If you are someone that lives in Australia, you will be more than aware that dealing with unwanted guests in your house and the odd creepy crawly is common practice. These are usually easily dealt with and can be fixed with the help of a glass or a quick call to the local pest control company. It’s not really a big deal and something that can be easily dealt with, but finding these intruders in more difficult places can be a big ordeal. So, imagine the shock of a local Australian man who found not just one animal living in his truck, but an entire nest.

The Discovery

For the local man, the day started off just like any other. The man, who asked to remain anonymous, owned a moval company and so was often traveling up and down Australia, moving families house to house. So he was preparing for a day on the road and enjoying a truckstop coffee in the front seat of his truck listening to some of his favorite music to get him in the mood for a busy workday. However, he knew something was odd when in the background of some of his sounds he began to hear an unfamiliar squeal. After unsuccessfully trying to ignore the sound the man decided to flick off his stereo and investigate further.  He could tell that the noise was coming from behind him and so decided to check out the back of his vehicle. The man had previously completed a job in the bush and so was worried that he had picked up a wandering opossum or any other dangerous animal, so accompanied by a large stick he flipped open the back of his truck. To his surprise there he couldn’t see anything as soon as he opened up the truck, but the noise persisted. After poking around the back for a bit, he finally located the source of the noise.

The nest

To his surprise, tucked away in a box was a nest of rats. For anyone that has a large back garden or lives in the outback, you will be more than familiar with running into the odd rat nest. But for this man, he was beyond surprised to find not only a huge mother rat but dozens of babies. The big stick no longer felt as though it would be an appropriate response to dealing with his rat issues and so the man quickly locked up his truck and canceled any appointments that he had arranged for that day, which not only messed up his schedule but also meant that he was missing out on some extra cash.

The solution

The man knew that he had to act quickly and that he wouldn’t be able to deal with the issue himself. Rats don’t exactly take into consideration family bonds and so would have continued to breed among themselves without any intervention and so soon he would have been dealing with hundreds of rats instead of dozens. However, locating pest control at short notice in Australia can be a hard task and so when the man tried to call for help, he was left disappointed. In a last-ditch attempt, he decided to look for help on pestcontrolmandurah.com.au,  which was able to quickly provide him with a pest control worker who was able to deal with his problem. The pest control worker arrived on the same day and within 24 hours,  the Australian man was free to return to work and could honor all of the contracts that he set up.