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Ecuadog 08-23-2023 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Elixir34 (Post 2248607)
I use the blower to clean my house.

Me too. I use a leaf-blower to clean the house of all the empty beer cans, before my wife comes home from visiting family.

skippy05 08-23-2023 01:44 PM

Based on this thread, I rushed to my toilet to check for aholes I didn't see any.

JMintzer 08-23-2023 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by skippy05 (Post 2248717)
Based on this thread, I rushed to my toilet to check for aholes I didn't see any.

Was there a mirror in the bathroom? :p:wave::a20:

Velvet 08-23-2023 02:18 PM

I would guess a little clorex toilet bowl cleaner in the water would keep them out. I had a little green one that attached itself to the hood of my car. Stayed on while I was driving around. I had to gently pry it off.

sdeikenberry 08-23-2023 02:26 PM

Sounds like a green tree frog. If so, they can slip through the smallest cracks, or if a window/door isn't closed tightly perhaps. We've had them before...no harm no foul...just scares the wife a bit.

Lea N 08-23-2023 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GpaVader (Post 2248140)
Sunday morning, my blushing bride flips on the light switch and to our surprise we found a large frog in our bedroom. She assured me it wasn't her prince charming... I captured the frog and took him out to the yard. My guess is that he found is way into the house when a door was left open, but one of the people I golfed with said something about them coming up through the plumbing. Is that right???

I once found a lizard in the toilet and once found a frog peeking up from the bathroom drain when I turned on the water. Ever since then I always flush the toilet before using it. If a lizard can come up a snake can too.

Lea N 08-23-2023 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2248284)
Dunno about frogs coming in through (actually along) the plumbing but snakes surely can.One morning last week I spied one slithering along the hallway; when he saw me he turned and hightailed it under the door to the guest bathroom. Not very big...maybe 12"...but a feisty little bugger. Finally corraled him and put him in a box: turned out (after a couple of calls and texted picture) that he was a juvenile black racer. Apparently they can crawl along sink plumbing and will get in if it isn't sealed.

My husband told me a story that happened before we met. He was with a friend who was looking at a home to buy or maybe it was a rental. The realtor was showing the kitchen and there was a BIG snake lying across the curtain rod above a slider door. I don't know what kind of snake it was but it took up a good portion of the curtain rod.

Whitley 08-24-2023 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2248242)
Hubby and I have caught two anoles so far since we are in our home, one just yesterday, and released them outside.

I love all types of animals. We have the lizards coming inside every month or so. Our ceiling is eighteen feet high. Up to now, I have gone crazy to rescue every one that we notice inside. It is getting a bit challenging though. Moving out the regular fridge, wine fridge, dishwasher, climbing up a ladder. I'm concerned I may have a med issue catching and releasing these things. Last one I said, "he has to live with his poor choices". One AM I'm out searching for him.
Everytime I use the outside grill I have to inspect it. We have a frog that likes to live by the side burner. He gets inside/under the burner flap, after crawling under the grill cover.

JRcorvette 08-24-2023 08:20 AM

Frogs and snakes get into the house via the toilet!

will1546 08-24-2023 08:25 AM

Check outside there are large white caps that the mowers can cut the top off. We had a frog and found the broken cap.


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