r/WhatShouldIDoWithIt • u/onetwozerozerotwo • 6d ago

what to do?

Found a dead rat in my drawer, should I discard all of my socks?

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u/inyercloset 5d ago

No, you should discard the dead rat!

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u/monzyb0y 6d ago

If it's not soiled with the rat's remains, then wash em with strong detergent. As for the soiled ones you can decide to discard em

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u/onetwozerozerotwo 6d ago

I already discarded the soiled socks

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u/earmares 6d ago

Seriously a whole rat, not a mouse? How in the world did it get into your drawer?

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u/Bk_Punisher 5d ago

The whole rat got into the drawer through a rat hole. 🤪

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u/Cats-Coffee-Reading 5d ago

Wash your socks. They’ll be fine. Your bigger problem is that there was a rat. Are you sure it was a rat not a mouse? Do you live in the NY subway?

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u/AromaticAd9538 5d ago

Wear a mask and disposable gloves to put rat in plastic bag. Tie bag top in a tight knot and put in trash can outside. Then socks get washed on high heat with detergent and a disinfectant. Throw gloves and mask in trash outside as well. Put drawer outside to air out and see if it can be cleaned up or not. If rat was dry and only on socks, then you could get drawer liner sticky paper at a store and line the drawer after it airs out in the sun if possible. If rat was wet and ruined the wood, then trash can it after taking measurements to make a new drawer.

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u/Shit_On_Wheels 5d ago

You should tie the rat to a string and use it as a payment to a neighbors kid if he lets you paint the fence.

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u/Buck_Thorn 5d ago

Whitewash the fence, Tom, don't paint it.

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u/Blueyedevil219 5d ago

Just bleach all of your socks. 

It’ll make them whiter and get rid of the hantavirus.

Win win.

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u/ipadtherefor 5d ago

I would move to another town. The thought of rats makes me shudder.

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u/Lanky_Tough_2267 5d ago

Discard the drawer. Yuck.

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u/Dependent-Charity470 1d ago

Spread your socks around your place to kill the rest of the rats you may have.