Dead rat....

Kittyfrisk

sev112 said:

WASH …. YOUR …. HANDS …. LOTS 

Good point and even when not applied to messy wanking, it helps with reducing the spread of Weil's disease 

steveledzep

freakboy1610 said:

I had rats in the loft a few years ago and killed the buggers with some industrial strength poison that I got from a friend who is a farmer. The smell went after a week or two but meanwhile the rats were reincarnated as a plague of enormous flies that invaded the house. We discovered that the previous owners of our house hadn't properly sealed the old drain pipe when they relocated the bathroom, so the rats had their own door leading straight into our wall cavity. Good times!!!

The proverbial "Like a rat up a drainpipe"

sev112

Just to be clear 

Weils Disease / Letoirosis phase 1 shows as flu type symptoms 

usually covered then, but often ignored by patients and doctors

but some patients develop a highly virulent phase 2 which is serious

If you work in potentially rat related waters, or have them near home, if you get cold/flu ish symptoms, TELL THE DOCTOR

Dominic

We have an ongoing rat problem ......I have killed hundreds ......we no longer have chickens so that makes the area less attractive but they are filthy nasty things.......I killed 2 in my studio late one night and couldn't be bothered to pick them up until the morning......next morning they were skeletons .......their mates came and dined on them !

Jetsam1

I found one of the semi feral forest cats that must have been ill and had crawled into a barrel that had been on its side a week or so ago. Absolutely grim. Very quick burial in the forest ensued as had to make sure my daughter didn't see it as she loves cats.

I think there must have been a problem with the more recent litters as all the younger cats have vanished and it is only the big ginger Tom around who is the dad and not ill and survived a jackal attack the other year.

Any rodent in the house is dispatched forthwith. I despise mice and rats and farm cats are encouraged to sort them out outside. It is unfun having these around and the mess they make. They can do huge damage to the bee hives as well.

Of course being way out in the middle of nowhere with a smallholding may have an impact on attitudes!

BillDL

I have found that the strawberry Poo Pourrie spray works really well to mask odours.  Not sure if you can still get it.

Jetsam1

BillDL said:

I have found that the strawberry Poo Pourrie spray works really well to mask odours.  Not sure if you can still get it.

Highlighted the word of interested. Poo might encourage them no? Especially if it is laced with strawberry...

(I am only on coffee number 2 of the day and that sounded a funnier observation in my head)

Emp_Fab

Jetsam1

Seems optimistic that product. "Before you go"?

Snap

Poo Pourri sounds like a good bet.

Got an oil fragrance diffuser on the go all the time, and lots of joss sticks. The house smells like a Hari Krishna commune, which is a lot better than the smell of shit/cheese/fish rot.

I am becoming obsessed tbh