A MUM told how she was awoken by her daughter’s screams after a huge rat popped up in their loo.
The woman was about to sit on the toilet after a 14-hour hospital shift when she heard something scuttling below.
SUPPLIEDThe huge rat crawled through the pipes and up into the toilet[/caption]
SUPPLIEDThe rodent was too big to flush[/caption]
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She then recoiled in shock as she spotted the rodent peering up from the bowl.
Her horrified mother, who asked not to be named, told The Scottish Sun: “When she looked down she saw two little beady eyes. She was screaming.
“I couldn’t believe it.”
The pair, of Govanhill, Glasgow, then tried frantically to keep the lid down as the furry pest battled to escape.
She said: “We tried to shut the toilet pan. It was jumping up and trying to get out.
“I had to get a broom and was screaming my lungs out.
That could have bit one of my kids’ a***s. They would have been sitting there none the wiser. It was massive!
The stunned mum
“My neighbours must have thought somebody was killing me.”
They placed bricks on the lid to try to keep it secure but say the critter kept rattling around underneath like a “Tasmanian devil”.
The pair then called the council and faced an anxious four-hour wait for a pest control officer to arrive.
The mum recalled: “He was as shocked as we were and he tried to flush it.
“I was screaming at him not to, saying it’s too big to flush and it’ll get stuck in the drain and float back up again.”
The worker eventually got the rat out of the toilet and into the street where the resident claimed he used a tool to kill it.
The stunned mum added: “That could have bit one of my kids’ a***s.
When she looked down she saw two little beady eyes. She was screaming. I couldn’t believe it
The stunned mum
“They would have been sitting there none the wiser.
“It was massive!”
We told how rats have targeted rubbish bags piled high in the neighbourhood’s back courts.
Glasgow City Council said “appropriate action” was taken.
A spokesman said such cases were uncommon but explained that blocked drains can help the pests get access.
He said: “It is in the interests of householders to ensure domestic drainage systems are maintained regularly.”
Dealing with rats or mice
IF you have a problem with rats or mice in your home, you should contact your local council.
Glasgow City Council explains you can do this via the online form or over the phone at 0141 287 1059.
They investigate and treat mice when they are inside domestic properties.
Rats are treated when they are inside or outside domestic properties.
AlamyGlasgow City Council said such cases were uncommon[/caption]
HandoutThe animal was less behaved than the famous character in Ratatouille[/caption]
AlamyRubbish on the streets outside houses can attract rats and mice[/caption]