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We cannot say exactly what happened because it was rats doing rat things in the darkness of the basement. But there is evidence that a Rat came up through the toilet in his basement —twice.

We do have rats in our neighborhood. I believe I saw one in my friend’s House two years ago when she had a mice infestation. yeah she had mice, but this thing was a rat.

When the Victorian warehouse down the street caught on fire, rats came running out of it.

Before that it was decades ago but I saw a rat sunning himself on our patio in the middle of summer. DH says I didn’t see that but I know what I saw. Perhaps it was a Sick rat.
Eewww.. When my DD lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, she and her roommates had a tiny back yard so they thought chickens would be a good idea. Not. I, too, saw rats in and around their yard. They got rid of the chickens. I guess some people in urban areas keep chickens, but I do believe vermin is a risk.