Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. September 25, 2008, 12:08:54 PM I had a very interesting start to the day yesterday morning. At 5:30, my wife got up to use the bathroom and came running back to the bedroom waking me up to tell me there was something in the toilet. Our 7 year old son occasionally forgets to flush afterword and I told her that it was probably just that but she was insistent that it was not and that she thought it was something else.I reluctantly crawled out of bed and made my way into the bathroom thinking that she was out of her mind. The bathroom light was off but there was plenty of light to see with just the night light on the wall. I lifted the lid and while I was still pretty groggy, I could tell right away that she was right; it wasn’t what I thought it was and I could see two little beady eyes looking up at me. I quickly slammed the lid down after I realized that there was a live black squirrel in our toilet! I got dressed, and grabbed my leather work gloves from the garage with the intention of grabbing the little sucker, but then I thought if I didn’t get a good hold of him he would probably slip away and be tearing around the house, and I also thought that there was a good possibility of getting bit through the thin leather gloves; time to think of an alternative plan.I went to the laundry room where I have some spare buckets and found a small spackling bucket with a lid. As I opened the toilet lid I quickly put the bucker over the squirrel, then turned it 90° and held it against the side of the bowl as I slid the lid over it. I had the little guy in the bucket and let him loose in the backyard. Surprisingly he didn’t put up much of a fight, but I would bet he was pretty exhausted from his little adventure.We consistently close the lid on the toilet when we are finished otherwise I'm sure we would have had a mess with a squirrel loose in the house and our black Lab trying to chase it down.More importantly though, I told my wife that it was a good thing she looked before she sat down otherwise it could have been a lot worse of an outcome than it was. :eek: I’ll be up on the roof this weekend clamping some chicken wire over my vents.Brent:cougarsmily: Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #1 – September 25, 2008, 01:08:04 PM I don't know anything about squirrels- but if they are getting in your house-why would they want to hang out in your toilet bowl? Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #2 – September 25, 2008, 03:02:37 PM he decided to go swimming lol Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #3 – September 25, 2008, 03:56:29 PM Searching for peanuts...... Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #4 – September 25, 2008, 04:54:53 PM Quote from: BCA;237270I’ll be up on the roof this weekend clamping some squirrel wire over my vents. fix.t Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #5 – September 25, 2008, 05:16:20 PM Be glad they weren't those pen 15y little Jedi Squirrels...they're down-right dangerous... Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #6 – September 25, 2008, 06:16:20 PM Quote from: BlackCardinal;237300Be glad they weren't those pen 15y little Jedi Squirrels...they're down-right dangerous...Now I don't care who you are........ thaaaaaaaat's funny. :roflmao: Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #7 – September 25, 2008, 06:49:33 PM Quote from: SR71TC;237287Searching for peanuts......Or corn..... Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #8 – September 25, 2008, 08:00:39 PM no seriously... how does a squirrel get in a toilet? i can see a snake (according to myth) but a tree rodent? Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #9 – September 25, 2008, 08:22:45 PM I think he's saying it came in through his toilet vent on the roof. Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #10 – September 25, 2008, 09:44:14 PM Quote from: 88FoxBird;237307Or corn.....That is just nasty, but funny.Do you really think that thing came through the plumbing vent and crawled into the toilet??? If so, that is pretty impressive.That may have traumatized your child for life, if he saw it and it jumped at him out of the toilet. Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #11 – September 25, 2008, 10:38:55 PM never seen a squirell come up through the toliet seen a bunch of snakes though... Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #12 – September 25, 2008, 10:53:13 PM Quote from: 5.0 bird;237317I think he's saying it came in through his toilet vent on the roof.Yes, that is how it got in the toilet is through the sewer gas vent on the roof. It fell down the vent and then crawled it's way to the toilet bowl. It's not as odd as you might think though ; search "squirrel in toilet" in Google. Brent Quote Selected
Always keep the lid to the toilet closed or you may be sorry. Reply #13 – September 26, 2008, 12:23:46 AM I think I ate your chocolate squirrel.Sorry, movie line, I couldn't resist. Quote Selected
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