possible for rats to come out your toilet?

[FettsBabe]

If you leave the lid down overnight, and lift it up in the morning and sit down without looking and start to use the bathroom you might get a nice big bite on the butt

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
My question is how do they get in the plumbing in the first place and how do they survive underwater long enough to come out? Isn't the plumbing pretty much sealed up until it gets to the sewage treatment plant?

nope. It's open. Uses gravity to feed to the sewers, so air has to be able to get in to equalize the pressure.

Huh. Are open sewers used everywhere or just in large cities? I live in a fairly small town and have never heard of there being open sewers here. Maybe I'm just plumbing-ignorant.

I'm no expert in it for sure. My best friend works for the city that I live in, doing things like sewage maintenance and water lines. My city is very small (10k people or so), and the use the open sewer system (not sure what exactly its called.)

Well, my city's about 20k so it's entirely possible then that we have open sewers also. It's one of those things I've never really thought about - I just always assumed it was sealed like the water system.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
My question is how do they get in the plumbing in the first place and how do they survive underwater long enough to come out? Isn't the plumbing pretty much sealed up until it gets to the sewage treatment plant?

nope. It's open. Uses gravity to feed to the sewers, so air has to be able to get in to equalize the pressure.

Huh. Are open sewers used everywhere or just in large cities? I live in a fairly small town and have never heard of there being open sewers here. Maybe I'm just plumbing-ignorant.

I'm no expert in it for sure. My best friend works for the city that I live in, doing things like sewage maintenance and water lines. My city is very small (10k people or so), and the use the open sewer system (not sure what exactly its called.)

Well, my city's about 20k so it's entirely possible then that we have open sewers also. It's one of those things I've never really thought about - I just always assumed it was sealed like the water system.

Water system uses pressure to deliver the water to your house. Sewer uses gravity. I'm sure the sewers are sealed, but there has to be a way for air to get into it to allow the the sh!t to flow. Rat's find holes everywhere.

 

[Mday]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I used to be afraid that snakes and alligators would come through the pipes and attack me while I was sitting on the toilet.


: ) Amanda

/me attacks amanda =D

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
My question is how do they get in the plumbing in the first place and how do they survive underwater long enough to come out? Isn't the plumbing pretty much sealed up until it gets to the sewage treatment plant?

nope. It's open. Uses gravity to feed to the sewers, so air has to be able to get in to equalize the pressure.

Huh. Are open sewers used everywhere or just in large cities? I live in a fairly small town and have never heard of there being open sewers here. Maybe I'm just plumbing-ignorant.

I'm no expert in it for sure. My best friend works for the city that I live in, doing things like sewage maintenance and water lines. My city is very small (10k people or so), and the use the open sewer system (not sure what exactly its called.)

Well, my city's about 20k so it's entirely possible then that we have open sewers also. It's one of those things I've never really thought about - I just always assumed it was sealed like the water system.

Water system uses pressure to deliver the water to your house. Sewer uses gravity. I'm sure the sewers are sealed, but there has to be a way for air to get into it to allow the the sh!t to flow. Rat's find holes everywhere.

Technically, they both use gravity. Big tower on hill = water pressure. Now that I think about it though there would have to be some way for air to get in. It's the same principle as putting your finger over the end of a straw to trap the liquid inside.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Eli
That would be horrible.

Makes me glad we have a septic tank here in this house.

The house where I live uses a septic tank, too. I'm not totally secure with it, though, as I'm sure rats could get in there if they wanted to. :Q

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
My question is how do they get in the plumbing in the first place and how do they survive underwater long enough to come out? Isn't the plumbing pretty much sealed up until it gets to the sewage treatment plant?

nope. It's open. Uses gravity to feed to the sewers, so air has to be able to get in to equalize the pressure.

Huh. Are open sewers used everywhere or just in large cities? I live in a fairly small town and have never heard of there being open sewers here. Maybe I'm just plumbing-ignorant.

I'm no expert in it for sure. My best friend works for the city that I live in, doing things like sewage maintenance and water lines. My city is very small (10k people or so), and the use the open sewer system (not sure what exactly its called.)

Well, my city's about 20k so it's entirely possible then that we have open sewers also. It's one of those things I've never really thought about - I just always assumed it was sealed like the water system.

Water system uses pressure to deliver the water to your house. Sewer uses gravity. I'm sure the sewers are sealed, but there has to be a way for air to get into it to allow the the sh!t to flow. Rat's find holes everywhere.

Technically, they both use gravity. Big tower on hill = water pressure. Now that I think about it though there would have to be some way for air to get in. It's the same principle as putting your finger over the end of a straw to trap the liquid inside.

True, but that happens at the resevior tank, and since it only has to replace the volume displaced by the water, no air gets into the water system.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: MajesticMoose

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I used to be afraid that snakes and alligators would come through the pipes and attack me while I was sitting on the toilet.


: ) Amanda

my parents had snakes come up through the toilet once in a really old house. That's kind of a scary thought come to think of it....

Edit: this was with a septic tank too. I guess that would rule out rats but not snakes.

In our house in Trinidad, we had a frog come up into the toilet from the septic tank I assume.

 

[klod]

My folks live in Edmond, Oklahoma. One Thanksgiving, we had a squirrel come up through the toilet. We figure he was on the roof and started down one of the vent pipes, couldn't back up, and just kept going until he popped up in the toilet. He sure was pissed off.

 

[amdskip]

ok, this just grossed me out

 

[deerslayer]

:Q Ignorance was bliss

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: weezergirl
omg, wtf. why did i click on this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!
i did NOT want to know that rats could do this. argh.

that's it, the cats are not allowed to leave my bathroom... shuddering in horror at the thought of a rat biting me on the butt here !!

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: klod
My folks live in Edmond, Oklahoma. One Thanksgiving, we had a squirrel come up through the toilet. We figure he was on the roof and started down one of the vent pipes, couldn't back up, and just kept going until he popped up in the toilet. He sure was pissed off.

:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q

 

Wasn't that like the show with Naija (?) on the Discovery Channel? I remember that one hour episode . . . I almost threw up. They had the Hindi folks walking over rats, having the rats run on their body, sharing foods with them and in awe of the rats. I just can't bring myself to do that.

I haven't ever had a rat/mouse come through my toilet. Ewww! You must live in a filthy surrounding for that to happen; or if you have them as pets and they sneaked in there somehow. :Q However, they can die really if stuck in the toilet, so it all depends on how you feel about it. I don't care for them, so seeing them die in there wouldn't bother me than seeing them in my kitchen. :Q

 

[Maverick]

Jesus...this is like something out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie.

I'm gonna install a garbage disposal on my toilet now.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: klod
My folks live in Edmond, Oklahoma. One Thanksgiving, we had a squirrel come up through the toilet. We figure he was on the roof and started down one of the vent pipes, couldn't back up, and just kept going until he popped up in the toilet. He sure was pissed off.

:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q

Or pissed on.....

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: luvly
Wasn't that like the show with Naija (?) on the Discovery Channel? I remember that one hour episode . . . I almost threw up. They had the Hindi folks walking over rats, having the rats run on their body, sharing foods with them and in awe of the rats. I just can't bring myself to do that.

I've had several rats as pets. Very sweet, loving and intelligent animals. Wonderful pets.

 

[Amused]

Go outside. Look up at your roof. Do you see those skinny pipes sticking up out of the roof over bathrooms and kitchens?

Those are the vents for your sink/shower/bathtub/washing machine drains and toilets. They let air in as the water goes down the drain or is flushed. This keeps back pressure from forming and causing gurgling, or worse, backups.

Yes, sewers are vented, gravity powered systems.

 

[Maverick]

Originally posted by: Beau6183
Very sweet, loving and intelligent animals.

Except when they're chewing on your ass

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Shiva112

Originally posted by: Beau6183
Very sweet, loving and intelligent animals.

Except when they're chewing on your ass

Richard Gere seems to like it.

 

[Turbo55]

The first time this idea came to my mind was when I saw a movie where this guy inserted a snake into the girls bathroom. At that moment, I was a little uncomfortable, but I just told myself it's a movie, it could never happened, until......... (and thanks to) this thread.

I really have no idea how snakes or rats can get out of the toilet. Are the pipes slippery or sealed?

I understand rats, snakes, and alligators in the woods, but I'm still a little disbelieved how they get up into apartments. Oh gosh, now I gotta take a dump with a rifle?!!

 

[Jfur]

Originally posted by: ohtwell

Originally posted by: Jfur
I have *****seen***** this happen!!!!! Fortunately not at home. What I fear is toilet SNAKES :Q and SPIDERS, especially spiders....

haha, Amanda, I see I'm not the only one

I thought I was the only one that had that fear. It's good to know I'm not alone.

I'm afraid of spiders in there too. I know why that is though. When I was 6 my family was moving and we went to the site where our trailer would be moved. Well, I really had to go to the bathroom and the only place I could go was in the woods. I went into the woods to pee and after I was done as I was pulling up my panties I noticed I spider in them. I started running around and screaming. It's hillarious to think of now but I was horrified at the time. That has always affected me.

It's not a constant fear and I've noticed it has decreased over the years but sometimes it comes back.


: ) Amanda

I ALWAYS check the toilet (any toilet) for spiders, after a horrific, almost successful attack -- I think one of my first AT posts was about this. Some places where I live are also prone to HUGE roaches iving in toilets. I would gladly have a rat lswimming in my toilet if it meant I never would have to face spiders or roaches. Now that we're talking about this, I probably will be unable to use the ladies room today

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Jfur
I ALWAYS check the toilet (any toilet) for spiders

Target practice.

 

[Turbo55]

JFur, are you serious? What came out of the toilet and almost got you? And where do you live (hope it's not in my state).

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: Jfur

Originally posted by: ohtwell

Originally posted by: Jfur
I have *****seen***** this happen!!!!! Fortunately not at home. What I fear is toilet SNAKES :Q and SPIDERS, especially spiders....

haha, Amanda, I see I'm not the only one

I thought I was the only one that had that fear. It's good to know I'm not alone.

I'm afraid of spiders in there too. I know why that is though. When I was 6 my family was moving and we went to the site where our trailer would be moved. Well, I really had to go to the bathroom and the only place I could go was in the woods. I went into the woods to pee and after I was done as I was pulling up my panties I noticed I spider in them. I started running around and screaming. It's hillarious to think of now but I was horrified at the time. That has always affected me.

It's not a constant fear and I've noticed it has decreased over the years but sometimes it comes back.


: ) Amanda

I ALWAYS check the toilet (any toilet) for spiders, after a horrific, almost successful attack -- I think one of my first AT posts was about this. Some places where I live are also prone to HUGE roaches iving in toilets. I would gladly have a rat lswimming in my toilet if it meant I never would have to face spiders or roaches. Now that we're talking about this, I probably will be unable to use the ladies room today

I always check too but I don't always get that fear that somethings going to come out while I'm sitting on the toilet.


: ) Amanda