So it was around the second week we were home with Lily. I was feeling better and JF was back at work (in his office here in our house). It was about 6 am and still pretty dark in our house. I was sitting on the couch in the great room with Lily and noticed Gracie pouncing around in our bedroom. When she ran in to me, I noticed a dark pile of something on the carpet in our bedroom. I quickly got up and a little upset because my first thought was Gracie was acting out because of Lily and just pooped on the floor! When I flipped on the light, a dark green/brown tree frog jumped about 3 feet in the air onto her dog bed. I of course screamed and ran back into the great room. JF came in and caught the frog in a tupperware and put it outside. The story is over, right? Oh no. I got over it pretty quickly. I just assumed it somehow got in because people had been in and out since we had been home from the hospital and after all, it is frog mating season in South Florida.
About two more weeks later JF and I were both up with Lily. It was about 3 am. JF was feeding Lily and I had just finished pumping. I mentioned how cold it was and went into the hallway to turn the temperature up a bit. When I passed by the half bath, I noticed a small dark something on the toilet seat. I went into the bathroom asking out loud, "Is that poop on the toilet seat?!". I flipped on the light and went for a closer look. As I got close, I screamed because inside the rim of the toilet was a large gray tree frog. I slammed the door and ran into the great room. JF says "why didn't you close the toilet seat down? What if he gets under the door?". I scream back "it is too damn big to fit under the door!". JF hands me Lily and goes in with a tuppeware to extract frog #2. He closed the door behind him when he went in and I hear him yell out after 5 minutes or so, "the frog is not in here". I reply "the hell it isnt! You are not coming out until you find that frog!" haha. So apparently JF didn't realize it was far under the lid because once he finally grabbed the toilet brush and was feeling around the toilet seat, the frog jumped out of the toilet at him and stuck to the wall behind him. I knew he had found the frog because he yelled out "shit!". Once again, he takes it outside and we go to bed. Although this time I was a bit more distraught and we both started googling stuff. Some posts said frogs can't get into a home unless through a door. Other posts talked about frogs coming through the toilet. Through the toilet!?! That isn't possible. After a sleepless night and a few weeks of checking the toilet, I forgot about it. (Except for us telling some friends and our parents of the funny shenanigans).
This takes us to last night... It was about 1 am and while JF and Lily were asleep, I needed to get up to pump. I went into our master bathroom and used the bathroom. We have a small light on above the tub (for when we get up with Lily) so I didn't turn the light on in the toilet room. As I reached back to flush the toilet I see beady eyes on top of the toilet behind the flipped up toilet seat lid. I jump back and the large gray tree frog jumps up on the art work hanging behind the toilet and climbs up the wall. I run into the bedroom and yell at JF "there is another $@&! frog in the house!". He of course gets back up, gets a tupperware and traps yet another one. After he takes it outside I am waiting on the couch for him to have a serious discussion. This is the last straw, we clearly have to sell the house. Haha. But really, those words came out of my mouth...more than once! I finally convince him that it is not a coincidence and that no way three frogs have come into the house through an open door and these giant things (legs and all were the size of my hand) were walking around the house being unnoticed. After several phone calls this morning to my mom, my dad, he bug guy and several others who were forced to hear my whining, we were fairly certain they were coming in through the toilet. Apparently there is a vent pipe that is connected to every toilet that allows gas and air to pass and goes up to your roof. For whatever reason, these pipes are usually not covered with some sort of mesh to prevent this very thing from happening. We have a tiled roof and JF is not very comfortable with climbing around up there. I finally called a handyman (the guy who put in our door, who might i mention is a Saint and anyone in Jupiter should use him! haha) and said, "Paul you are going to think I am nuts, but large frogs are coming into our house through the toilets". After a pause he laughs and says, "I don't think you are crazy at all. I actually just put vent covers over pipes for another client of mine who had the very same problem". After I whined some more to him and told him that I was staying in a hotel tonight if the problem wasn't resolved, he told me he would come over this afternoon to fix it.
Around 3 pm today Paul came over, put a mesh cover over the vent pipe and checked the other pipes up there that go to our fans to make sure the covers were in tact. After he came inside and saw Lily, we gave him a check for $50. $50!?! I would have paid him $1000 haha. So for any of you homeowners out there...we are proof that amphibians CAN get through your vent pipes on your roof and get into your home. Although I will totally continue to check the toilets for the next few weeks until I forget about, I should be able to sleep much more sound tonight!
Here is a video of Lily this morning during our conversation about the frog while JF was in Miami for work :)
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