trying to get the rat into a box. He immediately grabbed a box from the garage, walked into the back space, picked up the rat by the tail and plopped him gently into the box. He then took the box out though the front of the house and freed the rat across the street. My hero!!!
Sadly I did not get any pictures of the rat but this is not the first time we have had a rat back there and I suspect it will happen again.
Last time we were away for the weekend, left to their our devices the household staff disposed of the rat in a way I was not going to let happen again. :(
We have an area off the kitchen that has high cement walls and is completely closed in and tiled. Last time I spoke about it was with regards to the cockroaches that came out of the sewage drain in there and were trying to get out of there and into the house to survive the toxic fumes from the exterminator.
This morning I go down to the kitchen for breakfast with Declan and Juliette informs me that there is a rat stuck in the aforementioned space. Poor thing probably was walking along the top of the wall and fell. Probably as a result of a cat trying to catch him.
Now I say little but if anyone remembers our cat Mala well this rat was the same size as her, so a big rat but small cat sized. Poor thing was trying to climb back up the wall or go down the sewage drain which of course in both cases was impossible. I called Ross at work to tell him about it and asked if he could send someone to get the rat and put it back outside without harming it. His answer was "yeah I saw it this morning" and "just get it into a box and put it outside". Um no, I don't pick up random rats. I told him he should probably find out if there was someone in the city who could trap it and free it because I was not going to be doing it myself.
In the meantime Juliette had Declan up to a window watching the poor thing who by now was exhausted.
As Ross looked into it I went to see our guard and asked him if he was ok with trying to get the rat into a box. He immediately grabbed a box from the garage, walked into the back space, picked up the rat by the tail and plopped him gently into the box. He then took the box out though the front of the house and freed the rat across the street. My hero!!!
Sadly I did not get any pictures of the rat but this is not the first time we have had a rat back there and I suspect it will happen again.
Last time we were away for the weekend, left to their our devices the household staff disposed of the rat in a way I was not going to let happen again. :(
The top of the wall, also the vie from Declan's room
The loooong way down and closed in area.
GUESS WHAT?! Ross got pictures of the poor guy so here you go. He doesn't look all that big in the pictures but he was absolutely the size of a rabbit, or Mala!
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