Uninvited Guest

Let me preface this story with the fact that Kyle is in China!
I got up early Monday morning and went downstairs to do some laundry. The washer and dryer is outside on the back patio. As I walked through the kitchen, a small lizard ran across the floor - about jumped out of my skin!
Later, while I'm upstairs, I hear Heather, Samantha and Emily all screaming in the kitchen. Samantha says "call Tima" and Heather says "Tima will not be of any help in this situation!" I hollered down - "If it's about that lizard in the kitchen, Mommy's right!" Heather says "it's way worse than that - a rat just ran out of the pantry!!" OMG! Varying stories from all three determined nobody knows where the rat ran to but we suspect back in the pantry. The girls backpacks are in there and they need them for school so Heather tells Samantha she'll pay her 2 ringgits to go get them! I couldn't believe it when she did it - this is the girl who won't pet a dog!!
We take the girls to school and then go to the bake shop for toast and latte - neither of us wanting to go into the pantry for any breakfast!
Heather called Renu, their maid, and asked her to bring her rat trap but, her friend borrowed it and she can't reach her to get it back. She brought some other "gunk" in a can and left it on the pantry floor saying he won't like the smell and therefore, won't come back. Hope it works!!