i can wash the carpets again. i already did, but that's fine. let me make sure they're gone first, but this is why coexistence isn't possible. even if i could in theory teach the rat to shit in a box and only eat what i give it, it's still filthy in ways like this. as is well known, rat fleas are particularly damaging to human health as they carry devastatingly dangerous bacteria. on some level, it would be fitting if there was a plague outbreak in southern ontario in the drug-using population, who exist in close proximity, but i obviously don't want to be at the centre of it.
i would have to get the rat flea pills, waste time training it and waste money feeding it.
i don't want any of this.
i'd rather kill it. i mean, i'd rather chase it off than kill it, but i'd rather kill it than domesticate it. i have no interest in the responsibility.
i do have a sun room in this place and i will put some plants in it. let's see if i can handle that without not giving a fuck, first.