Rats- do I need a pest controller?

[pfk]

Hi, I have seen and heard a rat in my toilet Bowl twice (horrible I know). It happened after heavy rain and we are in the basement. It?s never happened before and I haven?t heard or seen anything for the last 24 hours.

I hate rats and I am terrified of one coming back!

Has this ever happened to anyone else? Will the rat keep coming!?

Thank you!

[esme]

I would contact the Southwark council pest control team - you can book them online and they're reasonably priced - I think around ?100.

[alex_b]

Try contacting Roger at critter solutions. There?s a thread of recommendations.

[michaem]

I have literally just had Roger round as I had a rat stuck in the house. I cannot recommend him highly enough. Him and his son have been extremely responsive and understanding to a very traumatised person! And the best thing is they offer a guarantee so will come back repeatedly as necessary.

[monniemae]

You need a plumber, to fit a rat trap/flap (can?t remember what it?s actually called) to the toilet. They should all have them fitted but often don?t. A rat chewed its way out of the flexi waste pipe into our downstairs loo on and I was horrified, but it was q easily fixed and no more problems in the 7 years since.