Arm Yourself With a Plunger -- Rats Can Get Anywhere!

Nov. 22, 2008 - PRLog -- This is the time of year rats head indoors, after all they are mammals and want to keep warm just like humans do. Rats can enter structures any number of ways, just ask Mary Elise...
    She lives in a second story loft in southwest Atlanta. The area in which she lives is undergoing big changes. Developers are buying up old (some turn-of-the-century) warehouses and converting them into upscale, hardwood-floored lofts. Much of southwest Atlanta still consists of dilapidated houses and businesses, and vagrants and the homeless still roam the streets, but it is changing nonetheless. Loft complexes are surrounded by tall, wrought-iron fences with electronic security gates, and the building entrances are just as secure. Most of the loft inhabitants are young, upwardly mobile professionals transplanted from the suburbs. Twenty years ago, they were called yuppies. Besides the ongoing mass renovations above ground, Atlanta's entire sewer system is undergoing a massive retro-fit.
    Mary works downtown at an advertising firm in a 50-story building. She has a great boyfriend named Ben, and her commute to work is less than two miles. Her life was bliss until a couple weeks ago. She had worked late on a Wednesday, left the office around seven. When she got home, she poured herself a glass of Zinfandel, sat on the sofa and began watching CNN. Finishing her wine, she got up, placed her glass on the kitchen counter, then went to the bathroom. Ben would be there at nine. She washed the makeup off her face first, then pulled her panties down and sat on the toilet.
    At first, she thought she had imagined the slight tickling on her nether regions and ignored it. But it happened again, and this time it felt like a slight nibble. Spooked, she jumped up, whirled around, and found herself looking at a fifteen-inch long Norway rat...Mary Elise has been staying at Ben's place for two weeks, Prozac is her new BFF, and she doesn't know if she'll ever return to her loft.

The above story is an updated version of a past occurence, but it illustrates the ingenuity of rats. With colder than normal winter temps forecast for most of the country, rat intrusions into living environments will increase dramatically this year. To prepare for a possible rat invasion, inspect your home for any holes in the siding, foundation, roof and eaves. Close off or plug anything bigger than a nickel.

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