I can handle almost anything in the world, except for rats & cockroaches.
This dates back to growing up in the hood, in a exhausting condo building that was crawling with both of those pests.
When I was 4 I got bit by a rat, & had to go to the ER for shots, so can you blame me for having a bit of a phobia where they are distraught? I almost had a heart attack a few weeks ago when I thought my current condo had rats in the attic, but it was just squirrels. It turns out that squirrels can tear up HVAC duct far worse than any rodent ever could; Knowing it was squirrels was nice for my mental health, because if it was rats squirming around in my air ducts after that the two of us would just have to transport out. As it stood I had no mental problem with the pests, but they were ruining my indoor air conditions & making the condo stink funky. I had an Heating & A/C tech come by & supply me an inspection, & he pointed out several problem areas in my duct system. Of course he couldn’t address the concerns I was facing or labor on the Heating & A/C program at all, because of the pet infestation. He told me exactly what needed to be done, & that none of it could happen until an exterminator had cleared out all the squirrels from the HVAC duct. I thought about trying to do it myself, but it would result in a bunch of dead squirrels in the air ducts, which would be even worse.