How hard is it to kill a rat!!

Clytus · 30-11-2007 08:13PM #1

Well....to cut a long story short....couple of the lads in work discovered evidence of a rat in the mens toilet. I closed the toilets...and set 3 large rat traps with peanut butter as bait.

Anyway...left it all day..and got back from a few meetings at about 4.30

I went into the toilets to check the traps...and there sittting in the shower tray was the largest rat Iv ever seen ( I have pics). It was a monster!!!

I went out to get another lad...and armed with a shovel and spade we headed back into the toilet. Anyway...I tried to basically stab the rat with the shovel..but it just "lept" about 2 feet into the air and went behind the waste pipes. The other lad saw it and gave it a whack of the spade.....that just pissed it off!!!....it came running out AT ME!!!...so I belted the thing full force with the shovel....it was still alive to my shock. It took another five full force blows to kill it....and to make certain the other lad snapped its neck with a blow of the spade.

I tell you what.....I never knew how hard those bastids were. 5 smacks of a shovel to kill it.

Giant Rat:

keen · 30-11-2007 08:18PM

Only took 3 to kill the next door neighbour, **** them rats are hard.

Pj! · 30-11-2007 08:22PM

Kittens are a lot easier.

marcsignal · 30-11-2007 08:22PM

Had plenty of experiences like that. I worked in Rentokil for 6 years in the 90's.

Oh the Memories

So you got him then ? nice one ! They are tough bastds. If the missus comes looking for him, try using the sharp end of the spade on her, instead of the flat, and take her head off, or cut her open, its surprisingly easy, if you have a strong enough stomach.

and put some poison down now, just in case.

You can probably also get 'Sticky Boards' in your hardware. Stick a few of them together and place them on the floor along the Skirting Boards. You just might catch her on one of the boards. You can then finish her off with the sharp end of the spade.

Good Hunting

kona · 30-11-2007 08:26PM

by the looks of it i dont think he goin anywhere!!:D

Pherekydes · 30-11-2007 08:28PM

Clytus wrote: »

Giant Rat:

Who're you kidding? That's a tiny mouse. I caught a bigger one in my front room today. (yes, today and yes, in my front room)

Perhaps it was a special forces' mouse? "Hard to Kill"

towel401 · 30-11-2007 08:29PM

i saw one that was moving kind of slow, so i jumped on it, part of its insides came out, it bit into my shoe, i put it under a wooden plank and jumped on it, the fecker was still walking. so i jumped on it a few more times, put it on a shoves to bury it.

when i was about to toss the thing in a hole i dug i noticed it was still sort of moving, so i belted it with the shovel a good few times until it was finally dead.

once i had to shoot one 3 times with a pellet gun, after the first time it was still moving around quite a bit even though there was a hole in it. even after shooting it in the head it still moved so i popped another pellet in it just to finish him off

humbert · 30-11-2007 08:33PM

The poor little feller looks kinda cute. Probably just trying to gather a few scrapings together to feed his little rat family.

marcsignal · 30-11-2007 08:36PM

humbert wrote: »

The poor little feller looks kinda cute. Probably just trying to gather a few scrapings together to feed his little rat family.

If you tried to cuddle him, you'd never play the Guitar again

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=UU6zgzvwEMU&feature=related

ScumLord · 30-11-2007 08:59PM

Rat pee can kill you.

The first time my mother went to meet my grandparents a rat got into the kitchen, the thing was vicious apparently and didn't even begin to run away till they started shooting at it with a shotgun. Then it bolted under a door and got stuck and they managed to get a clear shot on it. Only problem was it was the pantry door and they blew the rat into little piece all over they're stored food.

Terry · 30-11-2007 09:00PM

My first day working for a recycling company and I was brought around the back and given a shovel to kill a rat with.
Part of the initiation.

marcsignal · 30-11-2007 09:23PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Rat pee can kill you.

Yep, Weils Disease (Leptospirosis), it comes on like the flu, and then your kidneys can fail. Rats contaminate between 70%-90% more food than they actually eat from your cupboard, by walking all over, and pissing all over it.

Golfers have been known to get Weils Disease from licking their Balls (Golf Balls that is, as opposed to their own, or a rats balls:D)

ScumLord · 30-11-2007 09:28PM

marcsignal wrote: »

Yep, Weils Disease (Leptospirosis), it comes on like the flu, and then your kidneys can fail. Rats contaminate between 70%-90% more food than they actually eat from your cupboard, by walking all over, and pissing all over it.

Golfers have been known to get Weils Disease from licking their Balls (Golf Balls that is, as opposed to their own, or a rats balls:D)

Why on earth would you lick a golf ball?

marcsignal · 30-11-2007 09:36PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Why on earth would you lick a golf ball?

I dunno ? but they often do it, I think its to remove bits of grass believe it or not.

Clytus · 30-11-2007 09:49PM

marcsignal wrote: »

I dunno ? but they often do it, I think its to remove bits of grass believe it or not.

as opposed to using that cloth thing you see hanging from thier golf bags?

I know all about how dirty them feckers are...you should have seen the two of us. We were like a couple of Ghostbusters. We got togged out in boiler suits,surgical gloves,riggers gloves and then tucked the bottoms of our suits inside our socks....(Iv heard stories of rats running up peoples trouser legs,)and then armed with a shovel and spade.

I remember seeing a clip from a contraversial japanese arthouse movie,where the director filled a room full of rats and then threw in a cat. At first the cat was killing heaps of them...but the rats eventually killed the cat. AFAIK the movie was banned.

I think the rat in the pic was a female. She was so huge and bloated that we figured she was about to give birth. thank God we got her when we did!!!

Faith · 30-11-2007 10:04PM

Doesn't look that big for a rat. Are you sure it wasn't a big mouse?

I had to kill a mouse a few months back. Idiot got its leg trapped in a mouse trap. I couldn't stomach it for hours, until the cruelty of leaving it there got to me more. One swift whack with a hardbacked A4 notebook did it (although I missed it the first 4 times).

marcsignal · 30-11-2007 10:17PM

Faith wrote: »

Doesn't look that big for a rat. Are you sure it wasn't a big mouse?

It's a Rat alright, look at the size of it compared to the stem of the toilet bowl in the top right of the pic. I guess the pic was taken from about 2 or 3 feet away ? am I right OP ?

Clytus wrote: »

as opposed to using that cloth thing you see hanging from their golf bags?

I know, it's always been a mystery to me too, unless it's some sort off 'good luck ritual' Golf thing ??

I had some experiences behind the counters of coffee shops/sandwich bars/restaurants working in Rentokil, that were pure comedy material. People being served outside while there was a live, very noisy, panic stricken, Rat hunt going on in the kitchens:D.

I can't and wont name anywhere in particular though.

Screwthe unions · 30-11-2007 10:24PM

ahhhhaaaa,just thinking of Biggins on telly the other nite with the rat all over him ahhhhhaaaaa:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCL36zdwABo

Faith · 30-11-2007 10:28PM

marcsignal wrote: »

It's a Rat alright, look at the size of it compared to the stem of the toilet bowl in the top right of the pic. I guess the pic was taken from about 2 or 3 feet away ? am I right OP ?

Oh, I see what you mean. It has that evil look of rats too. Mice are quite cute looking.

Belfafter · 30-11-2007 11:14PM

Many years ago I was getting my car left in to the garage for m.o.t and was at the place first thing in the morning.
The guy opened up and then shouted to the other workers who were just arriving.
There were 3 big brown rats scurrying around "the pit"- the sorta concrete trench they work underneath your car from.
Somebody had left their lunch the day before down there and the rats jumped down but couldnt get up the shher walls or the ladder.
Yer man tries to impress us all by dispatching them with quick downward movements with a bit of timber:)
First go and he misses and .00007 of a second later 3 big brown ones ran up that bit of timber,his arm,his shoulder then leaping 10 feet and out the garage door.
Had it been in the days of the video phone it would be a very famous incident by now if nothing else for the truly horrific look on yer mans face a split second after the last 1 ran up his arm.:p

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 30-11-2007 11:44PM

Terry wrote: »

My first day working for a recycling company and I was brought around the back and given a shovel to kill a rat with.
Part of the initiation.

But then you looked deep into his gentle, caring eyes and knew you couldn't do it... So you took him home and adopted him... Right...?

Terry · 01-12-2007 12:06AM

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

But then you looked deep into his gentle, caring eyes and knew you couldn't do it... So you took him home and adopted him... Right...?

Yes.
And then I cooked him and ate him with some farva beans and a nice chianti.

ambman · 01-12-2007 12:17AM

marcsignal wrote: »

Yep, Weils Disease (Leptospirosis), it comes on like the flu, and then your kidneys can fail. Rats contaminate between 70%-90% more food than they actually eat from your cupboard, by walking all over, and pissing all over it.

Golfers have been known to get Weils Disease from licking their Balls (Golf Balls that is, as opposed to their own, or a rats balls:D)

i know all about weils disease. i had it 20 years ago. got it from a cup of soup i got from a chipper :eek: i was 12 years of age at the time and they tested me for everything. in the end they finally tested me for somthing to do with rats and that is what i had. i was sick for nearly a whole year and went down to two and half stone in weight:eek: .

so in future dont lick your golf balls;) or anybodys else's for that matter

marcsignal · 01-12-2007 12:21AM

Terry wrote: »

Yes.
And then I cooked him and ate him with some farva beans and a nice chianti.

Ha Ha Ha ! Brilliant

I remember in Rentokil years ago I had to treat this meat packing place in Ringsend (Now Gone), but the Rats were all HUGE from growing up on a diet of red meat. No exageration (sp?) but the largest one we found dead during the course of treating the place, was just under 18inches long, nose to end of tail, and this f*cker had bigger shoulders than most well fed cats.

The production area could only be treated at night, as we were mainly laying bait, which would be hosed away at the end of the day shift.
We had to drive the van into the production area, and turn on the main beams, because most of the lighting didn't work properly, as a result of the Rats chewing through the wiring.

Everywhere you shined a torch, there were dozens of little pairs of eyes peering at you.

There was one walk in fridge that was panelled with corrugated aluminium inside, and the rats simply chewed away the corners and lived in the areoboard insulation of the fridge, which was about 50cms thick, between the aluminium and the walls. I took us about one month to rid the place of rats. You usually only find about 1/3 of the rats dead that are occuping the place, most die from poison in areas you can't get to, like under floors etc, and some corpses are eaten by other Rats. In this place we found over 400 dead after baiting for a month.

I really loved that job tbh, some of the things you saw, and places you ended up working were brilliant. Big power stations, Production Plants, Factories, snobby restaurants, hotels, embassies, fair dews to the Rats, they didn't discriminate.

Gekko · 01-12-2007 03:41AM

You killed my pet rat!

At home we have 3 Jack Russells who take care of all rats. Haven't seen any since last year though.

Lands Leaving · 01-12-2007 03:41AM

Gekko wrote: »

You killed my pet rat!

At home we have 3 Jack Russells who take care of all rats. Haven't seen any since last year though.

Rats or Jack Russells? Did the rats get your dog? Bastards.

Mr.Nice Guy · 01-12-2007 05:13AM

Gekko wrote:

At home we have 3 Jack Russells who take care of all rats. Haven't seen any since last year though.

Yeah dogs are great for that. My one (a cocker spaniel) has killed about three of them this year in my back garden. On one occasion the rat was still alive but stunned. My Dad saw my dog throwing it up in the air and he finished it off with a shovel.

On another occasion the dog killed one and attempted to bury it in the garden. Now that's efficiency for you.

I hate those bastard rats.

Zillah · 01-12-2007 05:24AM

What the HELL?

You just beat a small animal to death with a freakin shovel.

You bloody psycho.

meathstevie · 01-12-2007 11:23AM

Don't bother with retail poison, you'll need the pro stuff. Of the shelf supermarket stuff only gives them an appetite.

MrJoeSoap · 01-12-2007 11:38AM

We used to leave the heel of bread out the back for the birds. One day my mam was standing at the kitchen window when a huge rat came up from the drains, pushed the drain lid open, ran over and grabbed the slice of bread and ran back into the drain...

As for rats being hard to kill, I've had encounters you wouldn't believe with a wasp for the past four weeks.

01-12-2007 11:46AM

meathstevie wrote: »

Don't bother with retail poison, you'll need the pro stuff. Of the shelf supermarket stuff only gives them an appetite.

I recently put down about 2Kg of the stuff in the shed, It all went in a couple of days, but the rats were still there!

Clearing out a load of junk resolved the issue.

How hard is it to kill a rat!!

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