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Old 03-23-2023, 10:33 AM
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I grew up near the Everglades, and was exposed to rats in my home, yard, school, etc. When a rat dies, it usually does so in a very isolated corner of a structure, or outside under leaves. I have never seen a rat hang itself. Are you sure this wasn't staged?
I don't expect it deliberately hanged itself. It was trying to get onto our roof by climbing up a downpipe. It looks as if, in order to get to the gap, it had to jump across at the top of the pipe but then couldn't get a grip on the metal to either pull itself further in or give up and push itself out. Very unlucky that its head got stuck.

Believe me, I don't go handling rats in order to lie about a service provider.