1018 Fiske Rats #2

[megashuttlecock]

one of these ladies taught 4th grade back in the mids 70s at my grade school...

[DanTopultis]

Like something from Call of Duty....

[nonbreeder]

I'm glad the sqwaling brat crying in the background of the last Rathouse video isn't in this one, annoying those cute little rats. One in particular was adorable. Those ladies are dear for caring. But perhaps it would have been better in the mountains or something.

[shiftyturtle]

These people found a few rats in their childs stroller, thankfully the infant was not in it at the time. Keeping this in mind there is a big difference between feral and pet rats, one being the sheer number of rats involved. These rats live in their own filth, eat garbage and most likely the corpses of other dead rats, contaminate and generally destroy property by chewing through, defecting and dying in crawlspaces, standing water and furniture.

[shiftyturtle]

They also because of their living conditions carry a number of infectious diseases that you can contract from bites, contact with or food/water that has been contaminated with their urine, feces, fleas, carcasses including Typhus, infectious jaundice, bubonic plague, salmonella, toxoplasmosis, Korean hemorrhagic fever and rat bite fever. Living conditions must be intolerable in that house, these women clearly need state intervention for their own good as well as the public health.

[JustMyNipples]

how DARE they!

[asdasdaksljahsldksda]

At least it's happening in a rich neighborhood and the Denhams have the money to hire lawyers, etc. It kind of makes me laugh! But really, it must suck, no matter how rich you are. But I can just imagine the indignance of the rich Denhams!

[oldcomforter]

As a renter, I couldn't give a shit about the yuppies.

[voyowee]

Insanely, the only way it seems for you to solve this is to become a couple of crazy CAT ladies. Adopt 150 feral cats and see what happens.

Seriously though, I really feel for you. I wish you luck in getting this resolved.

PS Could you put a pile of poison-soaked food on your front yard?

[bunchofpants]

Hi,

A really great solution to rat problems is a terrier (or terrier mix, as I have). Our bird bath attracted rats during a drought last summer, but my terrier mix killed most of them. Of course, you then have to pick up and dispose of rat carcasses, but that's more palatable than having live ones running around.

Of course, not everyone wants to own a terrier, but maybe a nearby Jack Russell terrier owner could help out.

[callmedabo]

Wow. Just read the LA Weekly article and my heart totally goes out to you guys. We had one of these little bastards in our kitchen a few weeks ago, I can't even imagine how horrible it must be dealing with so many of them (not to mention the psycho women!)

[ac4zu]

The apathy and total lack of regard displayed by the local government and its corresponding agencies in helping the Denham's properly resolve this extreme health hazard is more vile than the vermin or the twin sisters them self (which of course is extreme). To allow a situation like this to fester and go unchecked is criminal; the complacent officials in charge should be shackled and jailed for gross neglect and fined for incompetence!

[KhalidSchaichRohamid]

Why can't you learn to co-exist with them rather than castigate them based off of the old tired stereotypes we're all sick of? Some rats don't like being pests, just as some cats don't like eating rats and some black people aren't into "bling". Go watch Ferngully if you have such a problem with a different species.

Obama 08

[chrisbotron]

Why you gotta bring Obama into your crazy rat ideas?

[singedrac]

That house contains thousands and thousands of rats being raised by two crazy old ladies. It's a health hazard.

[hobonickel]

Insane! I have heard of crazy women hoarding cats but crazy women hoarding RATS!?!? That's a new one on me.

What bad luck to have these kooks for neighbors. I'm glad you are exposing them on YouTube. I hope the authorities will do something before your house is overrun with these filthy rodents.

[JasonRadley]

The authorities haven't done shite. Direct action involving fire is needed.