dytkos 17,818 Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Had a couple of fox bites, loads of dog and ferret bites and had a rat drop on my head when we were ratting in a barn many years ago. That was the worst experience of the lot LOL Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kruby01 114 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Never by a wild rat but I had 4 pet rats and must have been bitten 40+ times as one was a little b*****d! Had two ferrets and was bitten about 10 times and I'd definitely say a ferret bite is worse pain wise its just the diseases of a wild rat that would bother me. f**k sake I panicked after realising I'd cut myself gutting a rabbit and the wound was full of rabbit blood. Yuck. I now like carrots though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dubba 72 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 In the scrot lol a few years back while out with the terriers I was down on my knees with the smoker. A rat ran straight into my lap, dog bit rat, rat bit me lol I can laugh about it now but at the time I thought me cock was going to fall of. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moll. 1,770 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Oh my dear god Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,542 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 In the scrot lol a few years back while out with the terriers I was down on my knees with the smoker. A rat ran straight into my lap, dog bit rat, rat bit me lol I can laugh about it now but at the time I thought me cock was going to fall of. thats one of them posts that make you sit crossed legged :blink: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xydeb 2 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 been bitten by a wild polecat he took some getting off that bloody hurt some,as for rat bites a lad i knew died not long ago from a rat bite his vital organs gave up he was only 28yrs old wasnt even after rats he was moveing straw bailes on his dads farm poor bugger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOPPER 1,809 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 mate of mine got biten by a rat just washed it of and carried on next day was in a and e ended up looseing 3 finger lucky not to be his hand horrible little basrards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 A lad i knew died not long ago from a rat bite his vital organs gave up he was only 28yrs old wasnt even after rats he was moveing straw bailes ..... ??? Forgive me. But, that just doesn't appear to add up. I've absolutely no wish to raise contention here. But; Are you certain you're in possession of all the facts surrounding this dreadful incident? Or, were you just told 'what happened'? Only, 'vital organ' failure is indicative of Weils Disease. And Weils isn't normally transmitted by a rats bite. It's a bacterium passed through the rats urine. It can then survive in water and enter the victims blood stream through mucus membrane. Or an open wound. I'd respectfully suggest that the more likely scenario might be that this poor guy was bitten by a rat. Then, not having taken sufficient measures to cover the resultant wound, carried on working. Thus exposing himself to rat urine contaminated organic matter. The straw. And infection gained entry to his system. The rest, we don't need to discuss. RIP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,542 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 A lad i knew died not long ago from a rat bite his vital organs gave up he was only 28yrs old wasnt even after rats he was moveing straw bailes ..... ??? Forgive me. But, that just doesn't appear to add up. I've absolutely no wish to raise contention here. But; Are you certain you're in possession of all the facts surrounding this dreadful incident? Or, were you just told 'what happened'? Only, 'vital organ' failure is indicative of Weils Disease. And Weils isn't normally transmitted by a rats bite. It's a bacterium passed through the rats urine. It can then survive in water and enter the victims blood stream through mucus membrane. Or an open wound. I'd respectfully suggest that the more likely scenario might be that this poor guy was bitten by a rat. Then, not having taken sufficient measures to cover the resultant wound, carried on working. Thus exposing himself to rat urine contaminated organic matter. The straw. And infection gained entry to his system. The rest, we don't need to discuss. RIP crack on sherlock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patterdale 673 Posted January 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Just to think how many of us have pulled straw?hay out of a bail and put it in our mouth and chewed on it not thinking rat urine could be on it urgh ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoChara 1,632 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Thats a scary thought, I handle straw and shavings every day and usually have a few cuts on my hands most days if even just a scratch. This threads made me think twice about carrying on working with either with an open wound of any kind, although it has to be done either way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Just to think how many of us have pulled straw?hay out of a bail and put it in our mouth and chewed on it not thinking rat urine could be on it urgh ! im never doing that again cheers lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoChara 1,632 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) Double post! Edited January 1, 2014 by MoChara Quote Link to post Share on other sites
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Just to think how many of us have pulled straw?hay out of a bail and put it in our mouth and chewed on it not thinking rat urine could be on it urgh ! i know! i mean how many times have we pulled a handfull of straw out of a bale and stuffed it down our trousers to "pack it out" ohh wait just me then? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patterdale 673 Posted January 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Don't know how true but i heard somewhere that if we had a nuclear explosion that the first living thing to regain their population are rats? Dirty filthy things Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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