Mother 'Traumatized' After Feral Rat Bites Sleeping 2-year-old Son's Face

A traumatized mother moved herself and her children out of a house in Liverpool, U.K., after a feral rat bit her toddler while he was asleep in bed.

The woman said she was staying in a rented house in Walton when the incident took place, Yahoo News Australia reported Sunday.

On the day of the incident, the mother was feeding her newborn baby when she suddenly heard cries of her son coming from the bedroom.

"It was like something from a nightmare or a horror movie, I am still traumatized by it all. I heard my two-year-old son crying from his bed and when I walked in he was covered in blood," she told Liverpool Echo. "I fell to my knees in shock, I had no idea what had happened until I saw the rat run past me. My four-year-old saw it all with me and has been having nightmares ever since."

The child was rushed to the hospital, where doctors wrote in a note that he had "multiple rat bites from feral rat."

After receiving the necessary medical attention, doctors said the child did not need plastic surgery and was in no danger of potential diseases from the bites.

The mother said she decided to open up about the incident to highlight the serious rat problem in parts of Liverpool. She moved out with her family after the rat incident and said she can't go back to living in the same house.

"Since the attack, we have heard other rats running around, we can't live there. Something needs to be done because I really don't want this to happen to another family," she told the outlet.

Dan Carden, a local Member of Parliament, addressed the incident and said he visited the family.

"The family are traumatized. It is unthinkable that this has happened. They live in a clean and pleasant home, but the area is blighted by vermin," he reportedly said. "No one should have to worry about rats in their home, but that is the reality for too many of my constituents. The extent of vermin problems in large parts of the city is a public health crisis."

Carden said his office escalated the urgent need for a pest control visit to the Liverpool City Council.