Fried Bat, anyone?

@Fleura I often see toads near our pond, a few cute salamanders and some garden snakes, that I would prefer not to see.

A long time ago I worked at a small country hotel and we had a toad who lived in the sort of back porch area.

@LadyDuck We have tiny, tiny frogs, about the size of a little fingernail, that are fairly active in the spring/rainy season. I live near two very small lakes, one is behind me as part of our common area for the townhouses. There are a few days every spring when we see many, many of the tiny frogs--they hop everywhere and stick to windows, doors, etc. Last summer I opened the door for a friend and a tiny frog leaped in. We both chased it for a good 10 minutes! That little thing could really leap and jump, and every time we thought we had it captured, it leaped up and clung to the ceiling! It finally stopped long enough that we caught it and set it safely back outside, but it was so fun, chasing that itty bitty frog!

@MarieCoyle I agree with you.

I just like unusual stories sometimes.

@Shavkat I have always been like that, I like to read or to hear about a lot of different things.

Spider bites can be deadly, and if not deadly, can make a person very sick. I just hate spiders!

@MarieCoyle I know. And we have the brown recluse in our country.

@marguicha Those brown recluse spiders are simply horrible. Too many people I know have been bitten by them.

@MarieCoyle I don't mind them but usually there is nothing for them to eat in the house so they're doomed to starvation unless I can get them outside again.

@JudyEv My daughter and her husband chase them down and put them back outside.

Even if a person can actually catch the mouse, I would think it would be a miracle if there was only ONE mouse, as usually there is more than one, wherever they are.

Oh, dear, the kitten probably went in there because it was warm. I bet it was hard to get her out of there.

Oh, squirrels can be so destructive, as can raccoons. They love to get into attics.

@MarieCoyle I am glad no mouse has invaded my car either.

When you live on a farm and park in either a barn or an outbuilding, I guess it's something that happens. I remember reading not long ago about a woman driving along and a mouse popped out of her heating/air vent in her car and scared her so bad she ran off the road! I've seen a lot of strange things in my lifetime, but I am very thankful that a mouse has not invaded my vehicle!

@MarieCoyle My best friend's hubby left their car window down a bit while they were camping one night and they had a mouse get into it. It was a fairly new car and they noticed that the power seats stopped working properly, the mouse had eaten the wiring, then a few months later it was discovered that they had issues under the hood, again that darned mouse, who by then was living a rather good life in their attached garage.

@MarieCoyle I still don't share

Maybe mousie wanted to use the hair dryer? You didn't offer to share?

@wolfgirl569 I wouldn't either! Mousie can live outside!

@MarieCoyle Oh no, poor kitty! I’m glad to hear that it lived out a pretty long life despite it’s circumstances.

@MarieCoyle There’s a really good possibility that the kitty was what kept him going. It gave him something to live for.

We had an elderly great grandfather who couldn't drive anymore, but he still kept a new car in his garage in hopes someone would drive him around in it (we did.) He had a kitty that went in and out, mostly in. One night he couldn't find the kitty and worried about it all night, we helped him look for it but it just wasn't there. The next morning he went out to start the car (another thing he thought he had to do every morning, he couldn't drive it but he wanted it ready to go!) and I was outside, heard a horrific noise, and the cat was in the fan blades. A leg of the cat fell out from under the car!! And then the cat took off down the street as fast as a 3 legged creature could go! Then the real work started, we looked and looked (it was snowing) and finally found the cat had crawled into a road culvert. We had to call the city workers to help us get it out. Finally got the kitty out of the culvert, off to the emergency vet, and the kitty lived 10+more years, with 3 legs. She was not allowed outside ever, ever again. I know of several farmers that thump their hoods before they start their trucks in the winter!

@MarieCoyle Even though I do not like bats I am glad it did not suffer.

@MarieCoyle Thank you for telling me that.

@Hannihar I don't like it when small creatures suffer, either. However, the ones like the brown recluse spider, I shed no sorrow over, makes so many people so sick.

@MarieCoyle We're going to see him today!!! Our housekeeper is taking me.

@LindaOHio I’m so glad that you can see him today. It will be a very good thing for both of you!

Linda, I hope your day is good and that you can see your husband soon.

@MarieCoyle Yeesh. I imagine any conversation with any HVAC guy could become quite interesting. Granted, I was in pest control for about 5 years and have some stories of my own to tell. Still.

@MarieCoyle I did commercial pest control mostly. The things you see behind the scenes in restaurants and hotels would terrify some people. lol

@porwest I bet you do have stories to tell! Not sure that I would ever want to do that line of work, but I do know that pest control is needed everywhere, it's just too hard to fight off some critters or keep them from coming around! Or in some cases, get them to move out!

@MarieCoyle my landlady got it out, thankfully and there were no repeat incidents.

@jnrdutton Oh, gosh, if it came back the second time, I think I would have to move somewhere else!

Oh, my. A snake in the house would honestly make me nuts, not sure I would want to stay there until I was sure that the snake didn't bring a friend, or have little ones nearby!

@MarieCoyle We were glad too .

That kitty was probably glad to get out of the ceiling!

@much2say I would have been glad to know it wasn't a raccoon or that huge rat!

They can get in to homes very easily through attic vents, etc. I don't want any in my house!

Mice are very, very destructive. They chew everything, and can even cause fires with their wire chewing.

I am sure it had a path to get in and out at night if needed. It's odd because bats are usually in a colony, they are rarely alone unless they are injured or sick.

If I had one, it would get removed somehow. I couldn't sleep knowing there was a bat in my house!

@MarieCoyle it always works. Bats are afraid of fire.

@mildredtabitha That makes sense, I just never thought about it.

Often if there is a roof vent they can get in to the attic that way. It doesn't take a very big opening for them to get in. I have never heard of scaring a bat with fire, would have never thought of that.