A woman was left “traumatized” after witnessing a “horror movie scenario” of a rat biting her sleeping two-year-old son’s face.
The mother, who did not wish to be recognized, was feeding her newborn when she arrived at the scene in her leased Walton neighborhood home.
A report at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital noted the child’s “many rat bites from a feral rat.”
After the tragic incident, the mother and her children left their home and are now residing with family.
The mother told the Liverpool Echo, ‘It was like something out of a nightmare or a horror film, and I am still traumatized by it.
A woman was ‘traumatized’ after witnessing a rat bite her two-year-old son’s face in their Walton, Liverpool, home. Pictured: The wounds caused by many rat bites
When I entered his bedroom, my two-year-old kid was covered in blood.
“I fell on my knees in disbelief; I had no idea what had occurred until I saw the rat go by me.”
‘My four-year-old watched it all with me and has been having nightmares ever since.’
Her youngster was referred to plastic surgery and the department of infectious diseases but did not require treatment. Currently, he is healing at home.
The mother reported that her child was “soaked with blood.” This image depicts the blood on the boy’s pillow after he was attacked while sleeping.
The distressed parent stated that their home was clean and orderly, but poor housing quality was to blame for the vermin infestation.
Dan Carden, the representative for Walton, described the rat attack as “unthinkable” and demanded that water companies and the city prioritize rat control.
According to the Liverpool Echo, the council discovered a problem with the adjacent drains on a visit to the neighborhood.
The authorities of Liverpool hope that a new underground garbage system will minimize the number of rats in the city. A file photograph of a rat
In the following year, Liverpool will introduce an underground “superbin” system.
Authorities anticipate that the new method will aid in resolving the city’s litter and rodent problems.
The Liverpool City Council states that it provides free pest control for rats and mice to domestic property owners in the city, with the goal of eradicating any inside rats within 24 hours.