O can just imagine what would happen if I was the one to see a rat in my shower. I would have a big hole in the floor from the shotgun blast.

I went into a buddy's basement and saw where he had a metal milk crate weighted down over his floor drain.  When I asked him why he had done it, he told me that he had seen a rat climb up through it!  The drain was in the middle of the floor, covered in concrete and the sewer main was a good 50 or 60 feet away from this drain (if not more).  

I was left amazed that the rat would have thought to put in that much effort to get into a house!  Pretty wild creatures!

Bob Mitchell

ValueList Real Estate Services, Inc. 

Lol, you caught me with the title Charles.  You dirty rat:-)

Rats?  Rats!

Be of service! The rewards will come!

Well, today marks the year of the Rat, so your topic today was right on the money! Very opportunistic animals...I would not like seeing one in my house or plumbing!

Rats. See many signs of them but seldom the real deal, unless there are remains in traps.

Thank goodness that we do not have rats in TN. Eroded pipes, now that is another story. You can keep the rats.  8-}

Glad you had "pics" to prove what you were saying or I would think you had been drinking.

Oh! Help! Rats!

Elisabeth, come on you would love the little guy tickling your toes:)

Bob, rats will eat through concrete if it is in the way of where they want to go

Jason, hope you weren't dispointed:)

Deborah, I wish I could say I had thought of that---gives me a good excuse for a whole year though:)

Steven, I know what you mean---don't see the live ones very often

Michael, are you pulling my leg?  Seriously, no rats?

Carl, I have lots of pictures of "chewed on" ABS plastic pipes----most of the time they are just exercising their teeth----they love to chew on the stuff though

That's some big hole that the rat has chewed. I hope the rat wasn't that big!!!

Years ago, I picked up a stray Beagle. One day, when I came home, I discovered the dog had chewed a hole through my front door and ran away. It amazed me how large of a hole the dog chewed. It was much larger than was necessary for him to get through.

Your rat hole reminds me of the dog.

Steven T, great story---you probably know by now that Beagles like to go home:)

Charles, Honestly, no rats! Thank Goodness they do not like it here in TN.  8-}

Charlie,

It is afternoon on 2/10. You have posted no blogs, done nothing of significance that I can find -- other than poking fun of me -- for 24 hours. Get off the dime. You are too quiet down there!

Hi Charlie,

Now you have done it--you really creeped me out with this rat story!  Is it lucky that my bathtub drain is running slow--means no rat is in there--oh wait, maybe he is what is slowing it down!

wow, them Rats chewed through that metal pipe. They must have some sharp teeth.

Sean Allen

Leslie, Don't let the wiskers tickle your toes:)

Sean, It is actually ABS plastice pipe---they love to chew on the stuff by the way---I think it is a hardness they like to keep their teeth worn down.