rats scurrying out of people's toilets.Rodents the 'size of cats' are sneaking up U-bends after a huge increase in the population during the pandemic, they claim.Experts say that they can tread water for 'up to three days' and are warning people to rat proof their homes so they don't get a nasty surprise.Pest control expert Ian Helands warned: “I have had more call-outs than ever from homeowners who have heard a noise, looked down into their toilet only to find a giant rat.“No-one is safe.
Rats are excellent swimmers with bendy bones and can squeeze into the smallest of spaces.“They can hold their breath for three minutes and tread water for three days, and they are coming up waste pipes.
They’re cunning and getting bolder and bolder. Basically, if they want to get into your home, they will.”There is now estimated to be a record 150 million rats in the United Kingdom — more than twice the human population of the islands.Working at home and abandoned restaurant kitchens during lockdown are thought to have contributed to the boom.
Mr Helands claims rat numbers have increased by 25% each year since the beginning of Covid, and warned: “People are scared and they should be.
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