allow me to introduce you to my furry friends....

So lately we have been having a slight rat issue. The little fellows started coming around about two weeks ago. It started during the week at night they would come out when things started to get quiet. They would usually be spotted scrambling across the room to a dark corner to hide. So we soon put some poison out. After a couple of days it started to disappear. We then put out some of the most massive mouse traps I have ever seen in my life. They were seriously as big as my shoe. The picture doesn't do it any justice.

Then early one morning one of the rats was spotted in the toilet. It was pretty creepy. We tried to flush him down, but he wasn't going anywhere, and his beady little eyes just kept staring up. So we closed the lid and put something on top of it until it could be taken care of later. A little while later the house help was  cleaning and spotted the rat before being warned. It gave her quite a shock, but she got someone to help her get rid of him. 

The next day another critter was just walking around the bathroom in broad daylight, he had no shame by now. The poison must've started to kick in and impaired his reasoning abilities. He soon started to slow down and eventually just started to wither away in the open area. We took him outside so he could pass away peacefully. 

Then on Saturday we spotted one under the bookshelf as dead as could be. One of the interns came and took him outside. It was great to see that the poison was finally working and starting to kill them off. After that we figured that the rats must've all gone away or died and we once again felt safe. 

Then on Sunday night we were sitting in the living room and heard a loud noise and some scurrying in the kitchen. Another rat then came rushing into the dining room. In the kitchen another one hurried to hide behind the stove. They had been fighting over something. We couldn't believe it. More rats! So that night we decided to close off the kitchen after chasing the run away back in there. We set out some more poison and a few days later we smelled a dead one under the refrigerator. 

Well we thought it was finally over, until last night I spotted one more. I couldn't believe it. The little guys just walked around like he was at home. They are ruthless! So this morning he got locked in the pantry and the guard got on a ladder and found him in a box which was then taken outside so he could be set free. 

We need a break around here from furry friends. The count is officially up to 11.....