Return of the Centipede!
Its beginning to feel a little like the Amityville Horror around here. What are the chances of two huge centipedes in the toilet in our house in less than 48 hours? Not any toilet, but the same toilet, the one we use most regularly, out of three.
When we returned home from an enjoyable evening’s escape from the rain, Terry discovered this bastard swimming in the toilet again. Is it another one? Two centipedes in less than two days? Or did he fight his way back up through our sewer system to exact his revenge?
We weren’t taking any chances, so I doused him with bleach and made sure he went belly-up before flushing him back to oblivion.
September 22nd, 2008 at 6:10 am
Oh….I was going to suggest you sedate him and simply tag him with a radio transmitter.
Don’t those things have nasty pinchers down there.
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 am
Akkk, I think it was the same one, they can get hung up in the trap! They are very sculptural, though. I made a centipede wreath once, just for shits and giggles, and low and behold it was bought by a woman who had just completed the course on being an exterminator. She hung it above her bed! A lid for every pot.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Hey Wreg, next time we have one, we’ll save him for you to tag. They probably have on-line courses for that sort of thing.
You have great island critter stories, Trudi!
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
i randomly checked out your blog this morning… but last night i had a dream that there was a red centipede on my bed!
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Thanks Terry, you are well on your way to having a good collection, too. Do you get fruit bats? They had this annoying habit of spattering their waste on the sides of our house, and cars. Very acidic, removed the paint… Island living is great that way, not to say we don’t get our share of critters up here. They just tend to be a little bit bigger and furrier, with larger teeth, except for Larry’s critters, sorry to hear of your trouble, Larry.
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pm
No, Trudi, bat guano has not yet become a problem for us (I know lots of condo owners at Gentle Winds and other places go nuts about it, though).
Our froggy “friends” hide behind our shutters and poop all over the walls and it drips down making a surprising mess. Oh, we’re not without our share of poo. My lovely climbing philodendron plants have been helping to remove the paint from the house. At least we don’t have to shovel snow….you’ll soon be having that again, or has it already begun?
Hey Alisha, welcome back. You don’t have centipedes up there in NY, do you? You have other biting, stinging annoying pests.
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Snow on the mountain tops, Terry, but the valleys are warm and lovely. The trees are turning various colors of red, amber, and yellow, and the fields of native grasses are golden… I have my tomato plants covered with a plastic frame in case of a night time frost. So far, though, it is looking good for another couple of weeks. I have been tracking that low just south of you, looks like it turn uglier! Wet stinky dogs, you are a trooper for letting them inside. I have two, Star, a brittany spaniel, and Oscar, the nutso Shih tzu. They smell awful after they take a swim in the Madison River!
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
Oh yeah, it’s pretty stinky, but the windows are open, so the house airs out somewhat. The car smells bad, though. One of the windows was open for a while during the rain and when the car is closed up, it gets moldy-smelling, stagnant and…….mosquitoes breed in the wet floor rugs…….too much fun!!