Rats Stolen, What to charge with?

[wolfy-hound]

It's not your house. Sorry for "no support" but it's wrong to think that you can declare what you will or won't do in a house that's not yours.

He told you, and you said yourself it was five days, THEN you went away for a weekend. That's a week. It doesn't matter if it was "okay" before, he told you and you basically ignored it.

Yes, you can technically charge him with theft, it'd be petty theft because of the amount they're worth, but it's still theft. Same as if you rented a room and the landlord took a lamp that you owned.

By the law, it's theft. By common courtesy, you should have had the rats gone when requested. It doesn't matter if it's your "business" or your pets or your lamp. It's not your house and unless you have a contract that states you can keep them there in your rent agreement, you don't have a leg to stand on. It doesn't matter if the rest of the family doesn't like him, or your girlfriend is on your side. It's common courtesy to comply when you're not the property owner.

I'm sure you and your girlfriend will be happier and less stressed in your own place. It's always easier when you can make your own rules because it's your own place.