Got a shed I haven't touched in a while fill of tools and rats have moved in.

Got a shed I haven't touched in a while fill of tools and rats have moved in. The place smells of rat piss pretty bad, am I gonna have to disinfect my tools when I get them out to replace the shed?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    rat shit bat shit, dirty old twat.
    69 buttholes tied in a knot.
    hooray, lizard shit, frick.

    thank you for coming to my ted talk.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah thanks buddy

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It's lizard piss

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        it's actually suck my dick, homosexual

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Get a metal shed

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You won't win. I had this issue, drilled holes and dumped gallons of bleach into the bottom of the shed, pump sprayer bleached the walls, cleaned all my tools, set up traps and bait stations... these frickers were back in a couple of days. I'm preparing to rip it down and pour a slab + install a metal shed.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    yeah and wear a mask and long frickin rubber gloves
    rats can have viles disease which is basically aids

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Had a similar issue with my mom and grandparent’s sheds. My mom’s shed was quite bad, no live rats, only dead ones. I wore a respirator and full overalls and all that to deal with the potential contamination, threw away basically everything in that shed, aside from some tools. Disinfect the tools, and let them sit out in the sun for a few weeks. Grandparents shed had a few live ones. Bastards tried to stay in there as I was literally tearing the shed apart. Had my mom stand there was a hose to spray them, but that was a bad idea as she got scared once one of them showed and she ran. Basically, if you know the stuff had piss and all that on them, treat it like you’re dealing with some highly contagious disease, because it’s likely they are carrying something you don’t want to get. Pick related should be you.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Spray bleach water on everything. Keep the dust damp when you clean up. Don't want to get hantavirus.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The more time that passes from the time of poop/saliva the lower the chance you'll catch a sickness. I suggest going in there with some crazy strong bleach and spray things down first, walk away, do it again the next day, then again. The goal is to keep them out for a few days via the odor. After 4-5 days you can go in with a much lower risk of catching something.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    get a cat, dont feed the cat. problem solved

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >cat just kills native birds and ignores the rats because they're too big
      >my dog catches rats for fun and leaves them on the patio
      cats: 0 (zero)
      dogs: 1

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    If you put bleach on anything metal make darn sure you rinse it off good afterwards. Chlorine likes to make pinholes in things, even if they're stainless

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You could wear a respirator and whatnot, but you're not a remediation professional going from one site to the next to clean up. You already live in the filth. If you were going to get hantavirus or whatever, you'd have died already. Just wipe everything down with a wet rag and call it good.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Hanta can potentially take several weeks to become symptomatic and even then, you wouldn't know it's Hanta until AFTER the initial phase subsides.

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >am I gonna have to disinfect my tools when I get them out to replace the shed
    Nope. Rat piss is actually an excellent rust inhibitor and lubricant. I rub it on all the tools in my shed and they look, smell, and work great.
    Got any more stupid questions?

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Have had and am currently dealing with basically this same issue. Everyone telling you to treat that stuff like hazmat is right. Don't screw around with excrement of any kind. You can get sick by simply breathing in the dust. If you do end up catching something from the rats, know that it can take several weeks before you become symptomatic.

    In-laws are getting older and they own a property they've been unable to maintain for the past several years. I had to deal with a 6'x5' raccoon latrine in the backyard garden last year and this year it's all about sheds, closets, chimneys and crawlspaces full of rats, rat shit and rat piss.

    Pick up a propane torch, a tyvek suit, a box of thick nitrile gloves, a respirator, a pump sprayer, some bleach, some clorox wipes and a big box of contractor garbage bags from the hardware store. You'll need some good boots, too. Tyvek suit is like $8-13 and worth every penny. Read up on safety precautions for cleaning up a rat nest. The easiest way to disinfect your tools is to torch them with the propane torch. Bleach is no fun to breathe, it's going to harm most materials and it doesn't actually kill the parasite eggs these rats could be carrying around with them, you need to burn those if you want to kill them. If I were you I'd basically torch everything that can handle a flame, douse it with some water and let it sit out in the sun for awhile like the other anon said. If it can't handle a flame, then you should think twice about keeping it.

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    get some peppermint oil, make an emulsion out of it. nd spray/inject liberally, all kinds of pests hated it and will move out

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    After evacuation bomb that shit with cheap warfarin bait mixed with peanut butter. Kill everything especially people who object to killing everything. That's how I protect my shops.

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    congrats

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      that's disgusting imagine that tail wiggling around on your dick haha gross

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        At first I thought that rat's tail was on anon's bed, then I looked at anon's fingers

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Domesticated rats are fine, wild rats aren't.

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I've been living with rats for a year. Just put some traps down and put the dead bodies in the bin when they spring.

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