last night the madsads all trotted off to bed with every door & window in the house locked to the outside world, at 6.30 am this morning our 3 year old woke us with the news that there was a cane toad in the living room :scared:

after putting on 4 layers of clothes i duly went to investigate to see this ugly *****in toad hopping about our living room like Ken Dodd on acid, i would not have bothered but this thing was like a sheepdog with long hindlegs, after putting it in a box and getting rid, i began to wonder, how in the name of good god did this thing get into my house.

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H Poirot...

Maybe it was hiding in your bed until you got in and kicked it out :scared:

Isn't there a huge amount of money on offer if you can find an effective way to kill the toads????? Hubbie was on about it last night something silly like a million dollars was up for grabs...yes please

Sasha

Box em up and send them to the french !!!!!!!

hey Malc

we aint had a cane toad in....but plenty grren frogs I swear they sit ootside the door wiat till u open it and hop in, then wait till all is quiet and splat all over the walls at 3am lol.......orrrrrrrrr try and take a shower with Walt now that wiz funny...........or they cling ontpo the bull of car and get a free ride into the garage then squeeze under the door into the hoose..................ohhhh b carefuk off the cane toads the bastards squirt stuff at ye and if it goes in ur eyes will blind ye

H

sleep well

ribbit ribbit

Sasha that is not funny, i can assure you if that thing had been in my pit i would have known, this thing was like Jabba the Huts fatter brother!!

without doubt H useful info, the purchase of that Pump Action Shotgun today now seems all the more justified.

Sounds very fetching Have to say it's not to sort of thing I would want to find in the middle of my lounge at 6.30 in the morning :scared:

Did it have a white beard and said "croak croak croak" in a sort of jolly tone of voice???? and do you have a chimney????

I do like Wargods suggestion though - the French would have a field day

Sasha

Did it have a white beard and said "croak croak croak" in a sort of jolly tone of voice???? and do you have a chimney????

no it had a face that would have stopped a clock and a body like a weird mix of fatima whitbread/esther rantzen, i thought i would wipe the smile of it's face by launching it 37 yards down the street, did it bother? did it *****, it rolled over like an SAS veteran and looked at me as if to say, is that it?

PMSL I just spat water everywhere from reading your description

In which case it either a..... poll vaulted through some open gap high above ground level using it's javelin or b....... talked your 3 year old to open the door as behind that ugly exterior is a toad that has a nice talk show host personality or c..........it dug a tunnel under your house and has been camping out watching your every move for the past few weeks until it knew when the perfect time was for it to strike

Sasha

you have an exceedingly fertile imaganation, toads talking to children?? jesus who would have thought it? apart from Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton obviously.

I'm all for the having left a door open approach... my folks have had bush turkeys inside the house in Brisbane, the buggers having squished through a small bit of the sliding door left open for the cats.... cane toads also take advantage of this and hop on through in the evening... )

do you happen to feed any dogs/cats inside the house near a door to the ouside world?? might have been what tempted the toad in...

Sorry been reading Spike Milligan stories to the kids at bedtime recently

and believe me there would be a toad that pole vaults, talks and sings and dances with great big nashers if he had written a story about it

Sasha

Spike Milligan stories!! too much time in the glue aisle at B&Q methinks!! cheers Sasha.

Good night

and with a swirl of his cape he was gone like Robin Hood into sherwood forest.......except fatter.

A bit more Fryer Tuck then

Sasha

Ay, I'm on a winner here......a cane toad press, dual power control (electricity or crank it by hand if you're feeling strong enough). Two sizes available; large and chuffin enormous. Optional extra: splash tray (eugh, sorry!). Comes in three tasteful colours, $34.95 (pat pending).



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