I am freaking out about what this could be

So backstory. My husband had morbid curiosity about the attic door in our room. He opened it yesterday for no particular reason AND LEFT IT OPEN UNATTENDED FOR OVER AN HOUR and tonight after I showered I found THIS. Googling says it may be a piece of rat poop, or mouse poop. Idk. 😭😭 It was flat on the bottom, very hard, and super symmetrical, so I’m hoping this is a fluke but now I can’t sleep because I’m afraid there are rats in my roof OR a freakin rat fell out while the thing was open and is now in my house somewhere, potentially where my children are sleeping. It was about 1/4-1/3 of an inch long. I flushed that sucker down the toilet after taking pics because EW. I hope I’m worried over nothing.

So backstory. My husband had morbid curiosity about the attic door in our room. He opened it yesterday for no particular reason AND LEFT IT OPEN UNATTENDED FOR OVER AN HOUR and tonight after I showered I found THIS. Googling says it may be a piece of rat poop, or mouse poop. Idk. 😭😭 It was flat on the bottom, very hard, and super symmetrical, so I’m hoping this is a fluke but now I can’t sleep because I’m afraid there are rats in my roof OR a freakin rat fell out while the thing was open and is now in my house somewhere, potentially where my children are sleeping. It was about 1/4-1/3 of an inch long. I flushed that sucker down the toilet after taking pics because EW. I hope I’m worried over nothing.