29 April 2024 , 10:53
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A mum was left freaked out after she woke up to discover that something had been in her home overnight while she was sleeping. The concerned woman, from New South Wales, in Australia, had just stepped into her kitchen ready to make breakfast when she saw that her avocado had apparent teeth marks in it.
The fruit had been gnawed through to reveal some of its yellowy flesh with unexplained droppings also left across the plate and in the sink. In a Facebook post, she explained that she lived alone in a 'four-bedroom cabin' and asked for any help in identifying what was going on.
"I have woken to signs of a creature overnight," she wrote in a post, asking others to help her identify the culprit. There's poop on my kitchen sink and counter. I live alone in a four-room cabin. Where is it going during the day? What do I do?," she wrote.
The gnawed avocado in the woman's kitchen (Pest Help Australia /Facebook)
The woman found something unexpected in her sink (Pest Help Australia /Facebook)Many users responded to the woman with their thoughts and one suggested that it could be rats living inside the roof. "By the size of the droppings and teeth marks l would be saying roof rats,' they said before adding: "They will eat grains, vegetables, and fruits."
While other people said that she should confirm that it is an animal of some sort before thinking about calling any pest control. One woman said: "Pay close attention to areas under sink cupboards where water pipes extrude. Check all doors, especially if you have access from laundry to exterior, and door to the garage to ensure they have weather strips and are properly sealed. Remove all food and place into sealed containers or the fridge."
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Elsewhere, one user advised checking for any entry holes that small rodents could use to gain entry to her home and to even use baiting traps if necessary. "Check for small entry points around pipe penetrations, check the entire kitchen for more droppings under sink area or pantry. Baiting or snap traps should help. Fix entry points after no more droppings are noted for a week."
Elsewhere, a pest expert told The Mirror one way people can help keep any potential rats out of their homes. Gareth Davies of Pest and Property Solutions said: "I think it's about being sensible and not leaving stuff out on the countertops. When they get into your property and crawl over food services, the bacteria they spread is horrendous. Eighty percent of rats come from the sewers - we all know what's in the sewers."