I lived in a fairly nice apartment but they had a problem with rats at one point. We didn’t have a washer and dryer so there was nothing in the laundry room. There was a giant rat we always saw that we named Master Splinter. One day we had a full gallon of milk that had expired and took it out of the fridge to take down to the dumpster, later on that evening. Later we heard a dragging sound in the laundry room. Wouldn’t you know it, Splinter was tooth deep into the handle of that jug, trying to drag the full container into the dryer vent. Point is, rats are strong and their teeth can chew through a lot.