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So I got to work, and instantly noticed that the entire building smelled like death. I head over to the office to meet with the day crew to find out what the fuck is going on. Get told "A rat died gnawed into the piping back in the 4th closet, and died somewhere in the piping. We think it's closer to your side, but not sure." Lovely, I think. 70 year old building, this shit happens since they built em way different back then. Hell, I'm convinced our electrician was Canadian due to the weird ways the wiring was done through this bitch.

So I get to work, changing out bulbs and ballasts, when all of a sudden I hear the fire alarm go off, and a rancid smell hits me 15 feet up in the air. I climb down the ladder and head into the hallway, only to be greeted by staff coughing and running for the exits. My boss had the bright idea to get the rat out by dissolving it with the most powerful sulfuric acid drain opener we could get from facilities. While, yes, it did work, now the building smelled like chemically cooked dead rat, and the drains in my section were smoking acrid smoke. And this was an hour into a 9 hour shift. Wound up spending a lot of my shift dumping water down the drains throughout the building to try and flush this shit out.

Today sucked, yall, hope you had a good day though.

So I got to work, and instantly noticed that the entire building smelled like death. I head over to the office to meet with the day crew to find out what the fuck is going on. Get told "A rat died gnawed into the piping back in the 4th closet, and died somewhere in the piping. We think it's closer to your side, but not sure." Lovely, I think. 70 year old building, this shit happens since they built em way different back then. Hell, I'm convinced our electrician was Canadian due to the weird ways the wiring was done through this bitch. So I get to work, changing out bulbs and ballasts, when all of a sudden I hear the fire alarm go off, and a rancid smell hits me 15 feet up in the air. I climb down the ladder and head into the hallway, only to be greeted by staff coughing and running for the exits. My boss had the bright idea to get the rat out by dissolving it with the most powerful sulfuric acid drain opener we could get from facilities. While, yes, it did work, now the building smelled like chemically cooked dead rat, and the drains in my section were smoking acrid smoke. And this was an hour into a 9 hour shift. Wound up spending a lot of my shift dumping water down the drains throughout the building to try and flush this shit out. Today sucked, yall, hope you had a good day though.
[–] • 3 pts (edited )

Since you asked, the old girl is showing all the signs of her time being up. I’m sad and scared. She’s technically my dad’s dog, but just like I take care of him, I take care of her. My heart is breaking and the stress (because of dad) is overwhelming.

I keep asking him (dad) to tell me a plan when she passes and he has nothing.

Tonight, he told her twice she is a bad girl because she pooped in the house. She has NEVER done that before. But his narcissistic ass tells her she’s is a bad girl.

It shouldn’t be a surprise. After my brother passed, he talked shit about being asked to pay $1,500 to cremate him. My brother died young with no legs.

[–] • 1 pt

Ugh, I am so sorry man. I lost both of my dogs about a year and a half ago. That's one of the hardest things. When they poop in the house like that, it's a symptom of organ failure and shutdown. I feel so bad for that dog. She's in pain, scared, dying, and being told she's bad. That's so horrible. I know it's a hard choice to make, but I would legit get that dog to an emergency vet, if you can afford it. During Covid, our cat died of organ failure, and we couldn't do anything due to the lockdowns. It's a TERRIBLE way for an animal to have to die.

[–] • 3 pts

I amended my reply as you replied.

Also, I have a vet appointment for sweet girl on Friday. That’s the fastest any around here could take her.

[–] • 3 pts

Just know your a good person for trying to take care of her. God has a special gift for people who are good to their animals

[–] • 2 pts

See if they are willing to get you a couple of bags of fluids to administer and show you how to do that. Even early before the appointment. It can make a big difference in quality of life at the end. It is really hard at this point but they deserve kindness.

Sometimes a vet-tech will let you come in to see them doing it for another person's friend (if they allow it) so you know what to do. Depends on where you live though.

I am sorry to hear what you are going through but you are doing your best.

[–] • 1 pt

I had to put down my father's dog, a husky/shephard mix, 10 years after dad died. My mom had kept the dog and in his old age he started losing control of his hind quarters, needed assistance to get around, lost control of his bowels ... and mom asked me to put him down.

He still took great joy in cleaning out the cat's food dish. I picked him up and put him in a wheel barrow, wheeled him from mom's house over to my dad's shop and put him inside. His last "ride". I put a big lump of wet catfood in a dish in front of him, he automatically started licking the dish clean with great enthusiasm. I pet his head for the last time as I moved around behind him while he devoured the cat food. I pulled out my dad's .22 pistol and pop-pop to the back of his head just as he was finishing. He never felt a thing. I dug a hole in the corner of the back yard and buried him beside other family pets long passed.

That was emotionally the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life, to put my dad's dog down. My dad had to do the same when he was younger, only after doing it myself did I fully understood the emotional stress involved. I never want to have to do that again. It is so much easier to let the vet do it painlessly with a couple of shots. I was later told in the old days one would ask a close friend to put down the family pet and vice versa.

[–] • 0 pt

Hey man, I have a dog I inherited who is almost 20 . This year, I thought he was pretty much dead or dieing. My wife started searching the web and decided as a hail Mary to order some fancy freeze dried dog food. In a matter of a couple of weeks he got his spirit back and wrestles with our other dog and talks shit to the neighbor dog through the fence. He still has an accident inside about once a month or couple of months. We think it has more to do with him not wanting to go out in the rain or cold while we are awake, then it becomes an emergency but the humans are all asleep. The one thing that I'm pissed about is that the dogfood company is owned by a kike.

[–] • 1 pt

Just ordered Farmer’s Dog a couple weeks ago. Was hoping. She was chowing down in the beginning but back to barely eating most days.

[–] • 1 pt

Ouch. Sorry man. Have you maybe tried a dose of ivermectin or fenben? In case it's something invasive? I do realize that eventually an animal's body just calls it quits. I've been there when one of my dogs was about 18 and one minute she was begging for treats, then about 20 minutes later she was panting and gasping on her way out. Take some positive pics of the pupper while you can!

[–] • 1 pt

That sucks massively. Sorry you had to deal with that today.

I get the "dissolve that shit" but could you just wait until after hours or something?

[–] • 1 pt

Well, I didn't dump the opener down the drain, I was just trying to mitigate the damage afterwards. Custodians don't tend to be the brightest bulbs, honestly. Had I been there, my first question would be if we could get a plumber to scope and snake it. if not, then yeah, I might have tried to chemical it out. But yeah, the building clears out fully by 5, would have been way smarter to do it then

[–] • 1 pt

Right, I know it wasn't you, you just had to deal with it.

Yeah, the scope/snake would have been my go-to first and chemical after...

I did a dumb with chemical in a personal residential and my plumber gave me the appropriate amount of shit and still did the job.

That guy got a really good tip and still works for the same place and I request him when work is needed. He knows, I know, Leave it to those that know what they are doing when you can. We hired them to completely re-do some stuff I simply don't have the time or skills to do. He got another good tip on that job too.

I appreciate people that do this. I can do plenty on my own but I have learned when to just call the pro unless there is no other option.

[–] • 1 pt

Mad respect for plumbers, man. I would NEVER do their job. Couldn't stand the smells.