I finally caught my “roommate” (Rattus norvegicus) tonight. I felt bad, because it was an awful way to go – getting caught in a big black rat trap, that is – but the poop all over the house was just too much for even an extreme animal lover to stand. Notice to rats and cockroaches – look elsewhere for lodging, please.
Above photo is just an example, it seemed too ghoulish to take a picture of “my” rat post-mortem.