I'm not sure why but when up in the night and something splashes in the toilet - my wife would prefer to know before experiencing it herself. It was a relatively small/quiet splash so I know it wasn't anything big.
My wife was able to unhappily identify it as a frog. Now, I didn't buy the story that it was as big as a dog or cat though.
On being questioned as to why I didn't wake her at 3am about it - it was because I also asked what she would have said (and I already knew) which was "get rid of it now". It wasn't doing any real harm (and I'll admit to a smile when I heard her squeal this morning). Now I've constructed a net out of 3/8" copper tube and cheesecloth.
Our new house guest likes to sit under the seat rim apparently. On my first capture attempt he was able to squeeze between the net/copper tube and back into the toilet drain. On 2nd attempt, I left the net in the toilet but he was watching closely and jumped before I could get there. Not his first rodeo I'm thinking.
I ran some other ideas by my daughter who refuses to comment. Put some ice in the toilet to slow his metabolism a bit? If I had some ether, I could put him under like how they do butterfly exhibits and such. If I had alcohol in the house, I could add a little beer and maybe get it loopy enough to not care. Not sure why my daughter refuses to comment or contribute ideas.. Sigh. She just expressed a negative viewpoint when I commented about relocating it to her toilet. hehehehehehe
I'll have to update this once I do catch the escape artist.
Hope your day is blessed!
Scott
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