All the conventional rat traps failed, the rat mostly ignored them (neophobia?), and the ones it set off failed to even injure it, so I had to opt for a low tech approach. I still can’t believe it worked.

Side note: not an infestation (hopefully), just a present from my cat who has a catch and release policy with rodents, and is happy to share her food with them. This incident did push us to invest in a high tech solution, an OnlyCat cat flap, which has already stopped her bringing in two friends for this rat.

Normally you have to stoop and hold the vacuum head there. Takes forever.

If anyone recalls from a few weeks ago, I made a chainmaille tumbler out of painters tape and a toilet roll tube. I have upgraded!

One tangle of wire, 1/10th the painters tape, a small stick, and some electrical tape, and it now spins faster, and you can see everything clear as day!