Think I broke my toilet with a rat.

My big female Cinny didn't eat her rat the other night, so the next day I took it out and flushed it down the toilet the way I usually do with refusals. I know it's kind of risky, have definitely had to use the plunger more than once to get them the whole way down. Well, this one got really jammed up. Had to plunge away at it for a good 5 minutes to get things flowing again. Sounded like there was just air in the pipes and when it finally did go down it kept pumping for about 3 flushes worth of water. Now it runs very slowly and just isn't the same as it was before. Very weak flush, doesn't get a nice spiral going and takes way longer than it should. So yeah, I broke it. Hope it eventually passes through but it's not lookin too good. I assume it must still be stuck in there somewhere. Not really looking for advice, just sharing my stupid, semi-lazy, risk-taking mistake. That was my favorite toilet in the house too, damnit!

Why don't you just throw them away in the trash??

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Originally Posted by h00blah

Why don't you just throw them away in the trash??

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X2??


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Stinks to be you...

:8:Sorry you broke your favorite toilet!
:rofl:But this has got to be some of the funniest :cens0r: I have heard in a while!!!:lmao:

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Originally Posted by h00blah

Why don't you just throw them away in the trash??

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I should probably give that method a try.

That'll be a fun one to tell the plumber! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

And this seemed like a good idea why ?

I'm not trying to be mean, goodness knows I've done some rather dumb things in my day, but for pity's sake, if you had a few close calls already, why oh why did you keep doing it?

This really sounds like a Jeff Foxworthy joke. "Here's Your Sign"

Gale

Lmao! At what point in the thought process did that start sounding like a good idea? ;)

I've flushed half eaten rats before, but never a whole rat.
Perhaps I should rethink my method of disposal. Haha...

Been doing it for many years. I'll get it to pass, this one is just stubborn. Haha

An apartment manager friend of mine once told me about some tenants who tried to flush the leftover carcass of a turkey after Thanksgiving. Now *that* was a bad idea. :)

That said, I'm with the others who replied earlier - it might make more sense to use the regular trash going forward.

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Why don't you just throw them away in the trash??

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hahahahahahaha,,, Id never thought to flush them.. I just couldent imagine geting a XXL down. recon that be a double pumper. hahahhahha
spooky

Amusing the tool to fix it is a snake as well.
Don't feel bad I stopped up one with a dead cichlid fish before :)

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Originally Posted by satomi325

I've flushed half eaten rats before

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How do you get a half-eaten rat?

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And this seemed like a good idea why ?

I'm not trying to be mean, goodness knows I've done some rather dumb things in my day, but for pity's sake, if you had a few close calls already, why oh why did you keep doing it?

This really sounds like a Jeff Foxworthy joke. "Here's Your Sign"

Gale

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LMAO, here's your sign..... :D

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How do you get a half-eaten rat?

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Not from my snakes. I feed whole prey to my ferrets too.

My boyfriend tried to flush a 10" plecostamus down the toilet once.

Yes, we tried the "snake" plumbers tool. Didn't work. We had to buy a new toilet, sorry bro!

Well don't take a large crap in there!

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Not from my snakes. I feed whole prey to my ferrets too.

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Aha :) Can't imagine that's fun to clean up! (the left over bits)

Fixed it hours ago. :)
#AugustusGloop

And by the way, not that either one of them is the least bit funny, but Bill Engvall is the "Here's Your Sign" redneck, not Jeff Foxworthy.

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Fixed it hours ago. :)
#AugustusGloop

And by the way, not that either one of them is the least bit funny, but Bill Engvall is the "Here's Your Sign" redneck, not Jeff Foxworthy.

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They are for those who have a sense of humor. :rolleyes:

Yep, definitely...A dry, dull, lame, boring sense of humor.

Given that you habitually put rats down the toilet, I think it would be fair to call your judgment into question on just about anything, comedians included. :)

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Yep, definitely...A dry, dull, lame, boring sense of humor.

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I could not possibly agree more with this...

You might be a redneck...yuck yuck yuck...uggggg....I cringe just thinking about it....

Its gunna be really awkward years down the road when whoever owns your house next goes to replace the septic tank. They bring in the backhoe and start breaking it apart then theyll be like, "Wait holdup one minute, wtf are all these bones in here???" lmao.

And some of jeff/bills jokes are funny but the whole "you might be a redneck if..." is kinda stupid after awhile. Then again, i also dont find Larry the Cable Guy that funny either. His voice drives me up the wall!!!!

EDIT: as soon as i hit submit post that Prilosec commercial with Larry in it came on. Sooooo creepy lol. I was picturing his annoying voice in my head while i was typing then i was actually hearing it. Good to know it was only a commercial and im not completely nuts.... yet ;)

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Yep, definitely...A dry, dull, lame, boring sense of humor.

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Dry yes, dull, lame and boring - not in the least (my humor). I got quite a kick out of your story, for example! :rofl:

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just sharing my stupid, semi-lazy, risk-taking mistake.

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For once we agree on something :rofl:

LOL! :rofl:
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This is the best story I've heard in a while lol i use live food and put them back i.e. the tanks

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Its gunna be really awkward years down the road when whoever owns your house next goes to replace the septic tank. They bring in the backhoe and start breaking it apart then theyll be like, "Wait holdup one minute, wtf are all these bones in here???" lmao.

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Geez, that was even worse than what I was thinking! Where we live the "waste" sewer is separate from the storm drains and such and is treated in a local plant for recycling. (I live in a state crazy about their water quality because they have so much fresh water around, go figure.) Anyways, those plants are usually set up to deal with "human deposits" and anything else will taint the system. I know they must have measures in place to catch random flushes, but why stress the water system when the garbage is probably not a huge distance walk, right?

(Anybody think of the Dirty Jobs episode with Rainbow Trout? That was my first thought, but I can't explain it without breaking the "G" rating rule.:colbert:)