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Mrs S 08-23-2023 07:32 AM

Frog in toilet is definitely a thing. Seen it happen with my own eyes.

Had a small frog in my car recently and we couldn’t get it out. We finally found him but he was well done from the heat.

Regorp 08-23-2023 07:50 AM

Frog
 
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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???

Your friend is fooling with you. Though a snake coming out of the toilet can happen.

MrFlorida 08-23-2023 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Alib3636 (Post 2248419)
I don’t live in the area yet so had to Google what an anole was. Now for the important question…how do I properly pronounce anole so I don’t sound stupid? :icon_wink:

We call them lizards here in Florida.

Santiagogirl 08-23-2023 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Regorp (Post 2248584)
Your friend is fooling with you. Though a snake coming out of the toilet can happen.

You may want to check that the clean out access to the outside waste line for your house is intact. I did not realize that our house had a double clean out until not long after we had bought our home in The Villages. I was doing yard work & heard water running about 15-20 feet from main cleanout access (white PVC screw top next to house) while my husband was showering. Grass had grown over the spot where the flat cover for the second access had apparently been hit by a lawn mower at some point. There were plastic fragments from the broken cover on closer inspection. Moving the grass, I saw running water at bottom of 4-6" wide round open pipe. No odor or wet ground around opening. We replaced the cap (it sits more or less flush with the ground), & no more of the bugs we had been finding in bathrooms. We were lucky, as larger creatures could have come into house by same route. This situation may not be uncommon, as I reported same type cover damage recently near tee box at one of exec golf courses, with big hole someone could step in if not careful.

Elixir34 08-23-2023 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Velvet (Post 2248249)
I shoo anoles out with a gentle leaf blower. The little guys can be even blown out from under couches. Depends on the size of the frog I can increase the power. The blower was bought for getting snakes out, works on leaves too.

I use the blower to clean my house.

Carl from Bushwood

gail swanson 08-23-2023 10:03 AM

Good for you! They are the good guys

roscoguy 08-23-2023 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jmg1046 (Post 2248387)
Google frog in toilet and you’ll see that it is actually a thing. We have had tree frogs in our toilet in our house up north where we live in a very wooded area. It is surmised that they come in through the roof venting. It is also easy to surmise that a frog in the toilet with the lid down did not get there the conventional way.

That definitely can and does happen. After the second time a frog in the toilet totally freaked out SWMBO, I fixed the issue with a piece of stainless steel screen and a hose clamp on the top of the vent stack on the roof. Then, for additional peace of mind, I did the same to every other vent stack. Problem solved.

Theeb 08-23-2023 10:54 AM

Frogs can get into the house through the vent. While replacing my neighbor's vent, I found a tree frog inside it. I have also found two young squirrels in my toilet that came in through the plumbing vent on the roof.

MrFlorida 08-23-2023 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Theeb (Post 2248671)
Frogs can get into the house through the vent. While replacing my neighbor's vent, I found a tree frog inside it. I have also found two young squirrels in my toilet that came in through the plumbing vent on the roof.

When The Roof Guys did my roof, they put a new covers on the vents with a screen.

palasmith 08-23-2023 12:05 PM

Frog came in through toilet
 
All my vents are covered with screening. To my surprise when I lifted the toilet seat, there was a huge frog on the side of the bowl. I slammed the lid and flushed the toilet. I then lifted the lid and he was still there. I slammed the lid again and grabbed the plunger. When I lifted the lid again he was gone. He apparently swam down the toilet drain. I think that’s how he got in too.

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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???


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.


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