Trip Reports Rat coming up the toilet! Common in Buenos Aires?

[StarLucias]

Ok, so here's one from left field. We just had a rat come up a toilet! We heard a strange gurgling sound coming from the bathroom and my wife went to check. To her immense shock she was confronted with a large rat in the toilet bowl. I then went to check and it was gone. Presumably (hopefully!), it swam back down the toilet and didn't escape the bathroom. I googled this and apparently it does happen. Has anyone had this happen and is this common in Buenos Aires? If so, any tips on how to stop it from happening? Or is this just one of the vagaries of Argentine plumbing...

 

[MarcosTos]

So the women turn out to be right after all! The seat and lid really should be down.

 

[StarLucias]

Yes, although I read that big rats can still push up the lid and get out!

 

[RichardOne]

Maybe it wasn't a rat ..?

 

[earlyretirement]

This definitely is NOT common. I've owned several properties in Buenos Aires since 2002 and I've never heard of this happening so it's not common.